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Clouds of toxic smoke released into the atmosphere by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran's oil facilities returned to earth in the form of “black rain,” prompting warnings of serious risks to the public.

Lebanese media and authorities report deadly attacks as efforts continue to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict.

Iran tells France that its allies must refrain from escalating situation Iran's foreign minister told his French counterpart that countries must refrain from any action that could escalate the conflict in the Middle East, Abbas Araghchi said in comments posted on his Telegram account on Sunday. The remarks came after US President Donald Trump called on several countries, including France, to deploy vessels to help secure shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has blocked following US-Israeli strikes on its territory. About a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas normally passes through the strait, a narrow passage of water between Iran and Oman.

US response to the Strait of Hormuz closure is becoming a farce  thenationalnews.com

TEHRAN, Mar. 15 (MNA) – The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has warned that the US administration might be thinking of creating a 9/11 like scenario, stressing that Iran is only defending its soil as per the aggression.

TEHRAN, Mar. 15 (MNA) – A Hebrew language media has reported that the massive attacks by the Lebanese Hezbollah have taken the Zionist regime’s military by surprise.

Israel not planning to hold direct talks with Lebanon Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Sunday that Israel was not planning to hold direct talks with Lebanon in the coming days and had not told the United States it was running low on missile interceptors. Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported on Saturday that Israel and Lebanon were expected to hold direct talks in the coming days.

There is no ceasefire in Gaza Hassan Herzallah on Tue, 02/24/2026 - 19:58 As the killing continues, with Palestinians still unable to return home or move freely, the world cannot call this a truce Tents housing displaced Palestinians in al-Mawasi, Gaza, are pictured on 30 January 2026, following Israeli strikes (Bashar Taleb/AFP) On A few days ago, I was walking with a friend through the tents in al-Mawasi, southern Gaza. We were heading to a small cafe I have frequented since my roof became fabric.  The ground beneath us was mud, the winter air heavy, and the faces around us heavier still. We were talking about the formation of the US-led “Board of Peace”, in a phase of the so-called ceasefire that is supposedly defined by stability and reconstruction.  At that exact moment, the sound of an explosion tore through the air. We stopped talking, and I found myself asking: how is this a ceasefire? How can peace be declared while explosions still echo above our heads? Since the Gaza “ceasefire” was announced, I have wondered what this word actually means. For Palestinians in the enclave, it was supposed to mean at least a brief moment of stability. Instead, very little has changed. The first thing I imagined when I heard the word “ceasefire” was leaving our tent. In Mawasi, thousands of displaced families are still unable to return to their homes, amid the ongoing presence of the Israeli occupation in nearby communities.  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Many people believed a ceasefire would be followed by an Israeli withdrawal. That has not happened. Some houses are partially intact and technically habitable, but they sit near Israeli “yellow zones” - areas marked by daily violations. Families are afraid to return; the threat of a sudden strike or incursion outweighs the comfort of concrete walls.  Many families have chosen a cold tent sinking in rain, rather than a home overshadowed by danger. Mine is one of them. Ongoing restrictions We still carry the key to my relatives’ apartment. The door stands, and the walls are still there. But when I recently went back, I heard tanks moving, and explosions close enough to feel in my chest.  Many homes have been bombed since the “ceasefire” supposedly took effect. Around 2,500 more buildings have been razed in that period, which began last October.  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); If a ceasefire means returning home, it has not happened. If it means the destruction stops, that has not happened either. We still live under torn canvas, wait at controlled crossings, and count the names of those killed during this 'ceasefire' A ceasefire was also supposed to mean freedom of movement - and education was my way out, my narrow opening towards a different future.  During the war - amid tents, blackouts and universities reduced to rubble - we students clung to our studies as if they were a lifeline. Schools became shelters, and campuses were destroyed, but thousands continued studying online. Education was not a luxury; it was a way to preserve meaning in the midst of erasure. By the end of 2025, I secured university offers abroad. I believed the ceasefire would bring something concrete: open crossings for students with offers abroad, and for patients in need of urgent medical care. Instead, the crossings continue to operate in a limited and unpredictable manner.  Restrictions persist. Procedures remain opaque. Scholarships earned through years of work hang in uncertainty, and patients often face life-threatening delays for treatment abroad. Trapped at the border, thousands of people share this suspended reality.  If even the right to pursue education beyond a war zone remains blocked, what exactly has the ceasefire changed? The war separated us through displacement and danger. At the very least, we hoped the truce would mean the killing would stop. Stark contradiction  Issa was a friend from the Rafah neighbourhood where I lived before the war. He was his family’s sole provider. During the famine, he risked going to what people here call “death traps” to get aid, despite sniper fire. He survived bombardment, bullets and hunger. Then came the ceasefire. He had recently become engaged, and for a moment, life seemed to be cautiously resurfacing. But in January, shrapnel struck his chest during an Israeli strike on a market in Mawasi. We buried Issa during the “ceasefire”. He is not an exception. Since the ceasefire was declared, more than 400 Palestinians have been killed and more than 1,150 injured.  The truce did not end death; it merely reduced its pace. The difference between “less” and “stopped” is not rhetorical. It is the difference between life and burial. Gaza ceasefire: The world must ensure Israel does not resume a slow genocide Read More » During the war, we expected death, took calculated risks, and understood the brutal logic of survival. Now, we are told the war has stopped - yet our lives have not fundamentally changed. Explosions still punctuate the night, homes continue to fall, and friends are still buried. The only thing that has shifted is the international language, not our reality. The death toll in Gaza has surpassed 72,000 people, and that does not include thousands who are missing. In late January, the Israeli occupation acknowledged that the Palestinian health ministry’s data on this was accurate, after years of dismissal.  The acknowledgment matters, but recognition is not accountability. It does not rebuild a home. It does not return the dead. When those responsible for repeated military campaigns and a suffocating blockade participate in frameworks branded as “peace”, the contradiction becomes stark. Peace cannot be declared while structural violence remains intact. The problem is not simply language; it is the distance between language and lived reality. In Gaza, daily life remains defined by displacement, restriction and loss. We still live under torn canvas, wait at controlled crossings, and count the names of those killed during this “ceasefire”. A ceasefire is not a media statement; it is the restoration of safety. And when safety is absent - when we cannot return home or move freely, and as we continue to bury our loved ones - then there is no ceasefire in Gaza. The views expressed in this article belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Middle East Eye. Israel's genocide in Gaza Opinion Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:29 Update Date Override 0

Mohammed, aged five, and Othman, aged seven, were killed alongside their parents, the Palestinian health ministry says.

Opinion | How deterrence fails — in the U.S. Senate and the Persian Gulf  The Washington Post

TEHRAN, Mar. 15 (MNA) – The Iranian deputy foreign minister for the Legal and International Affairs has said attacking on museums and historical monuments is tantamount to attack on a part of Iran's age-old civilizational identity.

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels are staying on the sidelines as the Iran war expands

How the US war on Iran may provoke a terrorist attack – and how that may be the point  The Guardian

Trump is searching for an endgame to the Iran war  Los Angeles Times

How Congress became an afterthought in the war with Iran  Los Angeles Times

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TEHRAN, Mar. 15 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says that Iran is stable and there is no division in Iran's military and also government institutions, stressing the aggressors have to make up to Iran to end the war.

War on Iran: How Algeria and Morocco manoeuvre the fallout The Maghreb is following the US-Israeli war on Iran and its expansion across the Middle East with particular interest, and for good reason: the geopolitical and economic implications of this major crisis will certainly impact regional balances in North Africa as well. Behind the bombs raining down on Tehran, the future of Western Sahara, alliances in the Sahel and the rivalry between the two North African heavyweights, Algeria and Morocco, are also being played out. Tehran has traditionally been allied with Algeria - and to a lesser extent Tunisia - while considering Morocco a hostile actor. And Algiers and Rabat have similarly developed radically different approaches to the latest course of events. On the one hand, Algeria is attempting a complex diplomatic balancing act, namely, defending its principles without harming its interests, while simultaneously profiting from soaring energy prices as a major oil and gas power. Morocco, on the other hand, sees the war as a further opportunity to strengthen its alliance with Washington and Israel - as well as the Gulf states - in anticipation of the ongoing negotiations on the fate of Western Sahara, a territory it claims and has occupied 80 percent of for the past 50 years. Read more: War on Iran: How Algeria and Morocco manoeuvre the fallout Smoke from the fire at the Tehran Oil Refinery covers the skyline of Tehran on 8 March 2026 (Atta Kenare/AFP)

Overnight Israeli strikes kill four in Lebanon Overnight Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon killed at least four people, Lebanese state media said. Israel struck "an apartment in a residential building" in a northern district of the coastal city of Saida, killing one person and causing a fire, the National News Agency reported. To the southeast of Saida, in the village of al-Qatrani, three people were killed in an Israeli strike, according to Lebanon's health ministry. Lebanon's health ministry said Saturday that Israeli strikes have killed 826 people, including 65 women and 106 children, since the start of the war. At least 2,009 others have been wounded.