Operation Roaring Lion

US releases footage of sinking of Iran’s ‘prize’ warship in Indian Ocean

More than 140 people are believed dead after the attack off the coast of Sri Lanka

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) talks to reporters ahead of a vote on a bipartisan war powers resolution that would have prevented President Donald Trump from continuing the military campaign against Iran (Getty Images)

USA

Senate vote to halt extension of Iran War fails

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Israeli Air Force

Watch: Israeli F-35 shoots down Iranian fighter jet over Tehran

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Israeli embassy in London (Images: Getty Images)

Operation Roaring Lion

Israeli embassies worldwide could be targeted over Operation Roaring Lion, Iran claims

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Iran

Iran’s grand ayatollahs issue fatwa calling on Muslims worldwide to avenge Khamenei’s death

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Attorney General Lord Hermer and Prime Minister Keir Starmer (Image: Getty)

By Dominic Green

Starmer-Hermer legal posturing on Iran is government by Guardian editorial

4 min read

US Air Force refuelling tankers at Ben Gurion airport (Image: Getty)

By Yaakov Katz

How the Iran war forged the closest US-Israel alliance yet

3 min read

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Watch: IDF strikes Iranian soldiers operating air defence unit

The army also published footage of a strike on a Russian-made Mi-17 helicopter

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

March 4, 2026 15:15

The Iranian air base which was targetted by the IDF (Image: X/IDF Online)

US eliminates IRGC commander behind Trump assassination plot

War Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters at the Pentagon that on Tuesday, the US ‘hunted down and killed’ the Iranian official responsible

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

March 4, 2026 14:53

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gives a press conference at the Pentagon on March 4, 2026 (YouTube/ABCNews)

By Daniela Grudsky Ekstein

Israel is determined to free the Middle East from Iran’s reign of terror

Divided democracies invite escalation, while unity can deter it. This is the time to stand together, for the people of the region, who deserve a future defined by dignity rather than fear

3 min read

March 4, 2026 14:34

Anti-Iranian regime protesters in Paris on March 1, 2026 (Image: Getty)

When did Israel start planning Operation Roaring Lion? Go back to October 7

This week shows how the massacre that took place in Israel more than two years ago changed the Middle East forever – but not in the way Iran and Hamas had hoped for

By Natalie Lisbona

5 min read

March 4, 2026 14:21

When did Israel start planning Operation Roaring Lion? Go back to October 7

By Yaakov Amidror

Inside Israel’s final campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran

The war is being fought in exceptionally close cooperation between the IDF and US forces. For the first time in the history of the Jewish state, a genuine military coalition has emerged

5 min read

March 4, 2026 12:16