The United States is close to announcing a coalition to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, the Wall Street Journal and Axios reported, while Iran warned that it is not close to giving up and neighboring Iraq continued to feel the spillover effects of the war.
The Iran war offers huge lessons for the effectiveness of Chinese military doctrine and hardware, both used by the Iranian military, according to Eran Ortal, a reserve Brigadier General in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
US President Donald Trump said that although much of Iran's strategic Kharg Island was destroyed in a US air strike, he may order further attacks as the US-Israeli war with Iran entered its third week amid fresh violence across the Middle East.
Two weeks of US-Israeli air strikes have displaced millions inside Iran, raising fears in neighboring countries about a possible refugee spillover that could potentially turn into a humanitarian crisis.
As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL deliver ongoing updates and analysis.
US President Donald Trump said that although much of Iran’s strategic Kharg Island was destroyed in a US air strike, he may order further attacks, while US-allied Arab states in the region reported disruptions to their own petroleum industries amid Iranian retaliatory attacks.
Inside Israel’s largest hospital, doctors work two stories underground as the war with Iran continues. At the Sheba Medical Center, much of the facility has moved below ground to keep operating despite the threat of Iranian missile strikes.
Drone and missile attacks struck targets in Baghdad and the United Arab Emirates on March 14 as the war between Iran and a US-Israeli coalition continued to ripple across the Middle East, while Tehran said oil exports from its key Kharg Island terminal were continuing despite US strikes there.
Israel’s largest hospital says it learnt lessons from the 12-day war with Iran last year, and shifted its operations below ground at an unprecedented scale after a heads-up from the authorities.
US President Donald Trump said American forces have "totally obliterated" military sites on Iran's strategic Kharg Island in "one of the most powerful bombing raids" in Middle East history and he said the US Navy would soon begin escorting vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
As US and Israeli strikes continue, one resident of Tehran described living with the fear that her neighborhood could become the next target. She said the streets are heavily patrolled by security forces and that residents fear leaving the city because of attacks on transit checkpoints.
Kyiv has warned that a move by the United States to temporarily lift sanctions on Russian oil to stabilize the global energy markets amid its military campaign against Iran could add around $10 billion to the Kremlin's war chest to use against Ukraine.
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