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US pushes for Syria to send troops into Lebanon, Damascus hesitant: Report The US has pushed for Syria to consider sending forces into eastern Lebanon, but Damasus is reluctant to be drawn into the conflict, Reuters is reporting, citing five sources briefed on the matter. According to the sources - two of whom are Syrian officials - the idea was first discussed by US and Syrian officials last year. They said the proposal was raised again by US officials around the time of the launch of US-Israeli attacks on Iran. The two Syrian officials said the request arrived shortly before the attacks began, while a western intelligence source said it came shortly after the strikes started. According to the report, which cites 10 sources including six Syrian officials and government advisers, Syria's government had been cautiously considering a cross-border operation but remained hesitant. Reporting by Reuters

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The United Nations is warning that escalating drone warfare in Sudan has killed more than 200 people in over a week.

Iran Israel War Map Explained: Iran-Israel Strikes, Gulf Attacks & Rising Death Toll  NDTV

PARIS, March 17 (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron said France would never take part in operations to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, and that France was carrying on with work to prepare a coalition that could provide freedom of navigation once hostilities ended. "We are not party to the conflict and therefore France will never take part in operations to open or liberate the Strait of Hormuz in the current context," Macron said at the start of a cabinet meeting to discuss the conflicts in the Middle East.

By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO, March 17 (Reuters) - Slovenia's prime minister on Tuesday accused "foreign services" of interfering in Sunday's election after a report alleged officials from Israeli private spy firm Black Cube visited the country in December and met the main opposition contender.

By Dan Peleschuk March 17 (Reuters) - Streaking across the sky with a terrifying wail, a Ukrainian-made quadrocopter swerves with unlikely agility for a device resembling a winged lava lamp. Once a long-shot concept, the interceptor drone developed by private firm Wild Hornets is now key to Ukraine's defence against Russian drones - and soon, possibly, to combatting Iranian ones in the Gulf.

March 17 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S. had been informed by most of its NATO allies that they did not want to get involved with the country's military operation in Iran. "Because of the fact that we have had such Military Success, we no longer 'need,' or desire, the NATO Countries’ assistance — WE NEVER DID!" Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social, also singling out Japan, Australia and South Korea. (Reporting by Bhargav Acharya and Ryan Patrick Jones in Toronto;Editing by David Ljunggren)

ANKARA, March 17 (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan reiterated that Turkey is ready to host the next round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, during a phone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday, Turkey's foreign ministry said. Fidan underlined the risks posed by the prolonged war for both regional countries and the international order, while the ministers also addressed issues related to energy security, according to the ministry.

The UN investigates strike on Iranian girls' school MEE staff on Tue, 03/17/2026 - 13:39 Initial investigations by US and independent groups point to US responsibility Coffins on the day of the funeral of victims of a reported strike on a school in Minab, Iran, 3 March 2026 (Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/WANA/Reuters) Off A UN fact-finding group has begun investigating an air strike that hit Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in the southern city of Minab on the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran. The attack, which killed at least 175 people, most of them children, is also being probed by US military investigators, with preliminary findings saying the US military was responsible for the attack, Reuters reported. The New York Times reported that officers at US Central Command had created the target coordinates for the strike using outdated data provided by the Defense Intelligence Agency, citing people briefed on the investigation. The attack on the school occurred simultaneously with missiles striking nearby Iranian naval targets. Iran has also blamed the US for the strike, describing it an "unforgivable" war crime. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); "We're at an early stage of that investigation," Max du Plessis, a member of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, told a press conference in Geneva on Tuesday. "It's clear to us that whatever happens in respect of such an event, given the innocent lives that have been lost, there is a critical need for such an investigation to be done and for an independent outcome to follow." It was first reported by Middle East Eye that the schoolgirls were killed by "double tap" strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, according to witnesses interviewed at the scene. Exclusive: Iranian girls killed by ‘double-tap’ strikes on Minab school Read More » “When the first bomb hit the school, one of the teachers and the principal moved a group of students to the prayer hall to protect them,” one of the Red Crescent medics said, citing conversations he had at the time with survivors. “The principal called the parents and told them to come and pick up their children. But the second bomb hit that area as well. Only a small number of those who had taken shelter survived.” Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said there had been a “double-tap American Tomahawk missile” on 28 February that “slaughtered 168 Iranian little angels”. Hassan Fartousi, secretary general of Iran’s National Commission for Unesco, also told Al Jazeera he believed the school had been struck by two separate missiles. The attack ranks among the worst incidents of civilian deaths in decades of US military strikes in the Middle East. Some human rights groups like Amnesty International have already claimed the US was responsible. The Trump administration has repeatedly denied targeting civilians. In another investigation, the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran on Monday found an Israeli strike on Tehran’s Evin prison during last June’s war, which killed more than 80 people, amounted to a war crime. War on Iran News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0

Asked which of the four living ex-presidents had supposedly praised his chaotic war effort, Trump said: ‘I can’t tell you that’

Liverpool must overturn a 1-0 deficit against Galatasaray in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League last-16 tie.

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AMSTERDAM, March 17 (Reuters) - The Netherlands is investigating whether Iran was involved in the attack on a Rotterdam synagogue on Friday, Justice Minister David van Weel has said, adding that the suspects apprehended for the attack had most likely been recruited. "The possibility that Iran is involved in this attack is... being explicitly investigated", Van Weel told parliament on Tuesday, though he did not cite a conclusive link between Iran and the attack ahead of the investigation's conclusions.

MEXICO CITY, March 17 (Reuters) - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday that her country would have no problem hosting Iran's matches in the 2026 World Cup, if soccer governing body FIFA agrees. Iran's football federation has asked FIFA to move their World Cup matches to Mexico from the United States due to concerns about the safety of their players after the U.S. launched joint air strikes at the country. (Reporting by Aida Pelaez-Fernandez and Raul Cortes; Editing by Kylie Madry)

Macron rules out French participation in operations to unblock Hormuz Strait French President Emmanuel Macron has ruled out the country's participation in operations to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, adding that France was carrying on with work to prepare a coalition that could provide freedom of navigation once hostilities ended. "We are not party to the conflict and therefore France will never take part in operations to open or liberate the Strait of Hormuz in the current context," Macron said at the start of a cabinet meeting to discuss the conflicts in the Middle East. Reporting by Reuters

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Afghan official condemns Pakistan air strike, calling it a crime against humanity targeting civilians and addicts.

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Israeli air strike kills two Lebanese soldiers in southern Lebanon Two Lebanese soldiers have been killed in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon, the country's military is reporting. In a post on X, the Lebanese army reported that the soldiers were targeted when they were travelling on motorcycles between Zebdin and Nabatieh.