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Radar bases housing key US missile interceptor hit in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, satellite images show

By Thomas Bordeaux, Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — New satellite images from several key military bases in the Arabian Peninsula suggest that Iran is seeking to degrade air defenses by destroying US-made radars that detect incoming missiles and drones. The radar system for an American THAAD missile battery in Jordan was struck and apparently destroyed

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Syrian Kurds fleeing areas north of Aleppo arrive in Tabqa

Who are the Kurds?

CNN By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The Kurdish people are an ethnic minority group in the Middle East without an independent state. Estimates of the population range between 25 million and 45 million worldwide, with most living in the mountainous region that stretches across parts of western Iran, eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria,

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Syrian Kurds fleeing areas north of Aleppo arrive in Tabqa

Who are the Kurds?

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The Kurdish people are an ethnic minority group in the Middle East without an independent state. Estimates of the population range between 25 million and 45 million worldwide, with most living in the mountainous region that stretches across parts of western Iran, eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria, and

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An injured Iranian sailor arrives to receive treatment at the Karapitiya hospital in Galle after his frigate

Everything we know on day 6 of the Middle East war

CNN By Jessie Yeung, Billy Stockwell, Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Now in its sixth day, the latest Middle East conflict continues to widen – with a “hybrid attack” on Israel from Iran, Israel ordering massive evacuations in Lebanon, and NATO countries increasing their missile defenses. Here’s what to know. What are the main headlines?

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Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez criticized the Trump adminstration following its strikes on Iran.

‘No Winston Churchill’: Trump opens new rift with Europe as leaders try to avoid being sucked into Iran war

By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — US President Donald Trump sat alongside his German counterpart Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office on Tuesday and unleashed a broadside against some of his European allies. “This is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with,” he said of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after once again berating

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Plumes of smoke rise from the sites of Israeli airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut on March 3

What we know about the widening US war with Iran

CNN, SECRETARY MARCO RUBIO , X, PRESS TV, POOL, TRUTH SOCIAL , @REALDONALDTRUMP By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Days after the US and Israel first launched strikes against Iran, the conflict is widening by the hour, drawing in other countries across the region, sparking fears for the global economy and leaving thousands of travelers

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