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Israeli strikes hit Wadi Ansar and Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon

Israeli strikes batter south Lebanon overnight into 15 August, Ansar and Zahrani sector hit

Israeli jets over southern Lebanon in early hours of 15 August 2026

Israeli jets hit Ali al-Taher hill in renewed southern Lebanon air operations

Israeli strikes concentrate on Ali al-Taher hill as jets return over southern Lebanon

Seven killed in overnight Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, field channels report

Israeli jets return to Ali al-Taher hill four times in ninety minutes

Pre-dawn Israeli strikes hit Nabatieh and Ali al-Taher ridge, wfwitness logs forty-minute burst

Tehran's spokesman reaches for Dostoyevsky to denounce US diplomacy

Deepest strike since the ceasefire: Israeli jets hit a house in southern Lebanon, killing seven

West Bank flashpoints converge: settler water seizure and IDF civilian-role transfer

Israeli settlers seize West Bank spring as solidarity activists are blocked from reaching Qusra

Cheaper gasoline, quieter Strait: Washington's new Iran frame

Israeli drone strike on south Lebanon hill, fresh ground movement near Aita al-Jabal reported within an hour

Hormuz traffic falls as the US-Iran standoff tests a narrow agreement

Drones over Erbil: six Telegram posts in twelve minutes

Trump signals an 'imminent' Iran deal, but the public record stays thin

Fidan courts Egypt into the Mecca Alliance and pins Gaza stall on Israel

Fidan courts Egypt into the Mecca framework and warns of radical action on Gaza

Kfarchouba hit again as Israeli artillery pounds southern Lebanon; Moscow claims 362-drone overnight intercept

Khan Yunis strike on Al-Amal: one reported killed as IDF operations grind on in southern Gaza

Kushner set to visit Israel next week for Gaza talks, Axios reports

Israeli drone strike kills one near Khan Yunis Red Crescent site, local channels report

Israel's defense minister sets disarming Hezbollah as the precondition for a southern Lebanon withdrawal

Tehran to Washington: the Hormuz narrative is shifting, and the drones are not incidental

Iraq's Zaidi pairs airspace pledge with refusal to extend coalition deadline

IDF says it killed a Hamas commander it links to the 7 October attack; Hamas confirms the death

Hormuz, two ways: Iran rejects Trump's 'total control' claim, escalating the war of words over the world's most consequential waterway

Houthis lose their megaphone as X suspends spokesman Yahya Saree

Six years on, the Abraham Accords get a carrier escort and a fresh question about Tehran

US orders Middle East embassies onto reduced-staffing footing as Iran conflict grinds on

Tehran's Security Reshuffle Meets Trump's Two-Track Iran Threat

Shipping attacks reported as Trump disclaims trust in Iran

Washington draws a red line on Israeli permanence in southern Lebanon

Israeli drone scatters incendiary material on Lebanese forest near Beit Yahoun for second time: report

Iran says no progress on reviving interim US deal as Hormuz fee contract sits at 53%

Iraq pins 30 September as coalition exit date, pairs it with a domestic weapons file

Iran tells Reuters no extension talks, says deal never had an official start date

Erdogan on Palestine in four Telegram relays: Netanyahu government named, two-state formula reaffirmed

Explosions in Damascus and a harder Iranian posture converge on a single August afternoon

Trump floats two-Iran paths as reports of a private deal collide with public refusal

Peace Now: Israel transfers civilian powers in West Bank, calling shift 'undeclared annexation'

Kisch draws a hard line on Iran's nuclear file, calls Israel a 'regional superpower'

Syrian authorities report nineteen wounded in Kobani-area incident, Iranian outlets relay

Israeli artillery and demolition strikes hit southern Lebanon as IDF admits friendly-fire interceptor mislaunch

IRGC adviser Naqdi tells mourners Iran's military is now wholly indigenous and must be ready for cross-border operations

Israeli ministers accused of inciting against Arab medical staff as Shin Bet pushes to retain 1,700 Palestinian bodies

Iran links Strait of Hormuz reopening to US policy changes as vessel traffic thins

Houthis claim missile and drone strikes on Saudi positions in Mokha and Marib

Tank and artillery fire across northern and southern Gaza as night falls on 10 August

Trump's 'you will find out' line leaves the Iran clock event-driven

Trump tells Tehran to pay for the damage: the compensation demand and what it signals

Strait of Hormuz: Trump's "open" declaration collides with Tehran's vow and an $8bn UAE pipeline

Netanyahu rejects Trump-backed Gaza plan; Trump holds open Iran track

Montreal pro-Palestinian march documented within hours by Iranian state outlets

Israeli forces push into western Mays al-Jabal as artillery pounds Bani Hayyan

Israeli drone strike reported on Ali al-Taher heights in southern Lebanon

Iran ties Hormuz reopening to wider US concessions; traders price the wait

Egypt's urban inflation quickens to 14.9% in July, third straight monthly pickup

Trump signals exit from Iran war without nuclear deal in WSJ scoop

Explosions reported at Saudi gas facilities in Jbeil industrial city

Pentagon tells US arms makers to scale munitions output after stockpile drawdown, Washington Post reports

Pentagon Pushes Defence Industry to Restock as Cooper's Israel Visit Ends Without an Iran Deal

Israeli strikes across south Lebanon and the Bekaa as demolition activity widens

Israel publishes map including southern Lebanon; Hezbollah objects; separate Gaza malnutrition infographic draws separate scrutiny

Israeli artillery reported across three Gaza locations, Al-Jazeera correspondent says

Israeli artillery hits southern Lebanese villages; Jabalia camp reports fresh injuries

Houthis claim triple salvo on Saudi targets, including Aramco refinery, on 9 August

Houthis claim Jazan refinery and al-Mokha strikes on 9 August; Saudi side says refinery fire out, casualty toll at port disputed

Houthis claim strike on Saudi Aramco's Jazan refinery as fire contained

Houthis claim drone strike on Aramco in Jizan as Saudi–Turkish–Pakistani framing builds, with separate Al-Jubail fire also reported

Houthi drone claim lands at Jizan as Aramco reports fire extinguished

Yemeni armed forces claim fresh drone-and-missile strike on coalition positions in northern Marib

Heavy ground clashes flare around Hays as Ansarullah drone is intercepted in the Red Sea

Iranian state outlets relay report of US munitions draw on Asia and Europe stockpiles

Two posts on Iran, same day: Vance on 'reduced' capabilities, Tehran on its 'leverage'

Lebanon health ministry cumulative toll reaches 4,335; Tasnim reports strikes on Nabatiyeh al-Fawqa

Israeli Strikes Hit Three Southern Lebanese Towns Within an Hour

Israeli artillery hits southern Lebanese town as IDF Spokesperson relay flags suspected infiltration near Ofra

Israeli artillery hits two villages in southern Lebanon as Israeli media report a soldier injured near the frontier