Category: 3. Middle East

By Mubasher Bukhari and Saad Sayeed

LAHORE, March 5 (Reuters) – Pakistan’s efforts to preserve close ties with President Donald Trump are being put to the test after protesters stormed the U.S. consulate in Karachi last week and poured onto…

Africa hosts military bases within reach of Iranian missiles and is feeling the impact of rising oil prices and threats to shipping, as the continent again suffers from events largely beyond its control.

The continent is “structurally exposed” to…

General Dan Kane, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Armed Forces, said during a press conference that the US Armed Forces would begin to strike Iran to a “more significant depth.”

“We…

JTA — California Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed sharp criticism of the Israeli government during an interview this week, suggesting that he agreed with claims that Israel is an “apartheid state” and questioning US military aid to the…

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said during a press conference that Iran would not be able to carry out missile attacks for so long that the United States would run out of interceptor stocks.

“Iran will not…

Here are the latest main events related to the war in the Middle East:

– Fresh Israeli strikes across Tehran –

Israel’s military said in a statement Thursday it had “just begun a large-scale wave of strikes against infrastructure of the Iranian…

Fresh blasts were reported in Iran’s capital on Thursday as Tehran said it had targeted Kurdish groups in Iraq and warned “separatist groups” against action in the widening war.

The conflict that began Saturday with US-Israeli strikes that killed…

The main news of the fifth day of the war with Iran, Wednesday, was the coordinated fire from Iran and Lebanon. Several times over the course of the day, barrages were fired from the countries simultaneous, apparently in an attempt to challenge…