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Air strike hits militia headquarters in Iraq, three injured An air strike targeted a headquarters of Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) north of Salah al-Din province, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. The report said that the strike hit a facility linked to one of the PMF brigades in the area. The PMF said three people were injured in the attack, including one critically, after a separate strike hit another brigade headquarters in the province.

CAIRO, March 18 (Reuters) - The Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah said on Wednesday it would suspend attacks on the U.S. embassy for five days with conditions. The conditions listed by the group in a statement included Israel's halt of displacing and striking residents of Beirut's southern suburbs and a commitment to not shelling residential areas in Baghdad and other provinces. (Reporting by Muayad Suadi, writing by Jaidaa Taha, editing by Chris Reese)

A US-brokered breakthrough between Baghdad and Erbil has restarted Iraqi oil exports through Turkey after a weeklong standoff.

The line of cars stretched as far as the eye could see along the coast of southern Lebanon, as residents of areas bombarded in the Israel-Hezbollah war poured into the ancient city of Sidon in search of safety. At war with Iran-backed Hezbollah, Israel has called on everyone living south of the Zahrani River to evacuate immediately. It is an area comprising 14 percent of Lebanon's territory, and is highlighted in red in the maps posted by the Israeli military.

There are fears that Israel will reoccupy the country, sparking a civil war

At the foot of the mountains along Iraq’s border with Iran, a Kurdish family gathers in the village of Gulp, near Halabja, to prepare iftar, the evening meal that breaks the daily fast during Ramadan.

By John Irish PARIS, March 17 (Reuters) - Initial findings by an internal U.N. inquiry suggest Israeli tank fire hit a U.N. position in southern Lebanon on March 6, wounding Ghanaian peacekeepers, according to a Western military source, underscoring the growing risks as Israeli operations expand. The U.N. peacekeeping mission known as UNIFIL is stationed in southern Lebanon to monitor hostilities along the demarcation line with Israel - an area that is at the heart of clashes between Israeli troops and Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters.

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The aid announcement comes as President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his late March visit to China would be postponed.

Rare US-Hamas talks come as the war on Iran strains the battered Gaza 'ceasefire' and post-war plans.

Lebanon’s government has broken a taboo by proposing the first direct talks with Israel in decades

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Four killed as US forces, Iraqi militia exchange fire in Baghdad At least four people were killed in Baghdad as US forces and Iraqi militia groups exchanged fire, with multiple explosions reported across the Iraqi capital. A building used by an Iran-aligned group was hit in an air raid in the Jadiriya district, while drones targeted the US Embassy in the fortified Green Zone. Air defence systems intercepted several drones, though one struck inside the compound, with fire and smoke seen rising from the area.

Hezbollah fighters clash with Israeli troops in southern Lebanon Hezbollah fighters clashed with Israeli troops in southern Lebanon as Israel said its ground operation inside the country had begun and could expand. Hezbollah said it fired rockets at Israeli forces near the town of Khiam and claimed to have hit an Israeli tank in the nearby town of Taybeh. Israeli troops have been attempting to take control of Khiam amid escalating fighting along the border.

Kuwait arrests 16 accused of Hezbollah-linked sabotage plot Kuwaiti authorities say they have arrested 16 people accused of links to Hezbollah and planning a sabotage operation inside the Gulf state. The interior ministry said the group included 14 Kuwaiti citizens and two Lebanese nationals. Officials said the suspects were part of a network that intended to carry out activities aimed at destabilising the country. In a statement, the ministry said the group “aimed to destabilize the country's security and to recruit individuals to join the terrorist organization”. Authorities said security forces seized weapons, camera drones and Morse code communication devices during the operation.

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As Iraq looks to reroute oil to Turkey, Baghdad is also using the plan to push the Iraqi Kurds to greenlight exports through their territory.

Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah says senior security official killed Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah says one of its senior security officials has been killed. The group’s secretary general confirmed the death of Abu Ali al-Askari, a prominent spokesperson and security figure within the Iran-aligned faction. In a statement, the organisation mourned Askari, describing him as a key figure in its leadership. Kataib Hezbollah operates as one of Iraq’s most powerful armed groups and forms part of the country’s network of Iran-aligned factions.

The Israeli military said on Monday it had begun what it described as "limited ground operations" against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, with Defence Minister Israel Katz warning that those displaced would not return home until northern Israel was secure. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2 when the Tehran-backed Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes. Israel responded with air raids on its northern neighbour and troop incursions into border areas.

The Israeli military said on Monday it was carrying out what it described as "limited" ground operations against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, with its defence minister warning that those displaced would not return home until northern Israel was secure. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2 when Tehran-backed Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes. Israel responded with air raids on its northern neighbour and troop incursions into border areas.