Middle East War Death Toll Rises After US–Israel Strikes on Iran

Middle East War Death Toll Rises After US–Israel Strikes on Iran

Scores of people have been killed across the Middle East since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28. Iran, Israel, Lebanon, and Gulf states have reported rising civilian and military casualties as the war enters its fifth day, raising fears of wider regional escalation.

U.S.-Israeli Bombing and Assassination Campaign Intensifies in Iran as Israel Threatens Wider War Against Hezbollah

Jeremy Scahill, Murtaza Hussain, and Sharif Abdel Kouddous discuss the latest developments in the U.S.-Israel war on Iran with Karim Makdisi, an associate professor at the American University of Beirut and a co-host, with his brothers, of the Makdisi Street podcast. With Hezbollah entering the war and Israel slowly moving troops into Lebanon, they discuss the spreading conflict in the context of Israel’s broader agenda in the region. “If you go …

The Iran war is about preserving U.S. hegemony in the Middle East

As news broke that the United States and Israel had launched war on Iran, two posts kept showing up over and over on my social media feeds. One was from the Israeli military’s official account, which stated an oft-repeated phrase: “Israel has the right to defend itself.” The other was a video from the Iranian city of Minab, where the first reports of casualties were emerging. The joint U.S.-Israeli attack had hit a girls’ elementary school; the …