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War against Iran expands into Lebanon as Israel battles Hezbollah  The Washington Post

Grateful to come home after being forced to flee for 14 months or longer after Oct. 7, residents of Moshav Liman try to rebuild their lives amid another round of war and more missiles The post ‘We don’t see a future’: Northern farmers again find themselves under Hezbollah fire appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Iraq calls for the ‘protection of maritime routes’ Iraq’s Ministry of Oil has called for “the protection of maritime routes” after deadly attacks that set two tankers ablaze off the coast of Iraq overnight. “The security and safety of navigation in international maritime routes and energy supply lines must remain separate from regional conflicts and rivalries,” the ministry said in a statement carried by the Iraq News Agency. The comments came after Iraq shut down port operations after the attacks.

Cooking gas shortages in Gaza force families to burn wood and plastic, exposing mothers and children to dangerous smoke.

TEHRAN, Mar. 12 (MNA) – The office of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s prominent Shia cleric, has extended his congratulations to Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei on his election as the new Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran.

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Fire on oil tankers near Iraq extinguished The Director General of Iraqi Ports told Al Jazeera that the blaze that broke out in oil tankers attacked earlier have been extinguished.  Two foreign tankers were struck by unidentified attackers late on Wednesday within Iraqi territorial waters, which led to them catching fire. At least one crew member was reportedly killed in the assault.

IDF carrying out new wave of ‘extensive’ strikes on regime sites in Tehran * Damaged caused from impact in central Israel following latest concurrent Iranian and Hezbollah attacks The post Parts of Beirut will ‘look like Gaza’ if Lebanon doesn’t stop Hezbollah, warns senior official appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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Lebanon, Syria, and France hold tripartite talks on regional security Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said he held a tripartite call with his Syrian and French counterparts,  Ahmed al-Sharaa and Emmanuel Macron. According to the statement, the three leaders discussed the situation in Lebanon and the region amid rapidly evolving security developments linked to the US-Israeli war on Iran and its wider spillover in the region. They also assessed the latest escalation and agreed to remain in close contact to monitor developments.

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Police say suspects are all in their 20s, set bomb 'with the intention of taking lives or causing significant damage,' may have been working for a foreign state The post Norway arrests 3 brothers with Iraqi roots over blast at US embassy appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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After narrowly escaping death in her border village, Myriam Nohra is among the people in south Lebanon imploring the army for protection from the war between Israel and Hezbollah. In Christian-majority Qlayaa, which overlooks a vast green plain separating Lebanon and Israel, hundreds of people buried their parish priest Father Pierre Rai on Wednesday, two days after he was killed by Israeli shelling while inspecting the site of an attack.

With hundreds of thousands displaced by latest fighting, many are more openly blaming terror group for their misery: 'People haven't recovered from the previous war' The post Backlash against Hezbollah grows as still-reeling Lebanon again battered by war appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Alan West recalls a high-level meeting prior to the Iraq war. Plus letters from Spencer Hines and Margaret Squires At the final meeting prior to the invasion of Iraq between UK chiefs of staff (of which I was one), the then prime minister Tony Blair, the defence secretary, senior Ministry of Defence officials and the foreign secretary, in the Old War Office building in March 2003, I asked what the plans were for phase four of the war that was about to start (ie what were the plans for actions after we had won). We were told by the prime minister that the Americans had this all in hand. I asked if we could see their plans and was told we would. I saw nothing before or after the war started. Beating Iraq was clearly going to be relatively easy – what happened then was much harder and not clear. The same seems to be true of Donald Trump’s war against Iran. Alan West Labour, House of Lords Continue reading...

UK government loses appeal over Kneecap terror charges Imran Mulla on Wed, 03/11/2026 - 16:16 Singer Liam Og O hAnnaidh had been accused of showing support for Hezbollah at a London gig Liam Og O hAnnaidh (R) arrives for a press conference with bandmate JJ O Dochartaigh (L) at the Conway Mill in Belfast on 11 March 2026 (AFP) Off The British government has lost an appeal against a court's decision to throw out a terrorism charge against a member of the Irish rap group Kneecap. Liam Og O hAnnaidh, whose stage name is Mo Chara, was initially charged over allegations that he waved the flag of Hezbollah during a concert in London in November 2024.  The Lebanese group is a proscribed organisation in the UK and the 28-year-old was charged last May under the Terrorism Act, which says it is a criminal offence to display an article which arouses reasonable suspicion that someone supports a proscribed organisation. After a hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court, Judge Paul Goldpsring ruled in September that Og O hAnnaidh had been charged after the six-month limit to bring the charge, which could only be dealt with by the magistrates' court, ended. The charge was thrown out.  On Wednesday, the High Court in London ruled that Og O hAnnaidh would not face a new terror trial. The judgement said it agreed with the ruling last September. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Afterwards at a press conference in Wesr Belfast, Og O hAnnaidh said: "This entire process was never about me, never about any threat to the public and never about terrorism... it was always about Palestine. "Your attempts to label me a terrorist have failed because I was right and, yet again, Britain was wrong." “This is a story about Palestine and us is a distraction from the real story,” said Kneecap rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh as he left a London court on Wednesday, where he’s facing a terrorism charge for allegedly waving a Hezbollah flag during a gig in London last November. pic.twitter.com/B8jUn9RkpD August 22, 2025 Addressing the governmenr, Og O hAnnaidh said: "We said we would fight you in your court and we would win, we have three times now. Your own High Court has ruled against you. "I will not be silent, Kneecap will not be silent, the people of west Belfast will not be silent. Kneecap has denied the charges against its band member, and accused the UK government of using it to distract from Israeli crimes in Gaza.  UK Politics News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0

The US president might learn that starting wars is much easier than ending them, writes the BBC's international editor.

Over 1,000 children injured in Iran; Deaths and displaced mount in Lebanon amid Israeli assault; IEA to release unprecedented 400M barrels of oil reserves  Drop Site News

Over 1,000 children injured in Iran; Unprecedented 400M barrels of oil reserves slated for release; Death and displacement mount in Lebanon amid Israeli assault  Givebutter