‘Entire NATO mission had withdrawn’ from IraqNATO has temporarily pulled back personnel from its mission in Iraq as fallout from the Israeli-US war on Iran raises security concerns, two officials tell the AFP news agency.“It’s a temporary withdrawal. They’re worried because of the situation,” one official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.A second source said, “the entire NATO mission had withdrawn” except for a small contingent.The mission, which includes several hundred personnel, is based in Baghdad, close to the US embassy – a frequent target of attacks.Click here to share on social media
24h ago (12:00 GMT)Who leads Iran? Assassinations leave leadership and command in questionAs we reported earlier, the IRGC has confirmed that General Ali Mohammad Naeini, its spokesman, has been killed in an Israeli-American missile attack.His killing comes just days after Ali Larijani, the powerful secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council was assassinated.Since Israel and the US began attacking Iran on February 28, the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top military and political figures have been killed.Analysts have begun questioning Tehran’s power dynamics amid these killings.“The Iranian system is durable and built to take hits like this,” historian Reza H Akbari, who is also an analyst on Iran at the Institute for War and Peace Reporting told Al Jazeera.“One of the ways they do that is what has been nicknamed the mosaic defence, essentially the process through which regional and provincial commanders of the country’s military apparatus are empowered to act autonomously,” Akbari said.You can read more here. Click here to share on social media
20 Mar 2026 – 11:00 (11:00 GMT)WATCH: Journalist describes being targeted by Israeli missile attack in LebanonA missile struck metres away from a Russia Today reporter as he was covering Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon, injuring the journalist and his camera operator on Thursday.Israel has heavily bombed the area over the past few weeks, displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
