Mideast Headlines

US-Israel strikes continue as Iran war enters sixth day
Thu Mar 05 6:56 am
Middle East war enters 6th day with Israel and the U.S. continuing to hit Iran as the conflict continues to spread across the region.
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U.S.-Israeli strikes continue across Iran; Iranian drones hit Azerbaijan
Thu Mar 05 6:09 am
The U.S. and Israel say they conducted new strikes inside Iran overnight, targeting ballistic missile launchers. Iran claims it struck a U.S. oil tanker in the northern Persian Gulf.
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Dissident Mehdi Mahmoudian on his hopes for Iran now
Thu Mar 05 4:49 am
Mehdi Mahmoudian has been in and out of Iran's prisons over decades. He's a longtime political and human rights activist. NPR's Leila Fadel spoke with him about what its like in Tehran.
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Iranian clerics convene to choose Ayatollah successor
Thu Mar 05 4:49 am
As clerics convene to replace Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after his death in an Israeli strike, Iran faces a pivotal choice that could either cement hardline continuity under his son or usher in a fundamentally transformed regime.
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Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour on new leadership selection process
Thu Mar 05 4:48 am
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about Iran's selection of new leadership.
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Carney says he backs strikes on Iran 'with some regret' as world order frays
Wed Mar 04 5:48 pm
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he supports the strikes on Iran "with some regret" as they represent an extreme example of a rupturing world order.
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Iranian civilians are now fleeing the relentless bombing for neighboring Turkey
Wed Mar 04 5:36 pm
As the U.S. military broadens its strikes in Iran, traumatized Iranians are reaching the border with Turkey.
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Satellite images show Iran school strike hit more buildings than earlier reported
Wed Mar 04 12:50 pm
The images suggest that precision munitions struck other buildings, including a clinic that was also inside the complex.
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The Pentagon has now ID'd all 6 U.S. soldiers who died in a Kuwait attack
Wed Mar 04 10:13 am
The last two names of the six U.S. soldiers killed in a Kuwait attack have been released by the Pentagon, and they are from California and Iowa. They died Sunday when a drone hit a command center in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait.
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The U.S. sinks Iran's ships and slams its missile launchers as the war enters Day 5
Wed Mar 04 6:02 am
Israel's military said it had begun a "broad wave of strikes" in Tehran on Wednesday morning. U.S. officials touted early gains, while Democrats warned the war could widen.
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