Operation Roaring Lion

Ed Miliband’s toxic legacy: Syria, Corbyn and Britain’s retreat on Iran

Despite being so disastrously wrong so many times, he maintains the air of smug superiority that he has had since he first became Labour leader. Now we learn of the latest example of his indifference to tyranny and terror

By Stephen Pollard

3 min read

Secretary for Energy Security Ed Miliband (Image: Getty)

People stand next to missile debris after it fell near Qamishli International Airport, near the Turkish border in the Qamishli district of Hasakah, Syria, March 4, 2026 (Getty Images)

Operation Roaring Lion

Iran denies firing missile at Turkey after Nato interception

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Members of the Basij militia march in a parade at a Revolutionary Guards base in northeastern Tehran (Image: Getty)

By Kasra Aarabi

To topple the Islamic Republic, dismantle the IRGC machinery of repression

5 min read

A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II jet performs a flyover on January 24, 2026, in Daytona Beach, Florida (Getty Images)

Iran

US offers ‘extensive air cover’ for Kurds to seize parts of western Iran

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Beit Shemesh after being hit by Iranian strike (Image: Jewish Agency for Israel)

Operation Roaring Lion

Taiwan donates £135,000 to Beit Shemesh after Iranian strike left nine dead

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Operation Roaring Lion

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

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

Unlock access to our community and get the latest news straight to your inbox!

All Newsletters

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

The dogfight marked the first time an F-35 jet has ever downed a manned aircraft

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

March 5, 2026 10:46

Still image from combat footage released by the Israeli Air Force (Image: X/IAF)

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

Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi of Iran’s Armed Forces, said it would be in response to a possible Israeli strike on its Beirut embassy

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

March 5, 2026 10:23

Israeli embassy in London (Images: Getty Images)

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

Hossein Noori Hamedani and Naser Makarem Shirazi said it was a ‘religious duty’ to take revenge on ‘bloodthirsty Zionists’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 5, 2026 10:22

Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a press conference on May 10, 2024 (Getty Images)

By Dominic Green

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

The PM failed to take a stand, so we will fall. That was the week that was, and this is the UK that was

4 min read

March 4, 2026 18:10

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

By Yaakov Katz

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

Hundreds of aircraft flew side-by-side. They refuelled one another. They protected one another. This was not symbolic coordination. It was operational fusion

3 min read

March 4, 2026 17:15

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

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

1...6 7 8 9

Operation Roaring Lion

Ed Miliband’s toxic legacy: Syria, Corbyn and Britain’s retreat on Iran

Iran denies firing missile at Turkey after Nato interception

To topple the Islamic Republic, dismantle the IRGC machinery of repression

US offers ‘extensive air cover’ for Kurds to seize parts of western Iran

Taiwan donates £135,000 to Beit Shemesh after Iranian strike left nine dead

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

Senate vote to halt extension of Iran War fails

Insights Delivered Daily

Unlock access to our community and get the latest news straight to your inbox!

The Daily

Editor’s Picks

The Israel Briefing

Community Matters

More from Operation Roaring Lion

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

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

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

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

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

Watch: IDF strikes Iranian soldiers operating air defence unit

US eliminates IRGC commander behind Trump assassination plot

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

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