Israel urges evacuation of south Lebanon village ahead of attack<\/p>\n
The Israeli military has issued an urgent warning to residents in a southern Lebanese village to evacuate as the army is about to attack what it calls military infrastructure linked to Hezbollah.<\/p>\n
The Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israel Defence Forces, Avichay Adraee, said in a post on X particularly addressing residents of Arab al-Jal village that residents should move at least 300 metres from a building it marked on a map.<\/p>\n
He said the building was used by the Iran-backed militant group and that the army would attack in the \u201cnear timeframe\u201d.<\/p>\n
double quotation markRemaining in the area of the specified buildings exposes you to danger<\/p>\n
#\u0639\u0627\u062c\u0644<\/a> \u203c\ufe0f \u0625\u0646\u0630\u0627\u0631 \u0639\u0627\u062c\u0644 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0633\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646 \u0648\u062a\u062d\u062f\u064a\u062f\u064b\u0627 \u0641\u064a \u0642\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0631\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0644 \u2014 \u0627\u0641\u064a\u062e\u0627\u064a \u0627\u062f\u0631\u0639\u064a (@AvichayAdraee) March 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n Iran’s Guards say 10 ‘foreign spies\u2019 arrested<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have said their forces arrested 10 \u201cforeign spies\u201d amid the war with Israel<\/a> and the US.<\/p>\n \u201cTen mercenary, treacherous elements were identified and arrested,\u201d the Guards\u2019 intelligence organisation in the north-eastern Razavi Khorasan province said on Tuesday, according to Isna news agency, cited by Agence France-Presse.<\/p>\n Isna did not identify their nationalities.<\/p>\n The Guards said four among them were gathering information \u201con sensitive sites and economic infrastructure\u201d while others were linked to a \u201cmonarchist terrorist group\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Falling shrapnel from the interception of a ballistic missile in Abu Dhabi has killed a Pakistani national, the media office in the United Arab Emirates capital has said.<\/p>\n The incident occurred in the Bani Yas area, the office posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The exiled son of Iran\u2019s last shah has announced a new committee to lay the groundwork for a future truth commission in Iran<\/a> and named a Nobel peace prize winner to lead it.<\/p>\n US-based Reza Pahlavi, who wields influence among the diaspora but holds no official position, said on Monday that the transitional justice committee would draft \u201cregulations for a truth-finding commission and court\u201d, the AFP news agency is reporting.<\/p>\n According to the former crown prince, the team would seek justice for \u201cvictims of injustice, torture and repression by the Islamic Republic\u201d.<\/p>\n A demonstrator against the Iranian government holds an image of Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s last shah, in New York City. Photograph: Adam Gray\/Reuters<\/p>\n Pahlavi said on X that Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi would lead the committee of \u201cexperienced Iranian experts spanning four different generations\u201d. He also named Dutch Iranian law professor Afshin Ellian, activist Iraj Mesdaghi and doctor Leila Bahmani as members.<\/p>\n Pahlavi leads one of several opposition movements based outside of Iran. His prominence grew after he encouraged protests in January against Iran\u2019s clerical system, with some demonstrators calling for a return of the deposed monarchy.<\/p>\n As many as 30,000 Iranians were reportedly killed<\/a> in the ruling regime\u2019s crackdown on the protests.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.54 EDT<\/p>\n Naval escorts through strait of Hormuz no guarantee of safety, says maritime chief<\/p>\n The head of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has said that naval escorts through the strait of Hormuz will not \u201c100% guarantee\u201d the safety of ships attempting to transit the waterway, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Military assistance was \u201cnot a long-term or sustainable solution\u201d to opening up the strait, Arsenio Dominguez told the newspaper.<\/p>\n double quotation markWe are collateral damage of a conflict when the root causes have nothing to do with shipping.<\/p>\n Dominguez said the IMO also had serious concerns about ships stuck in the Persian Gulf running out of food and supplies for their crews.<\/p>\n Reuters reports that the IMO council will meet for an extraordinary session at its London headquarters on Wednesday and Thursday to address the impacts on shipping and seafarers as a result of the continuing Middle East crisis.<\/p>\n Dominguez called for ship managers \u201cnot to sail and not to put seafarers at risk and not to put the vessels at risk\u201d, the report said.<\/p>\n IMO secretary-general Arsenio Dominguez Photograph: Adrian Dennis\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.49 EDT<\/p>\n Israel urges evacuation of south Lebanon village ahead of attack<\/p>\n The Israeli military has issued an urgent warning to residents in a southern Lebanese village to evacuate as the army is about to attack what it calls military infrastructure linked to Hezbollah.<\/p>\n The Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israel Defence Forces, Avichay Adraee, said in a post on X particularly addressing residents of Arab al-Jal village that residents should move at least 300 metres from a building it marked on a map.<\/p>\n He said the building was used by the Iran-backed militant group and that the army would attack in the \u201cnear timeframe\u201d.<\/p>\n double quotation markRemaining in the area of the specified buildings exposes you to danger<\/p>\n #\u0639\u0627\u062c\u0644<\/a> \u203c\ufe0f \u0625\u0646\u0630\u0627\u0631 \u0639\u0627\u062c\u0644 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0633\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646 \u0648\u062a\u062d\u062f\u064a\u062f\u064b\u0627 \u0641\u064a \u0642\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0631\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0644 \u2014 \u0627\u0641\u064a\u062e\u0627\u064a \u0627\u062f\u0631\u0639\u064a (@AvichayAdraee) March 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Share<\/a>Australia hikes interest rates amid inflation fears from Iran war<\/p>\n The Reserve Bank of Australia has increased interest rates amid the energy shock worldwide.<\/p>\n The hike takes the central bank\u2019s cash rate target from 3.85% to 4.1%, back to where it was in February 2025, wiping out the relief offered by two cuts last year.<\/p>\n The broadening Middle East conflict has triggered fears of fuel shortages<\/a> and is adding to price pressures around the world, forcing global central banks to prepare for higher interest rates, report Luca Ittimani and Patrick Commins<\/a>.<\/p>\n Australia\u2019s Reserve Bank (RBA) had been the only one expected to hike so soon, with central banks in the US, UK, European Union, Japan, Canada, Switzerland and Sweden all expected to leave rates on hold this week.<\/p>\n In a statement accompanying the decision, the RBA board said:<\/p>\n double quotation markDevelopments in the Middle East remain highly uncertain, but under a wide range of possible scenarios could add to global and domestic inflation.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Operations at the United Arab Emirates\u2019 Shah gas field remained suspended on Tuesday after a drone attack, while a fresh attack caused a fire in the Fujairah oil industry zone.<\/p>\n No injuries were reported in either incident, the local media offices said.<\/p>\n Separately, an unknown projectile struck a tanker 23 nautical miles (43km) east of Fujairah, causing minor structural damage, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Reuters reports that Monday\u2019s attack on the Shah field \u2013 located about 180km south-west of Abu Dhabi and one of the world\u2019s largest sour gas fields \u2013 adds to disruptions to the UAE\u2019s energy sector.<\/p>\n The country\u2019s daily oil output is down by more than half since the Iran<\/a> war conflict broke out, with the effective closure of the strait of Hormuz forcing state oil giant Adnoc to implement widespread production shut-ins, two sources told Reuters.<\/p>\n Oil loading operations at the UAE\u2019s port of Fujairah, a key export terminal, were suspended twice in recent days after separate drone attack incidents, although some loading has since resumed, sources said.<\/p>\n Smoke rises in the Fujairah oil industry zone on 14 March. Photograph: ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.48 EDT<\/p>\n Qatar intercepts missile attack as debris sparks fire<\/p>\n Qatar says it has intercepted a missile attack while the resulting falling debris caused a fire but there were no reported injuries.<\/p>\n The word came in social media posts from the ministries of defence and the interior.<\/p>\n Civil defence was dealing with the minor fire in an industrial area, the interior ministry said<\/a>.<\/p>\n Qatar is among several Gulf states that Iran has targeted with drones and missiles in recent days in retaliation for US-Israeli attacks.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a001.08 EDT<\/p>\n US embassy attack came after Iran-backed group’s commander killed<\/p>\n Following from the previous post, the attacks in Iraq came shortly after the powerful Tehran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah group announced that its senior security commander Abu Ali al-Askari had been killed.<\/p>\n It did not provide details on the circumstances of his death. Iraq\u2019s interior ministry initially said that a \u201cprojectile\u201d fell on the roof of the luxury al-Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad\u2019s heavily fortified green zone, before clarifying that it was a drone, AFP is reporting.<\/p>\n The ministry did not specify whether the building itself was the target. \u201cThe incident caused no casualties or material damage,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n A street leading to the hotel \u2013 which hosts diplomatic missions including the US embassy \u2013 was blocked by a large security deployment, with firefighters and ambulances present, according to an AFP correspondent.<\/p>\n Witnesses saw a fire break out on the roof of the hotel.<\/p>\n Shortly after the hotel incident, a loud blast was heard in Baghdad, as air defences were seen intercepting an attack over the US embassy. A security official said \u201cair defences thwarted an attack with four rockets\u201d on the embassy.<\/p>\n The Iraqi prime minister, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, who is head of the armed forces, denounced the attacks \u2013 including a strike on a southern oil field \u2013 calling them threats to his country\u2019s \u201csecurity and stability\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.52 EDT<\/p>\n US embassy targeted as four reportedly killed in Baghdad house linked to Iran<\/p>\n More now on Iraq: the reported drone and rocket attack targeting the US embassy in Baghdad early on Tuesday came as a strike killed four people at a house reportedly hosting Iranian advisers, security officials said, pulling Iraq deeper into the Middle East war.<\/p>\n The strikes came hours after air defences thwarted a rocket attack at the embassy and a drone caused a fire at a luxury hotel frequented by foreign diplomats in Baghdad\u2019s fortified green zone, Agence France-Presse reported.<\/p>\n Iraq was drawn into the Middle East war after having long been a proxy battleground between the US and Iran, with strikes targeting Iran-backed groups that have claimed daily attacks on US interests in Iraq and across the region.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a strike on a house in Baghdad killed four people early on Tuesday, with initial reports suggesting that two of the dead were \u201cIranian advisers\u201d to Tehran-backed groups, a security source told AFP.<\/p>\n Another source from an Iran-backed faction confirmed that four people were killed in the strike on a house hosting Iranian advisors in al-Jadiriyah neighbourhood.<\/p>\n The US embassy pictured across the Tigris River in Baghdad on 17 March. Photograph: Hadi Mizban\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.54 EDT<\/p>\n The United Arab Emirates\u2019 air defences are currently responding to incoming missile and drone attacks from Iran<\/a>, the Gulf state\u2019s ministry of defence has just said. <\/p>\n It posted on social media<\/a> that sounds being heard there are from air defences intercepting ballistic missiles and fighter jets intercepting drones and loitering munitions.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a023.45 EDT<\/p>\n Trump seeks to delay China trip because of Iran war<\/p>\n Donald Trump has said his trip to China this month to meet with the country\u2019s leader, Xi Jinping, could be delayed by \u201ca month or so\u201d.<\/p>\n But a key Trump administration official insisted the move was not to press Beijing to help unblock the strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n Trump said:<\/p>\n double quotation markWe\u2019re speaking to China. I would love to, but because of the war, I want to be here.<\/p>\n We have requested that we delay it a month or so, and I\u2019m looking forward to meeting with him. We\u2019ve got a war going on. I think it\u2019s important that I be here. So it could be that we delay it a little bit, not much.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, earlier cast doubt on the trip but insisted this was not to pressure Beijing to help unblock the strait of Hormuz, telling CNBC:<\/p>\n double quotation markWe will see whether the visit takes place as scheduled. But what I do want to parse, and there\u2019s a false narrative out there that if the meetings are delayed, it wouldn\u2019t be delayed because the president\u2019s demanded that China police the straits of Hormuz.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a023.31 EDT<\/p>\n Welcome summary<\/p>\n Hello and welcome to our continuing live coverage of the US-Israel war on Iran<\/a> and the repercussions for the region, the world and the global economy.<\/p>\n Here are the latest developments:<\/p>\n A wave of drone and rocket attacks targeted the US embassy in Baghdad early on Tuesday, Iraqi security sources said. They described it as the most intense assault since the attacks began, with at least five drones used, Reuters reported. It quoted a witness as saying a powerful explosion was heard in the Iraqi capital.<\/p>\n Smoke and fire rise during reported strikes at the US embassy, according to Iraqi security sources, in Baghdad, Iraq, in a still taken from social media video. Photograph: Reuters<\/p>\n Air traffic operations in the United Arab Emirates have returned to normal after the temporary closure<\/a> of its airspace earlier on Tuesday, the Gulf state\u2019s aviation authority has said, quoted by the state news agency. The UAE\u2019s ministry of defence said earlier that the country\u2019s defences were responding to incoming missiles and drones from Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n Donald Trump said he will \u201csoon\u201d announce countries that have agreed to help the US reopen the strait of Hormuz, as he criticised his many allies \u2013 including Nato and the UK \u2013 that have so far declined to get involved. He said South Korea, Japan and China should be helping the US, also warning that Nato faced a \u201cvery bad\u201d future if it didn\u2019t help and saying he was \u201cnot happy\u201d with the UK.<\/p>\n Allies responded by saying \u201cthis is not Nato war\u201d, with the EU insisting it has \u201cno appetite\u201d to expand its naval mission to the strait of Hormuz. German chancellor Friedrich Merz earlier said this war \u201cis not a matter for Nato\u201d, while Nato said \u201callies have already stepped up to provide additional security in the Mediterranean\u201d. UK prime minister Keir Starmer had earlier resisted Trump\u2019s call to send warships to the strait, saying the UK \u201cwill not be drawn into a wider war\u201d but was working with allies on a plan to reopen the strait.<\/p>\n Trump also said the war would be \u201cwrapped up\u201d soon, and that it wouldn\u2019t be this week but \u201cit won\u2019t be long\u201d.<\/p>\n US vice-president JD Vance deflected and attacked the media when asked if he supported Trump\u2019s war on Iran, given his prior criticisms of open-ended US foreign interventionism. It followed US media reports that he had privately expressed scepticism and counselled Trump against striking Iran. Vance accused the media of trying to \u201cdrive a wedge\u201d between him and his president, and repeated Trump\u2019s claim that Tehran was close to developing a nuclear weapon. \u201cI trust President Trump to get the job done,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi denied recent contact with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and said their last contact was before the US-Israel attack on Iran. Araghchi wrote on X: \u201cMy last contact with Mr. Witkoff was prior to his employer\u2019s decision to kill diplomacy with another illegal military attack on Iran. Any claim to the contrary appears geared solely to mislead oil traders and the public.\u201d It followed an Axios report<\/a> that a direct communications channel between Witkoff and Araghchi had been reactivated in recent days, with Araghchi attempting to engage with Witkoff about ending the war.<\/p>\n The leaders of the UK, France, Germany, Canada and Italy expressed \u201cgrave concern\u201d after Israel launched a ground invasion<\/a> of Lebanon. They called for meaningful engagement by Israeli and Lebanese representatives to negotiate a sustainable political solution. A significant Israeli ground offensive would have devastating humanitarian consequences, they warned in a joint statement, adding that it could lead to a protracted conflict with \u201cdevastating humanitarian consequences\u201d.<\/p>\n Earlier on Monday, the Israeli Defence Forces said its \u200btroops had \u200bbegun what it described as \u201c\u2060limited and targeted\u201d \u2060ground operations against \u200cHezbollah strongholds in \u200csouthern Lebanon, and told hundreds of thousands of Lebanese civilians they could not return to their homes.<\/p>\n It came as the latest reports indicate that Israeli strikes have killed at least 850 people in Lebanon, including at least 107 children, and left more than a million displaced<\/a>.<\/p>\n Operations at the UAE\u2019s Shah gas and oil field were suspended after a fire that broke out due to a drone attack. Abu Dhabi authorities said on Monday night that the fire had been brought under control.<\/p>\n Qatar said it intercepted a second wave of missiles from Iran after an attack earlier on Monday.<\/p>\n
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