Iran-Israel war highlights: Trump sends peace plan as Iran opens to 'non-hostile' oil vessels

The Israeli subject said early 

Wednesday that it was striking targets successful the Iranian superior Tehran, soon aft it announced a salvo of missiles had been fired towards Israel by Iran.

“Initial study -- the IDF has begun a question of strikes targeting infrastructure of the Iranian panic authorities crossed Tehran,” the Israeli subject wrote connected its authoritative Telegram channel.

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Iran has said “non-hostile vessels” tin transit the Strait of Hormuz if they conscionable information and information regulations successful coordination with the applicable authorities, according to a connection released to the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

“Non-hostile vessels... whitethorn -- provided that they neither enactment successful nor enactment acts of aggression against Iran -- and afloat comply with the declared information and information regulations -- payment from harmless transition done the Strait of Hormuz successful coordination with the competent authorities,” the connection said. 

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Israel’s subject warned precocious connected Tuesday that Iran had fired missiles towards the state and that anti-missile defences were progressive pursuing a time of much than a twelve rocket alerts.

“A abbreviated portion ago, the IDF identified missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of the State of Israel. Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat,” the Israeli subject said connected its authoritative Telegram. 

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The UN atomic watchdog said Iran had informed it that “another projectile deed the premises” of the Bushehr atomic powerfulness works connected Tuesday, without causing harm to the works itself.

“IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi reiterates telephone for maximum restraint to debar atomic information risks during conflict,” the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said successful a station connected X.

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Iran’s atomic vigor organisation accused the U.S. and Israel connected Tuesday of attacking its Bushehr atomic powerfulness plant, saying a projectile had landed wrong its compound but caused nary damage.

“The American-Zionist force has attacked the Bushehr atomic powerfulness works tract again,” the organisation said successful a statement, adding that “a projectile deed wrong the enclosure of the Bushehr powerfulness plant”.

“Initial reports bespeak this incidental did not origin immoderate fiscal oregon method damage, oregon quality casualty, and the assorted areas of the powerfulness works are unharmed.”

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The Pentagon is expected to nonstop thousands of soldiers from the ‌army’s elite 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, 2 ⁠people acquainted with the substance told Reuters connected Tuesday, adding to the monolithic subject buildup adjacent ‌as the Trump medication seeks talks with Iran.

The officials, speaking connected ‌the information of anonymity, did not ‌specify ⁠where successful the Middle ⁠East the troops would spell and erstwhile they would get successful the region. The soldiers are stationed astatine Fort Bragg, ‌North Carolina.

The U.S. subject referred questions to the White House, which did not instantly respond to a petition ‌for comment.

No determination had been made to nonstop troops into Iran itself, 1 of the sources ⁠told Reuters, but they volition physique up capableness for imaginable aboriginal operations successful ‌the region.

The soldiers’ deployment would beryllium successful summation to the deployment past week of thousands of Marines and sailors aboard the USS Boxer, an amphibious battle ship, on with ‌its Marine Expeditionary Unit and accompanying warships.

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Donald Trump is pressing connected with subject operations against Iran adjacent arsenic helium examines “newfound” diplomatic options, the White House said connected Tuesday, aft the U.S. president announced talks with Tehran and Pakistan emerged arsenic a imaginable mediator.

“As President Trump and his negotiators research this newfound anticipation of diplomacy, Operation Epic Fury continues unabated to execute the subject objectives laid retired by the Commander successful Chief and the Pentagon,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said successful a connection to AFP. 

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U.S. President Donald Trump said connected Tuesday that negotiations with Iran to extremity the Middle East warfare were underway “right now,” adding Tehran wants to marque a woody “so badly.”

“We’re successful negotiations close now,” Mr. Trump told reporters successful the Oval Office, saying that Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner were involved. 

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U.S. President Donald Trump said connected Tuesday that Iran gave him a “very large present” related to lipid and gas, not offering details but saying helium had caller religion successful Tehran’s leaders.

“It was a precise large present, worthy a tremendous magnitude of money,” Mr. Trump said.

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The Israeli subject said connected Tuesday that it was operating “according to an unchanged plan” successful Iran and Lebanon, careless of immoderate talks aimed astatine reaching an statement to extremity the hostilities.

“Regarding this oregon that agreement, we are presently operating according to an unchanged plan,” subject spokesperson Brigadier General Effie Defrin said during a televised briefing erstwhile asked astir efforts to motorboat a diplomatic process that could enactment an extremity to the war.

“We are acting, and volition proceed to act... to deepen the harm and region existential threats,” Defrin added. “We are striking some successful Iran and successful Lebanon”.

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The Pentagon is expected to nonstop ‌thousands of troops from the ⁠elite 82nd Airborne Division to the West Asia, 2 radical acquainted ‌with the substance told ‌Reuters ⁠on Tuesday, ⁠adding to the monolithic subject buildup adjacent arsenic the ‌Trump medication seeks talks with Iran.

The officials, speaking connected ‌the information of anonymity, did not specify wherever ⁠in the West Asia the troops ‌would beryllium sent to and erstwhile they would get successful the region.

The ‌U.S. subject referred to the White House, which ⁠did not instantly respond to ⁠a petition for comment. 

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Israeli exigency services said a pistillate was killed successful the northbound of the state connected Tuesday pursuing rocket occurrence from Lebanon, wherever Israeli forces are warring Iran-backed Hezbollah.

“Following a motorboat toward bluish Israel... teams are reporting a pistillate of astir 30 with nary signs of beingness and terrible multi-system trauma, and person pronounced her dormant astatine the scene,” Israel’s Magen David Adom said successful a statement, adding that teams were treating 2 different radical successful mild information with shrapnel injuries.

The Israeli subject told AFP that dozens of rockets from Lebanon were fired astatine the country astatine the clip the incidental occurred.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Tuesday spoke to Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and discussed with him the evolving concern successful West Asia, with peculiar absorption connected disruptions affecting planetary vigor security.

After his telephonic speech with the Sri Lankan leader, the premier curate said they reviewed the advancement connected cardinal initiatives aimed astatine strengthening India-Sri Lanka vigor practice and enhancing determination security.

“Spoke with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and discussed the evolving concern successful West Asia, with peculiar absorption connected disruptions affecting planetary vigor security,” Mr. Modi said successful a station connected ‘X’.

He said arsenic adjacent and trusted partners, “we reaffirmed our committedness to enactment intimately unneurotic successful addressing shared challenges”.

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An Iranian rocket ‌was intercepted implicit Lebanese ⁠airspace for the archetypal clip ‌on Tuesday, 3 elder ‌Lebanese ‌security ⁠sources ⁠said, with 2 of them saying a ‌foreign naval vas was liable for ‌the interception.

The Lebanese quality bureau reported that ⁠shrapnel from an interception ‌had landed implicit a bid of towns ‌north of Beirut and led to immoderate ⁠light wounds.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is engaged successful discussions with galore satellite leaders, and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is besides engaging with his counterparts successful the backdrop of the West Asia conflict, the MEA said connected Tuesday, adding that India emphasises that bid tin beryllium restored lone done dialog and diplomacy.

At an inter-ministerial briefing connected the West Asia situation, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal besides said that India “continues to intimately travel the developments successful the ongoing conflict”.

Aseem R Mahajan, Additional Secretary (Gulf), MEA, said ensuring the safety, information and well-being of the ample Indian assemblage successful the portion is “our utmost priority”.

“Overall, the concern continues to amended successful presumption of the presumption of flights, with further flights operating from the region. Since February 28, astir 4,02,000 passengers person returned from the portion to India,” Mahajan said.

He added that the MEA continues to assistance the question of Indian nationals successful Iran done Armenia and Azerbaijan to India.

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China’s apical diplomat told his Iranian counterpart successful a telephone telephone connected Tuesday that “talking is ever amended than to support fighting” aft Tehran denied US President Donald Trump’s assertion that negotiations had taken place.

“It is hoped that each parties tin prehend each accidental and model for bid and commencement the bid talks process arsenic rapidly arsenic possible,” Wang Yi told Abbas Araghchi, according to a Chinese overseas ministry statement.

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The UAE defence ministry said connected Tuesday that a Moroccan contractor with the Emirati subject was killed successful Bahrain successful an Iranian attack, with Manama saying the antheral had been assisting the section equipped forces.

“The Ministry of Defence mourns the nonaccomplishment of a Moroccan civilian contractor serving with the UAE Armed Forces, who was martyred during a regular ngo successful the Kingdom of Bahrain pursuing an Iranian rocket attack,” the UAE ministry said successful a connection connected X.

Bahrain’s subject had announced that a UAE service unit was killed successful its territory portion helping Bahraini forces support against Iranian attacks.

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Pakistan ‌is acceptable to ⁠host talks betwixt ‌the ‌U.S. ‌and ⁠Iran ⁠to settee the struggle ‌in the Middle East, ‌Prime Minister Shehbaz ⁠Sharif said ‌in a station ‌on X. 

Iran’s negotiating posture has hardened sharply since the warfare began, with the Revolutionary Guards exerting increasing power implicit decision-making, and it volition request ⁠significant concessions from the United States if mediation efforts pb to superior negotiations, 3 elder sources successful Tehran said.

In immoderate talks with the U.S., Iran would not lone request an extremity to the warfare but concessions ‌that are apt reddish lines for U.S. President Donald Trump - guarantees against aboriginal subject action, compensation for wartime losses and ceremonial power of the Strait of Hormuz, ‌the sources said.

Iran would besides garbage to negociate immoderate limitations to its ballistic rocket ‌programme, ⁠they said, an contented that had been a reddish enactment for Tehran during ⁠the talks that were taking spot erstwhile the U.S. and Israel launched their onslaught past month.

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Donald Trump’s five-day intermission connected striking Iran’s vigor infrastructure does look similar a tactical U-turn—but not a afloat reversal. Just days aft issuing a 48-hour ultimatum, helium cited “productive” talks and stepped back, signalling imaginable de-escalation. However, U.S. attacks connected different Iranian subject targets continue, suggesting this is simply a constricted intermission alternatively than a argumentation shift.

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An aerial onslaught successful Iraq killed 15 members of a erstwhile paramilitary coalition, the deadliest onslaught connected the radical since the Middle East warfare began, arsenic rocket occurrence elsewhere killed six Kurdish information personnel.

Iraq has been pulled into the warfare sparked by US and Israeli strikes connected Iran connected February 28, and which has since engulfed overmuch of the region.

The Hashed al-Shaabi coalition, portion of Iraq’s regular equipped forces but which besides includes brigades belonging to Iran-backed groups, blamed the onslaught that killed a commandant and 14 different fighters connected the United States.

In Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, a ballistic rocket onslaught killed six peshmerga fighters, with the portion accusing Iran of conducting the archetypal specified deadly onslaught connected Kurdish information forces since the warfare began.

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There is nary nonstop Qatari mediation betwixt the United States and Iran, but ‌Doha supports each ceremonial and informal diplomatic channels to extremity the ⁠war, Qatar’s overseas ministry spokesperson said connected Tuesday.

President Donald Trump told reporters connected Monday the ‌U.S. had held talks with Iran and that the 2 sides ‌had “major points of agreement”. Tehran said ‌no ⁠negotiations had taken place.

Qatar has remained ⁠in adjacent interaction with Washington, seeking a diplomatic solution to the crisis, overseas ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari told ‌a media briefing successful Doha.

“We are successful adjacent interaction with U.S. medication implicit this, they took the determination to ‌go to warfare according to parameters that they deliberation are related to determination security,” helium said.

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Mohhammad Baqer Zolqadr, a seasoned commandant of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has been appointed arsenic the caller Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.

Mr. Zolqadr, who presently serves arsenic the caput of Expediency Discernment Council, an advisory assemblage to the Supreme Leader, replaces Ali Larijani, who was assassinated by an Israeli onslaught connected March 17. 

He antecedently served arsenic lawman main of the General Staff of the Armed Forces for Basij, and held elder positions successful the judiciary.

After the Iran-Iraq warfare of 1980-88, Mr. Zolqadr headed the IRGC Joint Staff for 8 years during the presidency of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

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Iran named a erstwhile Revolutionary Guards commandant and elder fig successful the hardline governmental ‌faction connected Tuesday to regenerate the almighty caput ⁠of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, killed successful U.S.-Israeli strikes past week.

Mohammad ‌Baqer Zolqadr was appointed arsenic Larijani’s successor arsenic caput of ‌the SNSC, the Iranian president’s ‌deputy ⁠of communications posted connected X ⁠on Tuesday.

The SNSC, formally chaired by the elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, coordinates information and overseas policy, ‌and includes apical military, quality and authorities officials successful summation to representatives of the ultimate person who has eventual ‌say implicit each matters of state.

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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos ‌Jr declared ⁠a authorities of nationalist vigor exigency ‌in effect to ‌the ‌Middle ⁠East struggle ⁠and what helium called a “resulting imminent danger” ‌posed to the country’s vigor supply.

Marcos successful ‌an enforcement bid shared with media ⁠said a committee has been ‌formed to guarantee the orderly movement, supply, organisation ‌and availability of fuel, food, medicines, cultivation products ⁠and indispensable ⁠goods. 

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U.S. President Donald Trump said that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was the “first one” to suggest attacking Iran erstwhile helium discussed the “problem successful the Middle East” with his adjacent aides.

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Russia would presumption immoderate spillover ⁠of the Iran struggle into the Caspian Sea “extremely ‌negatively”, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said ‌on Tuesday.

Israel ‌said ⁠last week ⁠its subject had carried retired strikes connected the Iranian navy ‌in the Caspian, hitting dozens of targets including rocket boats. ‌A subject spokesperson said Israel had managed to instrumentality ⁠out Iran’s naval capabilities there.

Russia and ‌Iran, which signed a strategical concern pact past year, some borderline the Caspian Sea.

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An aerial onslaught successful Iraq killed 15 members of a erstwhile paramilitary coalition, the deadliest onslaught connected the radical since the Iran warfare began, arsenic rocket occurrence elsewhere successful the state killed six Kurdish information personnel.

The Hashed al-Shaabi coalition, portion of Iraq’s regular equipped forces but which besides includes brigades belonging to Iran-backed groups, blamed the onslaught that killed a commandant and 14 different fighters connected the United States.

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The politician of Tel Aviv said a “direct strike” damaged a gathering connected Tuesday aft an Iranian rocket onslaught warning, arsenic Israeli archetypal responders said they had treated 4 radical for airy injuries.

The onslaught successful an upscale vicinity successful the northbound of the Israeli coastal metropolis tore unfastened the facade of an aged three-storey gathering and scattered debris crossed the street, according to an AFP writer astatine the scene.

Tel Aviv politician Ron Huldai told reporters that the gathering had been deed by a “direct strike”.

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Bahrain has enactment guardant a draught U.N. Security Council solution that would authorise countries to usage “all ‌necessary means” — diplomatic connection for unit — to support commercialized shipping successful and astir the Strait of Hormuz, according to a substance seen by Reuters on Monday.

Diplomats said the draught substance was ⁠backed by different Gulf Arab states and the United States, though they said it was improbable to get done the council, wherever Russia and China had veto power.

France circulated a much conciliatory alternate draught resolution, seen by Reuters, connected Monday evening.

Iran’s Energy Minister said helium believed the state was little susceptible than others successful the portion to immoderate attacks connected its vigor infrastructure, successful an interrogation with authorities TV broadcast today.

“We nutrient energy successful a dispersed retired mode successful respective places, dissimilar the countries of the Persian Gulf oregon the Zionist regime, wherever accumulation is centralised and precise vulnerable,” Energy Minister Abbas Aliabadi said, referring to Iran’s Gulf neighbours and Israel.

“We person much than 150 powerfulness plants crossed the country,” helium added.

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Iranian media reported contiguous that Israeli-U.S. strikes targeted 2 state facilities and a pipeline, hours aft U.S. President Donald Trump stepped backmost from his menace to onslaught powerfulness infrastructure.

“As portion of the ongoing attacks carried retired by the Zionist and American enemy, the state medication gathering and the state unit regularisation presumption connected Kaveh Street successful Isfahan were targeted,” said the Fars quality agency.

The facilities successful cardinal Iran were “partially damaged”, added Fars, which was Iran’s lone quality outlet to study the incident.

It said an onslaught besides targeted the state pipeline of the Khorramshahr powerfulness plant, successful the country’s southwest.

“A projectile deed the country extracurricular the Khorramshahr state pipeline processing station,” Fars reported, quoting the politician of the metropolis bordering Iraq. It did not specify the grade of the damage.

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A onslaught successful occidental Iraq contiguous killed a commandant and 14 fighters from the erstwhile paramilitary conjugation Hashed al-Shaabi, a connection from the radical said, updating the toll and blaming the United States.

The fighters from the Hashed al-Shaabi, besides known arsenic the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), were killed successful a “treacherous American onslaught that targeted the cognition headquarters” successful occidental Anbar province, the connection said. An earlier toll enactment the toll astatine seven.

The PMF is present portion of Iraq’s regular army, but besides includes immoderate pro-Iranian groups.

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First responders said six radical were injured contiguous successful Israel’s commercialized hub Tel Aviv, wherever constabulary reported respective interaction sites aft the subject warned of incoming rocket occurrence from Iran.

Israel’s Magen David Adom exigency aesculapian work said “six radical were lightly injured astatine 4 antithetic sites” and released videos showing a partially gutted gathering and vehicles connected fire.

Police successful Tel Aviv said they were handling “several interaction sites of munitions”.

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The U.S. volition proceed its strikes ⁠on Iran, with the intermission applying lone to attacks connected Tehran’s vigor ‌sites, Semafor reported connected Monday (March 23, 2026), citing a U.S. official, during ‌what President Donald Trump ‌has ⁠described arsenic “productive” talks with ⁠unidentified Iranian officials.

Yesterday, Mr. Trump postponed for 5 days a program to deed Iran’s ‌power plants and vigor infrastructure. Iran aboriginal denied that it had engaged successful negotiations with the ‌U.S..

“The halt connected attacks for 5 days is lone connected their vigor sites,” a ⁠U.S. authoritative told Semafor.

“It is not connected the subject sites ‌and the navy, and the ballistic missiles, and the defence concern base. The archetypal initiatives of (Operation) Epic Fury volition continue,” helium told the quality agency.

Reuters could not ‌immediately verify the report. The White House, the U.S. State Department and the Pentagon ⁠did not instantly respond to a ⁠request for remark extracurricular regular hours.

The Semafor study besides added ‌that Israel was not enactment to Washington’s talks with Tehran.

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Amazon said connected Monday (March 23, 2026) its Amazon ‌Web Services portion successful Bahrain has been “disrupted” amid the West Asia war, marking the ⁠second clip successful a period that its operations person been affected.

The disruption is owed to drone enactment successful the area, an ‌Amazon spokesperson said, pursuing a Reuters inquiry.

As of Monday night, ‌AWS had not updated its presumption leafage to bespeak the ‌impact.

Amazon ⁠did not instantly respond to a query connected ⁠whether its Bahrain installation was straight deed by a drone onslaught oregon if the disruption was owed to adjacent strikes.

The institution said it is helping to migrate customers to alternate AWS regions ‌while it recovers, though it did not supply further details specified arsenic the grade of the harm oregon however agelong it anticipates the disruption to last.

“As this concern evolves and, ‌as we person advised before, we petition those with workloads successful the affected regions proceed to migrate to different locations,” Amazon said successful a statement.

- Reuters

The Philippines said grounding planes owed to a ‌shortage of pitchy substance brought connected ⁠by the U.S.-Israeli warfare with Iran is simply a “distinct ‌possibility”, Bloomberg News reported today, ‌citing an interrogation ‌with ⁠the South East Asian ⁠country’s president.

Several countries person informed Philippine airlines they cannot refuel ‌aircraft, forcing Philippine operators to transportation substance for some outbound ‌and instrumentality journeys, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told Bloomberg.

Other Asian ⁠countries, including Vietnam, person said airlines are ‌preparing to instrumentality substance surcharges connected planetary routes from aboriginal April.

Global aerial question has been ‌disrupted since the warfare forced the closure of West Asia hubs, ⁠including Dubai, Doha ⁠and Abu Dhabi, stranding tens of ‌thousands of passengers.

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An Israeli onslaught aboriginal contiguous connected a residential flat successful Bchamoun, astir 10 km (6 miles) southeast of Beirut, killed astatine slightest 2 people, according to an archetypal toll from the Lebanese Health Ministry.

The onslaught wounded 5 others, the Ministry added.

The onslaught came without informing and deed an country extracurricular Beirut’s confederate suburbs, wherever the Israeli subject had antecedently issued evacuation notices.

Footage circulating online showed astatine slightest 1 flat successful a gathering engulfed successful flames.

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Iran launched aggregate waves of missiles astatine Israel, the Israeli subject said, aft U.S. President Donald Trump postponed a menace to weaponry the Islamic Republic’s powerfulness grid due to the fact that of what helium described arsenic productive talks with Iranian officials.

The missiles triggered ‌air raid sirens successful parts of Israel, including Tel Aviv, wherever blasts from interceptions were heard. In 1 attack, homes successful bluish Israel were damaged by falling debris pursuing an interception. No deaths were reported.

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Israel targeted 7 areas of Beirut’s confederate suburbs overnight, Lebanese authorities media reported today.

“Enemy warplanes launched 7 raids overnight connected the confederate suburbs,” Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported, adding that 7 areas were targeted.

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Iran launched different circular of missiles towards Israel aboriginal today, authorities tv announced.

“Iran fires caller question of missiles astatine occupied territories,” the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting posted connected Telegram.

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A onslaught successful occidental Iraq contiguous killed a commandant and respective fighters from the erstwhile paramilitary conjugation Hashed al-Shaabi, the radical said.

The bombing targeted a basal successful Anbar state during a commanders’ meeting, a root from the radical told AFP connected information of anonymity, blaming the United States for the attack.

Seven Hashed al-Shaabi fighters were “killed and 13 wounded successful a U.S. strike”, the root added.

Hashed al-Shaabi, besides known arsenic the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), is portion of Iraq’s regular equipped forces but besides includes immoderate brigades belonging to Iran-backed groups.

A PMF connection condemned the strike, which it said killed the provincial commandant and caput of operations successful Anbar, Saad Dawai al-Baiji, arsenic good arsenic respective fighters, but did not springiness further details.

A information authoritative told AFP that the wounded were being treated astatine a hospital.

Iraq has been unwillingly pulled into the warfare triggered by Israel and the United States striking Iran connected February 28.

- AFP

Asian benchmarks mostly rebounded today, echoing cautious alleviation that swept done Wall Street aft President Donald Trump said the United States has talked with Iran astir a imaginable extremity to their war.

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 1.1% successful greeting trading to 52,093.02, recovering immoderate of the losses it suffered the erstwhile day.

Global markets person been connected a roller coaster thrust implicit worries astir the warfare successful Iran, which began successful precocious February, particularly nations successful Asia, which are severely affected by immoderate deficiency of entree to the Strait of Hormuz, important for vigor shipments from West Asia.

In vigor trading, benchmark U.S. crude gained $2.02 to $90.15 a barrel. Brent crude the planetary standard, added $1.41 to $101.35 a barrel.

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Japan plans to commencement releasing lipid from associated stockpiles ‌held by producing nations successful the state by the extremity ⁠of March, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said successful a station connected X today.

In effect to the Iran war, Japan started releasing 15 days’ worthy of private-sector lipid inventories past week and Ms. Takaichi said successful the ‌X station the state volition pat a month’s worthy of crude from the authorities reserves from Thursday (March 26, 2026).

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A bid of strikes deed Beirut’s confederate suburbs yesterday and aboriginal today, the archetypal onslaught connected the Hezbollah stronghold successful days, arsenic Israel’s subject said it captured 2 members of the Iran-backed radical successful confederate Lebanon.

An earlier Israeli onslaught deed the upscale, predominantly Christian country of Hazmieh adjacent Beirut, with Israel saying it targeted a subordinate of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ overseas operations arm.

The Israeli subject besides announced it was “striking Hezbollah infrastructure successful Beirut” aft having called connected residents to permission the confederate suburbs beforehand.

In a statement, the Israeli Army said that “during an enactment to find weapons successful confederate Lebanon, (Israeli) troops identified respective equipped Hezbollah Radwan Force terrorists who were readying to occurrence an anti-tank missile”, referring to the group’s commando force.

“After being identified, the terrorists surrendered. They were apprehended by the troops and transferred to Israeli territory for further questioning,” it added.

The Israeli subject said 2 Hezbollah members were captured.

Hezbollah, for its part, announced much than 50 attacks targeting Israeli troops and bases successful bluish Israel and confederate Lebanon, peculiarly successful the borderline coastal municipality of Naqura.

Early today, the Israeli subject issued evacuation warnings for 2 coastal towns adjacent the confederate metropolis of Tyre.

- AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said connected Monday (March 23, 2026) that helium spoke with Donald Trump, saying that the U.S. President believed U.S.-Israeli subject gains successful Iran could beryllium converted into a negotiated statement that protected Israel’s interests.

“President Trump believes determination is simply a accidental to leverage the tremendous achievements of the IDF and the U.S. subject successful bid to realise the war’s objectives successful an statement - an statement that volition safeguard our captious interests,” Mr. Netanyahu said successful a video statement.

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U.S. President Donald Trump, who issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Iran connected Saturday (March 21, 2026) to reopen the Strait of Hormuz oregon look strikes connected its powerfulness infrastructure, said connected Monday (March 23, 2026) helium would postpone the attacks for 5 days aft “very bully and productive” talks with Tehran.

“I americium please[d] to study that the United States of America and the state of Iran person had, implicit the past 2 days, precise bully and productive conversations regarding a implicit and full solution of our hostilities successful the Middle East,” Mr. Trump wrote successful a societal media post.

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