Russia has warned that any attempts to destabilize the Middle East will lead to energy price hikes, the president has said Oil production dependent on the Strait of Hormuz could come to a complete halt within a month, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. He warned about the serious risks that the US and Israel's conflict with Iran could pose to the global energy market.
Hezbollah fires rocket attacks on Nahariya and Israeli forces near border Hezbollah said it launched rockets at targets in northern Israel and at Israeli troops close to the Lebanese border. The group said it fired a rocket barrage towards the Israeli town of Nahariya at around 14:55 local time, calling it a response to Israeli strikes on towns and cities in Lebanon. In another statement, Hezbollah said it also attacked Israeli soldiers near the border area around Markaba at about 15:30 local time.
Afternoon recap Good afternoon Middle East Eye readers, As Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, assumes power, the Middle East remains under bombardment from multiple sides as the conflict enters its tenth day.
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Tehran [Iran], March 9 (ANI): Iran on Monday accused the United States of seeking to partition the Islamic Republic and seize control of its oil resources as part of its plans amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia.
Erdogan warns Iran against 'provocative steps' after second missile intercepted Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan again warned Tehran against taking "provocative steps" after Nato defence systems intercepted a second Turkey-bound ballistic missile launched from Iran. "Despite our sincere warnings, extremely wrong and provocative steps continue to be taken that will jeopardise Turkey's friendship. One should not engage in such behaviour," he said, adding: "Persistence and stubbornness in wrongdoing should be avoided".
Las pruebas contradicen la afirmación del presidente Trump de que Irán fue responsable del ataque contra la escuela en el que murieron 175 personas, la mayoría niños.
On the tenth day of the war, with much of Iran’s markets either shut down or only partially operating, exchange-rate tracking websites s ...
Huge crude oil spike and Asia plummet: How the Iran war hit the markets Submitted by Rayhan Uddin on Mon, 03/09/2026 - 15:27 Oil prices jumped to the highest levels since 2022, as South Korean and Japanese indices slump following Iranian closure of Strait of Hormuz A crude oil tanker is guided to a berth at the oil terminal at the port in Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province on 7 March 2026 (CN-STR/AFP) Off The global commodity market was jolted as markets reopened on Monday, as the war on Iran continued to escalate over the weekend. Israel struck over 30 oil depots in Iran on Saturday, including in Tehran and Karaj. The strikes on depots went far beyond what the US expected when Israel notified it in advance, according to a report in Axios.
Iran's Jews feeling fear and heartbreak as US-Israeli strikes rain down Submitted by MEE correspondent on Mon, 03/09/2026 - 14:27 'I cannot see the country where I was born and raised as my enemy,' one Jewish Iranian businesswoman tells MEE Iranian Jews hold a pro-Palestinian gathering in Tehran on 30 October 2023 (Atta Kenare/AFP) Off Yosef, an Iranian Jew who studied history at university, is talking to Middle East Eye about the distinction between Judaism and Zionism. Part of a small community that now numbers less than 10,000 in a country of 90 million, Yosef – like other Iranian Jews – is trying to stay safe from air and missile strikes that often originate in Israel , a country he is supposed to feel some affinity with. “It is Zionism that has damaged Israel’s reputation around the world,” he says.
The Commission chief has used the Middle East escalation to question the global order and push for a more militarized security doctrine European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has failed to condemn the US-Israeli war on Iran, saying "there should be no tears shed for" Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the initial strikes.
Israeli shelling kills priest in south Lebanon Israeli tank fire killed a priest in the border village of al-Qlayya, in south Lebanon’s Marjayoun district. Lebanese state media reported that Israeli artillery struck a house in the Christian town twice in succession. The first strike wounded the homeowner and his wife, according to the National News Agency (NNA).
A US Tomahawk missile hit a military base near a primary school in southern Iran where Iranian authorities said 168 people were killed, expert video analysis shows.
Iran security chief says Strait of Hormuz unsafe as long as war goes on Iran's security chief Ali Larijani said security in the strategic Strait of Hormuz cannot be restored as long as the war with the US and Israel continues. "It is unlikely that any security can be achieved in the Strait of Hormuz amid the fires ignited by the United States and Israel in the region," said Larijani in a post on X, after France said it and its allies were preparing a "defensive" mission to reopen the waterway.
The newspaper Shargh reports that as the war in Iran and the broader region intensifies, authorities have introduced new restrictions on ...
Turkey’s Ministry of Defense said on March 9 that NATO air and missile defense systems intercepted and destroyed another ballistic missi ...
UAE tycoon rules out Abu Dhabi joining Iran war in scathing attack on US Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 03/09/2026 - 14:25 Khalaf al-Habtoor says that while Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham may 'risk their country for Israel's interests', the Emiratis would not do the same Khalaf Ahmed al-Habtoor, chairman of the United Arab Emirates' al-Habtoor Group, gestures during a press conference at Beirut airport on 20 March 2007 (AFP/Haitham Mussawi) Off In a scathing statement on X, Khalaf al-Habtoor, a prominent Emirati billionaire, has ruled out the UAE getting involved in the war on Iran , and accused the US of putting Israel ’s interests over its own. Habtoor noted that US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham had in recent days called on Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to join the US and Israel in its war on Iran. “I say to him clearly: We know full well why we are under attack, and we also know who dragged the entire region into this dangerous escalation without consulting those he calls his ‘allies’ in the region,” he wrote.
By the time this account is published, morning light will have returned to Iran, yet for hours after sunrise, Tehran’s sky remained veil ...
ParsToday – A US military analyst affirmed that the United States lost the war against Iran on the very first day.
Ukraine received 11 requests for help downing Iranian drones Kyiv has received 11 requests from countries in the Middle East, Europe, as well as from the US, for help intercepting drones fired by Iran, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Zelenskiy has previously said that Ukraine has unique experience in defending against Iranian-made drones used by Russia. "We also reviewed in detail requests from the states for security support from our side in countering 'Shahed' drones and other similar challenges," Zelenskiy said after meeting his top military and government officials.
