The Latest: Israel hits Lebanon and Tehran oil depot as desalination plants become targets Israel is hitting southern Lebanon, Beirut and targets in Iran as the war enters its second week The Independent UK · Mar 8
Iran says can fight for months as Israel strikes Beirut hotel Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Sunday that the country's forces could fight an intense war for six months against the United States and Israel, which said it struck Tehran's commanders at a seaside hotel in the heart of Beirut. Radio France Internationale · Mar 8
US orders government employees to leave Saudi Arabia – as it happened This liveblog is closed. The Guardian - AU · Mar 8
Middle East war day 9: Israeli drone strike kills four at Beirut hotel; Iran continues Gulf attacks — top developments The war between the United States, Israel and Iran entered its ninth day on Sunday with fresh strikes, drone attacks and widening regional fallout. Fighting that began with joint US and Israeli strikes on Iranian territory on February 28 has rapidly expanded into a broader confrontation stretching across the Gulf,… The Times of India · Mar 8
Refugees, migrants in Lebanon find rare sanctuary from Israeli strikes in Beirut church When Israeli strikes began pummelling Beirut’s southern suburbs early on Monday, Sudanese refugee Ridina Muhammad and her family had no choice but to flee home on foot, eventually reaching the only shelter that would accept them: a church. Radio France Internationale · Mar 7
The Latest: Israel hammers Beirut and Tehran as Iran attacks more Israeli targets Iran has launched another wave of missiles and drones, and Gulf states say they intercept more incoming attacks as the war intensifies The Independent UK · Mar 7
‘The memories stay behind’: hundreds of thousands flee the Israeli bombs in Beirut The normally vibrant southern suburbs are a ghost town, their throngs of people replaced by rubble and fires The Guardian - UK · Mar 6
Lebanon: Israeli strikes on Hezbollah stronghold displace thousands in Beirut Israeli strikes on Beirut’s suburbs have forced a mass exodus, with more than 95,000 people displaced after evacuation warnings for the crowded southern suburbs. Euronews · Mar 6
‘From one catastrophe to another’: Lebanese Australians look on in horror as relatives flee homes With friends and relatives in danger amid bombing in parts of Lebanon, many diaspora members are suffering a heavy psychological toll The Guardian - AU · Mar 6
First Thing: Israel launches huge strikes against south Beirut after mass evacuation order Residents of Lebanese capital fled in panic before assaults on claimed Hezbollah targets, while Tehran continues to launch retaliatory attacks. Plus, why is Pedro Sánchez the only European leader to take on Trump? The Guardian - UK · Mar 6
Why Israel is pounding Lebanon with bombs in war with Hezbollah stretching back decades Thousands of people have been displaced by the latest conflict The Independent UK · Mar 6
Southern Lebanon residents rush to flee homes as Israel pounds Beirut with bombs Traffic became gridlocked as families fled southern Lebanon after Israel's military issued a notice ordering all of Beirut's southern suburbs to evacuate. The Independent UK · Mar 6
Watch: Israel shares video of precision strikes in Beirut; Hezbollah's military infrastructure hit The Israeli Defense Forces conducted a significant overnight strike in Beirut, targeting Hezbollah's headquarters and military infrastructure within a densely populated area. This action, described as the twenty-sixth wave of strikes, followed Hezbollah's alleged violation of a truce and its involvement in opening a new front in the ongoing conflict. The Times of India · Mar 6
New Israeli airstrikes rock Beirut suburb as civilians flee feared escalation Lebanon faces Israeli airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs after a rare evacuation order. Thousands flee Dahiyeh as traffic blocks roads across the capital. Euronews · Mar 6
The Independent UK · Mar 6 Intense Israeli strikes target Iran and Lebanon as US warns bombardment to 'surge dramatically' Intense Israeli airstrikes are pounding the capitals of Iran and Lebanon as the U.S. apparently struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea, intensifying its campaign targeting the Islamic Republic’s fleet of warships
The Guardian - UK · Mar 6 Tehran warns Europe to stay out of conflict or face ‘retaliation’ – as it happened This blog is now closed
The Guardian - AU · Mar 5 Morning Mail: Israel orders more than 500,000 to evacuate Beirut, Trump fires Kristi Noem, two mammal species discovered Conflict continues to spread beyond Iran with order to southern suburbs of Lebanese capital; Australian team finds possum and glider thought extinct
The Guardian - UK · Mar 5 Israel launches huge strikes against south Beirut after mass evacuation order Residents fled Lebanese capital in panic before assaults on claimed Hezbollah targets while Tehran continues to launch retaliatory attacks
The Independent UK · Mar 5 Panic in Beirut as Israel warns Lebanon's southern suburbs to evacuate Israel orders residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs to evacuate, and the move sets off panic and gridlock across the capital
Euronews · Mar 5 Aftermath following overnight Israeli strikes on south Beirut Crews cleared rubble in Beirut’s southern suburbs after overnight Israeli strikes, Lebanese state media reported.
The Conversation · Mar 4 Hezbollah − degraded, weakened but not yet disarmed − destabilizes Lebanon once again The fragile peace in Lebanon was already showing serious strains in the first months of 2026 – and then came the U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran.
Euronews · Mar 4 New airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs after Israeli warning Lebanon sees fresh Israeli airstrikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs, with buildings hit in Haret Hreik after evacuation warnings.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 4 Israel flagged Hezbollah threat before launching air attacks, leaked memo shows US embassy cable said Israeli officials did not trust Lebanon or Syria to contain the group’s fighters
The Independent UK · Mar 4 Israeli military orders immediate evacuations in southern Lebanon as strikes on Beirut intensify Israel has ordered residents of dozens of villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate as airstrikes around Beirut intensify and Hezbollah reports more attacks
The Guardian - UK · Mar 4 Israel strikes Tehran and Beirut as Iran vows ‘complete destruction’ in region Rapidly escalating war enters fifth day and spreads as far as Indian Ocean with sinking of Iranian vessel off Sri Lanka