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![<p>A protester with a poster featuring the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on his head joins a demonstration with Houthi supporters in solidarity with Iran and Lebanon, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 6, 2026.</p>]()
By Mariel Ferragamo and Kali Robinson![An unidentified man places a national flag on the ruins of the Sharif University of Technology's data center, which was struck on April 6 during ongoing military operations in Tehran, Iran, on April 7, 2026.]()
By James M. Lindsay![A map showing Kharg Island's role in Iran's oil exports]()
By Will Merrow, Mariel Ferragamo and Diana Roy![<p>Nigerian President Bola Tinubu leaves 10 Downing Street after meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during his state visit to the United Kingdom, in London, England, on March 19, 2026.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House, April 1, 2026.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>Visitors look at Shield AI’s V-BAT unmanned aerial vehicle on display during the Taipei Aerospace and Defence Technology Exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, on September 18, 2025.</p>]()
By Gordon M. Goldstein![U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony at the U.S. Institute of Peace, which the Trump administration renamed the Donald J Trump Institute of Peace, in Washington, D.C. on December 4, 2025.]()
By Michelle Gavin![Aerial imagery shows an overview of Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian Ocean.]()
By Mariel Ferragamo and Nathan Schoonover![<p>French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrive to the European Council summit on March 19, 2026 in Brussels, Belgium. European leaders discussed the military escalation in the Middle East and its consequences for energy prices and security, among other topics. </p>]()
By Michael Froman![<p>Statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled in Firdos Square in Baghdad after U.S. forces took the city, April 9, 2003.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>President Harry S. Truman confers with Secretary of State James Byrnes and Admiral William Leahy in preparation for the Potsdam Conference onboard the <i>USS Augusta</i>, July 12, 1945.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![Palestinians sell bread on a street beneath a destroyed building in Gaza City's Zawiya market on February 18, 2026, on the first days of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.]()
By Michael Werz![<p>A person rides on a scooter as smoke rises in the Fujairah oil industry zone following a fire caused by debris after interception of a drone by air defenses, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, March 3, 2026.</p>]()
By Michael C. Horowitz and Lauren Kahn![<p>Iranian flags hang next to a missile on display during the forty-seventh anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2026.</p>]()
By Mariel Ferragamo, Jonathan Masters and Will Merrow![<p>A drone view of the aftermath of a U.S. strike on the Ras Isa fuel port, Al Jazirah, Yemen, April 18, 2025. </p>]()
By Abi McGowan, Molly Carlough and Natalie Caloca- Backgrounder
What Is Hezbollah?
![<p> Hezbollah militants parade through Beirut’s southern suburb.</p>]()
