TEL AVIV – Iran has launched dozens of missiles with cluster munition warheads at Israel since the start of the war, posing a challenge for Israel’s missile defence shield as they need to be hit before they split and disperse into smaller explosives. Israel failed to intercept one of the cluster missiles overnight, and its...

WASHINGTON, President Donald Trump’s administration is considering deploying thousands of U.S. troops to reinforce its operation in the Middle East, as the U.S. military prepares for possible next steps in its campaign against Iran, said a U.S. official and three people familiar with the matter. The deployments could help provide Trump with additional options as...

BEIRUT, March 18 (Reuters) – Near the tent she now calls home, Salam Issa Rida dropped pieces of marinated chicken into a pan sizzling atop a camping stove. Her family had been craving chicken to break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan. So she had risked her life to get it. Earlier...

BEIRUT, March 18 (Reuters) – Israeli airstrikes in Beirut killed at least six people on Wednesday, the Lebanese health ministry said, shaking the heart of the Lebanese capital as Israel intensified its offensive against the Iran-backed Hezbollah group. Israeli air strikes also pounded the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut, where Reuters footage showed explosions lighting...