#Middle East

The head of U.S. Central Command told lawmakers that operations against Iran have reduced the country’s naval and defense-industrial capacity so sharply that rebuilding may not begin for five to ten years.

Companies in the Gulf are leaning on trains and thousands of trucks to move fertilizer, food, and other goods across the Arabian Peninsula as maritime chokepoints disrupt normal shipping lanes.

The Navy’s top officer told lawmakers the service may have to change training, operations, and certification schedules by July unless Congress provides supplemental funding amid a high operating tempo in the Middle East.

U.S. Central Command said it attacked Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz after Iranian fire on U.S. Navy destroyers, adding a dangerous new turn to a fragile ceasefire.

Amazon Web Services says repairs to war-damaged facilities in the UAE and Bahrain will take several more months, extending a regional cloud disruption and suspending billing for affected customers.

A London-based data-center developer has paused Middle East investments after war damage to one of its facilities, underscoring how conflict risk is colliding with the tech industry’s push to build major AI and cloud hub

A prospective force to monitor any Ukraine ceasefire is running into a basic constraint: the troops, air defenses, and political attention needed for such a mission are being pulled toward a widening U.S. military effort

A new industry analysis suggests the immediate solar risk from the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran is not factory shutdowns, but shipping disruption, delayed deliveries, and more volatile export pricing into a fast-riser

Fresh water from desalination remains a small share of global withdrawals, but in parts of the Middle East it has become foundational infrastructure for drinking water, cities, and industry.

As regional conflict escalates, desalination plants that supply drinking water across much of the Middle East are emerging as critical and vulnerable infrastructure under pressure from both attacks and climate change.

Tehran has rejected a U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal relayed through Pakistan, while signaling it still wants a permanent end to the five-week war.

A U.S. official told Reuters that an American fighter jet was shot down over Iran, prompting a search-and-rescue effort and sharply raising the stakes of the conflict.

Poland says its Patriot batteries will stay in place to protect national airspace and NATO’s eastern flank, despite reports that Washington informally asked about sending systems and interceptors to the Middle East.

The USS Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group and the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit have entered US Central Command waters amid a broader military buildup following Iranian attacks in the region.

The Pentagon is reportedly preparing options for weeks of ground operations in Iran while additional Marine and Army forces move into the region following new attacks that injured U.S. personnel.

The Israeli Air Force struck Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran and destroyed the Airbus A340 used by Supreme Leader Khamenei — a significant symbolic and operational blow in the escalating air campaign against Iran.

American forces carried out what President Trump called one of the most powerful bombing raids in Middle East history, targeting military installations on Iran's critical Kharg Island to pressure Tehran over the Strait of Hormuz blockade.

American ATACMS short-range ballistic missiles have sunk an Iranian submarine as part of a broader campaign targeting Iran's naval assets, marking a significant escalation in the use of ballistic precision weapons against naval targets.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who served as Iran's supreme leader for nearly four decades, was killed during joint U.S.-Israeli aerial bombardments on February 28. With no designated successor, Iran faces unprecedented political uncertainty as the Islamic Republic enters its most turbulent period since the 1979 revolution.

The joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran has entered its second day following confirmation that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in aerial bombardments targeting his compound. Iran has launched retaliatory missile barrages across the Gulf region as the conflict escalates.