Why are the US and Israel framing the ongoing conflict as a religious war?
Al Jazeera
US troops reportedly told the war in Iran is intended to bring about biblical end times, Armageddon.
As conflict in the Middle East enters its fifth day on Wednesday, American and Israeli officials are pushing rhetoric suggesting that the campaign against Iran is a religious war.
On Tuesday, Muslim civil rights organisation, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) condemned the Pentagon’s use of this rhetoric, deeming it “dangerous” and “anti-Muslim”.
IRGC says the attacks are among its ‘first powerful steps’ as it continues strikes on US assets in Gulf countries.
About a fifth of the world’s oil is shipped through the narrow strait, which remains effectively closed amid the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Trump hasn’t ruled out ground troops in Iran, but experts expect targeted special ops over an invasion.
Republican US Congressman Thomas Massie has said, ‘Bombing a country on the other side of the globe won’t make the Epstein files go away.’
India’s festival of colour has become a day when women brace for harassment.
Videos show the aftermath of an air attack on Iran’s Assembly of Experts building in the city of Qom.
Beijing is expected to set a growth target of 4.5 to 5 percent for 2026 at this week’s NPC.
Israel hits Comfort Hotel in greater Beirut without warning; more residents displaced across Lebanon.
Benchmark index plummets as much as 12.2 percent, eclipsing single-day plunge after 9/11 attacks in 2001.
Tehran has launched multiple attacks on Qatar and other Gulf states since US-Israeli strikes on Iran began on Saturday.
China’s foreign minister tells Israel to end attacks; Russian FM Lavrov says no sign Tehran seeking nuclear bomb.