Washington DC [US], March 19 (ANI): US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Thursday warned that Iran will face the 'largest strike package yet' today, asserting that the United States is winning the ongoing conflict 'decisively and on our terms.
Exclusive: How Hezbollah rebuilt while its enemies declared its death Submitted by Adam Chamseddine on Thu, 03/19/2026 - 16:30 The heavy blows Israel inflicted in 2024 prompted a return to the 'Mughniyeh spirit', sources say, creating a more agile and impenetrable fighting force A Hezbollah member at the public funeral ceremony for late Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine in Beirut, on 23 February 2025 (Reuters/Emilie Madi) On For over a year, Israel , Washington and even Lebanon’s government have been speaking as if Hezbollah has been broken for good. Yet the Lebanese armed movement is once again at war with Israel, striking its enemy in response to the US-Israeli war on Iran . Its performance on the battlefield and ability to strike deep into Israeli territory shows that Hezbollah treated its 15 months of ceasefire with Israel not as an end to war, but as a narrow and urgent window to rebuild, reorganise and prepare for what it believed would inevitably come next.
Exclusive: How Hezbollah rebuilt while its enemies declared it dead Submitted by Adam Chamseddine on Thu, 03/19/2026 - 16:30 The heavy blows Israel inflicted in 2024 prompted a return to the 'Mughniyeh spirit', sources say, creating a more agile and impenetrable fighting force A Hezbollah member at the public funeral ceremony for late Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine in Beirut, on 23 February 2025 (Reuters/Emilie Madi) On For over a year, Israel , Washington and even Lebanon’s government have been speaking as if Hezbollah has been broken for good. Yet the Lebanese armed movement is once again at war with Israel, striking its enemy in response to the US-Israeli war on Iran . Its performance on the battlefield and ability to strike deep into Israeli territory shows that Hezbollah treated its 15 months of ceasefire with Israel not as an end to war, but as a narrow and urgent window to rebuild, reorganise and prepare for what it believed would inevitably come next.
Ras Laffan: How Qatar gas hub attack is hitting Asia and beyond Submitted by Rayhan Uddin on Thu, 03/19/2026 - 15:57 Iranian missiles halt supply of a fifth of world’s LNG, wiping billions from Qatari revenue and sending prices soaring QatarEnergy's liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar on 2 March 2026 (Reuters/Stringer) Off Ras Laffan, the Qatari hub responsible for a fifth of the world's liquefied natural gas (LNG), is under Iranian attack. On Wednesday, Qatari officials said that Iranian missile strikes caused “significant damage” at Ras Laffan Industrial City, located 80km from the capital, Doha. The site was already the subject of an attack on 2 March, which suspended production .
WASHINGTON, March 19 (Xinhua) -- A U. S. F-35 fighter jet was forced to make an emergency landing on Thursday at a U.
The stealth aircraft has sustained damage but managed to make an emergency landing, according to American media reports Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed striking a US F-35 fighter jet with anti-aircraft fire and has circulated video of the plane sustaining a hit.
The stealth aircraft has sustained damage but managed to make an emergency landing, according to American media reports Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed striking a US F-35 fighter jet with anti-aircraft fire and has circulated video of the plane sustaining a hit.
US approves $23 billion in arms sales to Arab allies In notices sent to Congress on Thursday, the State Department said the US would sell more than $8 billion in air defense systems and related materiel, including drones, air-to-air missiles and F-16 fighter jet munitions to the UAE, $8 billion in missile defense and radar systems to Kuwait and $70. 5 million of aircraft and munitions support to Jordan. Another $6 billion in sales to the three countries was approved but did not require congressional notification because they involved adjustments to previously approved packages or purely commercial sales, a State Department official said, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
President Trump first said the United States “knew nothing” about an attack on the gas field in Iran, which sent global oil and gas prices soaring. He then said he cautioned Israel against it.
Donald Trump is threatening to ‘blow up’ a major Iranian energy facility, as attacks on gasfields across the Middle East send gas and oil prices skyrocketing again. The threat comes after Israeli strikes on the South Pars gasfield prompted Iran to retaliate with attacks on energy facilities across the region, including in Qatar. It marks a serious escalation in the war, which could cause long-term disruption to global energy supplies.
Israeli strike that wounded TV crew in Lebanon not ‘accidental’, Russia says Russia has condemned an Israeli air strike that injured a TV crew from state-run RT in Lebanon as not “accidental”. Video agency Ruptly - a subsidiary of RT - posted footage showing an explosion and plumes of smoke rising metres behind RT’s reporter Steve Sweeney, who was wearing a bulletproof vest with a sign “Press” on it, as he delivered an on-air report. Sweeney and his cameraman “were injured in an Israeli attack in southern Lebanon while they were reporting”, Ruptly said on Telegram, adding both were “conscious and receiving medical attention”.
Donald Trump is threatening to ‘blow up’ a major Iranian energy facility, as attacks on gasfields across the Middle East send gas and oil prices skyrocketing again. The threat comes after Israeli strikes on the South Pars gasfield prompted Iran to retaliate with attacks on energy facilities across the region, including in Qatar. It marks a serious escalation in the war, which could cause long-term disruption to energy supplies.
The move comes after President Trump sharply criticized Prime Minister Keir Starmer for not supporting his initial military strikes on Iran.
US F-35 fighter jet hit by Iranian fire, forced to make emergency landing A US fighter jet had to make an emergency landing after being struck by Iranian fire, sources have informed CNN. Iran’s revolutionary guards claimed responsibility for the attack, which caused damage to the US aircraft on Thursday. This is the first time Iran has hit a US aircraft since the war began.
Qatar calls for 'immediate' end to war on Iran after attack on gas facility Submitted by Sean Mathews on Thu, 03/19/2026 - 15:49 Qatar is the first major Gulf energy producer to call for an immediate end to the conflict without conditions Qatari Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani speaks during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on 20 January 2026 (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP) Off Qatar called for an “immediate” end to the US-Israeli war on Iran , becoming the first major Gulf energy producer to explicitly call for a halt to the conflict without conditions. “This war needs to stop immediately. The aggression needs to stop immediately,” Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Thursday, alongside Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
(260319) -- HAIFA, March 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo released by Israeli media shows smoke rising from oil refineries in Haifa, northern Israel, March 19, 2026. A missile launched from Iran on Thursday hit the oil refineries in Haifa, northern Israel, state-owned Kan TV News reported.
Washington DC [US], March 19 (ANI): US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said the United States remains 'on plan' in its war against Iran but declined to provide a definitive timeline for when the conflict would end, stressing that the final decision would rest with President Donald Trump.
In footage from Russian state broadcaster RT, correspondent Steve Sweeney is seen diving off screen as a missile hits.
Attacks on facilities by both sides in the conflict this week threaten grave consequences for the global economy Middle East crisis – live updates The escalating attacks on key oil and gas projects in the Middle East are expected to fuel a new phase of the ongoing conflict, with profound consequences for the world’s energy supplies and the global economy. The Iran regime has vowed to target a string of key energy infrastructure across the region after warning that an Israeli strike on a production facility for its largest gasfield at South Pars on Wednesday had ignited a “full-scale economic war”. Continue reading...
Pregnant woman among four Palestinians killed following Iranian missile attack Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 03/19/2026 - 15:01 Four Palestinian women in the occupied West Bank die after missile fragments hit a hair salon A woman comforts an injured girl as they mourn the deaths of the Palestinian women killed following an Iranian missile attacks, 19 March 2026 (Hazem Bader/AFP) Off A pregnant woman is the fourth Palestinian to have died from shrapnel wounds sustained after an Iranian missile attack on Wednesday night. Asil Samir Masalmeh died on Thursday after missile fragments tore through a hair salon in the occupied West Bank town of Beit Awa, near the city of Hebron, the Palestinian health ministry said. The 32-year-old was six months pregnant.
