By Maya Gebeily, Steve Holland and Pesha Magid BEIRUT/WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM, March 6 (Reuters) - Israel pounded Beirut on Friday after ordering an unprecedented evacuation of the entire southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital,

Thousands of miles from Iran's capital, Tehran, the war in the Middle East reached Sri Lanka's southern coast Wednesday

Nearly a week into the latest Middle East conflict, Iran’s strikes in the region have decreased significantly – while US attacks on Iran continue ramping up and Israeli strikes prompt panic in southern Beirut.

Tehran’s Shi’ite proxies in Iraq have so far launched few attacks during the U.S.-Israel assault on Iran. Insiders tell Reuters how the decimation of other pro-Iran regional groups, and the pursuit of political power and money,

U.S. Central Command released fresh footage Thursday showing destruction in Iran as the regime is feeling the impact of the U.S. military.

Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran, and the U.S. has asked Iraqi Kurds to support them, Kurdish officials have told The Associated Press.

The U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran over the weekend gave way to a week with topsy-turvy markets, spiking mortgage rates and higher prices at the pump.

The regime in Tehran knows it likely can’t win the war, but it can certainly globalize the pain of the conflict—even if it’s ultimately at its own expense.

The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.

The oil market is worried that Gulf countries will have to shut production if tankers are unable to pass the the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel’s air force struck 35 sites linked to Iranian security forces in western Iran on Friday, according to people familiar with the matter. The air force used hundreds of munitions in the strikes, w