Tuesday, 17 March, 2026 , 19:51 AFP — Iraq was in contact with Iran to try to arrange passage for some of its oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, the country's oil minister told local media.
Tuesday, 17 March, 2026 , 19:37 AFP — Since the United States and Israel unleashed strikes on Iran on February 28, war has spread across the Middle East, with casualties reported in countries across the region.
Tuesday, 17 March, 2026 , 17:10 AFP — Crowds gathered in Iranian cities Tuesday after authorities called for nationwide rallies to defy enemy "plots", state television said, over two weeks into war with Israel and the United States.
Monday, 16 March, 2026 , 21:23 AFP — Since the United States and Israel unleashed strikes on Iran on February 28, war has spread across the Middle East, with casualties reported in countries across the region.
Monday, 16 March, 2026 , 19:41 AFP — Since the United States and Israel unleashed strikes on Iran on February 28, war has spread across the Middle East, with casualties reported in countries across the region.
Monday, 16 March, 2026 , 19:07 AFP — Since the United States and Israel unleashed strikes on Iran on February 28, war has spread across the Middle East, with casualties reported in countries across the region.
Monday, 16 March, 2026 , 13:13 AFP — Iraq is hoping to ship up to 250,000 barrels of oil per day to a port in Turkey via a rehabilitated pipeline, its oil minister said, after the US-Israeli war on Iran cut off its main export route.
Monday, 16 March, 2026 , 11:27 AFP — A French jihadist went on trial on Monday in Paris on charges of genocide, the first case in France to tackle atrocities committed against the Yazidi minority during the years-long conflict waged by the Islamic State militant group in the Middle East.
Monday, 16 March, 2026 , 06:32 AFP — A French jihadist presumed dead is to be tried in absentia Monday accused of "genocide" in the first such trial in France over Islamic State group crimes against the Yazidi minority in the Middle East.
Monday, 16 March, 2026 , 05:58 AFP — Here are the latest events in the Middle East war:
