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The United States will respond to Iranian attacks on civilians throughout the Middle East, the leader of the U.S. Central Command, Brad Cooper, said on Friday.

France's special envoy to Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, took a rare step forward on Friday, publicly blaming Hezbollah for choosing Iran over Lebanon. 

Militants killed 15 soldiers and wounded five more at a military camp in northern Benin, an army spokesperson said on Friday, as violence spreads in the West African region.

When Samuel Lait launched his private flights firm focused on pet travel in Dubai on Saturday, he was expecting to receive queries from owners looking to travel with their pets between the glitzy Gulf hub and the United Kingdom.

Iceland will hold a referendum on August 29 on resuming European Union membership negotiations, the government said on Friday.

U.S. President Donald Trump demanded Iran's "unconditional surrender" on Friday, a dramatic escalation of his demands a week into the war he launched alongside Israel, which could make it more difficult to negotiate a swift end to it.

Cornered by relentless US and Israeli strikes, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian took to X on Friday with a carefully crafted message: "We are committed to lasting peace in the region yet we have no hesitation in defending our nation's dignity and sovereignty."

Turkey’s intelligence agency asked its British counterpart MI6 last month to take a larger role in protecting Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa after recent assassination plots, according to five people familiar with the matter. 

Israeli attacks against Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah group will likely continue after its joint air war with the U.S. against Iran ends, a source briefed on Israel's military strategy told Reuters, describing the two fronts as unconnected.

As residents flee Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon's anti-Hezbollah newspaper Nidaa Al-Watan has landed its sharpest blow yet against Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem, comparing him directly to Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas commander whose strategy led Gaza to near-total destruction

Israel carried out heavy airstrikes on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut overnight after ordering its residents to leave, while the Iran-backed group warned Israelis to leave towns and villages at the frontier.

Syria has opened a newly reactivated air corridor from the northern city of Aleppo toward the Mediterranean Sea for use by foreign airlines as well as its national carrier, the head of the country’s Civil Aviation Authority told Reuters on Thursday, as air traffic gradually resumes through Aleppo International Airport.