Larijani's death would mean 'Iran's leadership very much infiltrated by Israeli intelligence'

17/03/2026 13:43 France 24

Israel said Tuesday it had killed Iran's powerful national security chief, Ali Larijani, in what would be a huge blow to the Islamic republic more than two weeks into the war engulfing the Middle East. It would also suggest Iran's senior leadership has been infiltrated by Israeli intelligence, says France 24's Angela Diffley, meaning Iran's leaders "can no longer trust anybody".

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Larijani's death would be a 'significant blow' but may not deter Iran

Israel said Tuesday it had killed Iran's powerful national security chief, Ali Larijani, in what would be a huge blow to the Islamic republic, but probably not one that would deter Tehran from continuing the war against Israel and the US, says France 2''s correspondent in the Iranian capital Reza S...

17/03/2026 15:05 France 24

British photographer Mark Neville on documenting four years of war in Ukraine

A British photographer who has spent the last four years living under near-daily attacks on Kyiv has told FRANCE 24 that his nervous system has adapted to the war in Ukraine. Mark Neville says he feels he now has an advantage over people living in the rest of Europe, as his body has naturally adapt...

17/03/2026 14:40 France 24

Britain hit by ‘unprecedented’ meningitis outbreak, two students dead

Britain has been hit by an “unprecedented” meningitis outbreak, the country’s health minister warned Tuesday after two students died from catching a rare bacterial strain of the disease. So far, 15 cases have been reported. The outbreak has been linked to a Canterbury nightclub....

17/03/2026 14:35 France 24

Trump seeks to delay China visit as Beijing rebuffs Hormuz demands

US President Donald Trump on Monday said he is seeking to delay a highly anticipated trip to China in early April by about a month because of the Iran war. It comes after Trump called on numerous nations, including China, to help ships safely transit the Strait of Hormuz, a request that so far has...

17/03/2026 14:21 France 24

Iran's Larijani - A pillar of power working from the shadows

Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani, whom Israel claimed Tuesday to have killed in a strike, was a Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's right hand man and, following the supreme leader’s death early in the war, was believed to be effectively running the country. France 24’s Delano D’Souza takes a look a...

17/03/2026 13:42 France 24

Decades of deployment: America's extensive military presence in the Middle East

As yet another war rages in the Middle East, we take a closer look at the United States' military presence across the region. It's a presence that stretches back decades, but took on heightened visibility during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, when both those nations began targeting oil tankers and...

17/03/2026 13:23 France 24

Guy Poran urges international community to demand Israeli govt end settler violence in West Bank

Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Guy Poran, former Israeli Air Force Pilot, human rights activist and volunteer for Israeli peace activist group Mistaclim. According to Poran, the situation in the West Bank has entered a dangerous phase, following wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. He says the Israeli...

17/03/2026 12:32 France 24

'Coalition of the unwilling': Allies refuse to clean up Trump's Strait of Hormuz mess

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, March 17: Donald Trump has called on US allies to help the US secure the Strait of Hormuz as the energy crisis intensifies. But after those allies refused to help, Trump promptly threatened NATO. In the midst of the EU's energy crisis, Belgium's prime minister has suggest...

17/03/2026 11:29 France 24

US embassy in Baghdad attacked as Iraq pulled deeper into Mideast war

A drone and rocket attack targeted the US embassy in Baghdad early Tuesday, while a strike killed four people at a house reportedly hosting Iranian advisors, security officials said, pulling Iraq deeper into the Middle East war....

17/03/2026 09:59 France 24

'Like buying a ticket to the Titanic': EU leaders reject Trump's Hormuz demands

EU leaders have almost universally rejected US president Donald Trump’s demand to send warships to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz as the continent’s leaders strive to stay out of the war in the Middle East, with one French official going as far to say that participating now wou...

17/03/2026 09:56 France 24

Middle East war live: Israel killed Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani, Defence Minister Katz says

Israel has killed Iran's powerful national security chief Ali Larijani in an overnight strike, Defence Minister Israel Katz said Tuesday. Gholamreza Soleimani, the head of Iran's volunteer Basij paramilitary force, was reportedly also killed in a strike. Iran has not yet commented on Israel's claim...

17/03/2026 03:13 France 24

Oil eases amid signs Iran is allowing some tankers to pass through Strait of Hormuz

Global oil prices fell sharply on Monday after a Pakistan-bound oil tanker passed through the Strait of Hormuz with its transponder on. The decline came even as countries have so far rebuffed Donald Trump's request to send warships to escort vessels through the waterway. Meanwhile, the Internation...

16/03/2026 21:57 France 24

Kenyans will no longer be enlisted to fight for Russia in Ukraine, Moscow says

In tonight's edition: Russia says it will stop recruiting Kenyan nationals to fight in Ukraine. Also, Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine says he has left the country because he fears for his life following January's election. And when Ramadan and Lent overlap in Senegal, this holy period highligh...

16/03/2026 21:38 France 24

China overlooks Trump's demands for Hormuz strait, calls for all sides to de-escalate

China on Monday called on all sides to halt military operations in the Strait of Hormuz to avoid further escalation. The remarks came after US President Donald Trump urged China and six other countries to send warships to secure the vital shipping route. Beijing however made no mention of military...

16/03/2026 21:01 France 24

Strait talk on Hormuz: Insults, chaos, shadow of Iraq, keep Trump's allies at bay?

Day 17 of the war in the Middle East and as the missiles and the drones keep falling, the US President has done a U turn on needing help from his friends and allies. Trump is calling now for a coalition to keep open the Strait of Hormuz. The US strikes on Iran's Kharg Island on Friday 13th sent a m...

16/03/2026 19:12 France 24

Trump laments US allies' lack of 'enthusiasm' to help secure Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump on Monday criticised US allies on Monday for a lack of enthusiasm in helping unblock the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing war against Iran. US and Israeli strikes on Iran have jolted global energy markets, sending oil prices higher and raising gasoline costs for US consu...

16/03/2026 18:23 France 24

Replay: Trump says US dismantled Iran's defense as Middle East war continues

Rewatch as US President Donald Trump gives an update on the war against Iran....

16/03/2026 16:57 France 24

US allies 'know how to deal with Trump' amidst threats over Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump has demanded seven countries send ships to the Strait of Hormuz to secure toe crucial passagepoint for global oil flows. He threatened that refusal to help would mean a 'very bad' future for NATO. But US allies refuse to be dragged into the ongoing war in the Middle East....

16/03/2026 16:55 France 24

‘Sleeping in our car is the only option’: Displaced Lebanese face skyrocketing rents

Hezbollah’s entry into the war against Israel on March 2, in retaliation for the US-Israeli strikes on its Iranian ally, has triggered a massive displacement of civilians across Lebanon. With many shelters at capacity and rental prices skyrocketing, many now find themselves sleeping in the street...

16/03/2026 16:53 France 24

‘War is expensive’: As bombs pummel Lebanon, an ancient souk falls silent

Israel's devastating war with Hezbollah has compounded the suffering of ordinary Lebanese who were already grappling with an economy on the brink of collapse. FRANCE 24's reporter travelled to Sidon, a coastal city south of Beirut, to visit the once-bustling alleys of the old souk that have n...

16/03/2026 16:05 France 24

Russia is 'country that benefits most the longer Middle East war continues'

Donald Trump is putting pressure on European countries to keep Strait of Hormuz open. But as Europe refuses to get dragged into the war in the Middle East, it also doesn't want to jeopardise Ukraine, which benefits from the US in different ways. FRANCE 24's Angela Diffley looks at how the two confl...

16/03/2026 15:48 France 24

Europe refuses to join Middle East war, weighs options to secure Strait of Hormuz

The European Union is weighing options on how to help keep the Strait of Hormuz open as energy and commodity prices rise in the third week of war between Iran, Israel and the United States. The bloc's foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels this Monday after US President Donald Trump asked allies...

16/03/2026 15:36 France 24

Possibility of long war source of concern Israeli military leaders

Conflict across the Middle East continues to rage, and Israel is fighting a war on several fronts all at once, but for how long? Since it attacked Iran, Israel has endured regular strikes, forcing widespread air raid alerts, school closures and the mobilisation of reservists. How mu...

16/03/2026 15:13 France 24

Trump administration threatens media over negative coverage of Middle East war

Donald Trump's broadcast regulator has issued a warning to top news channels in the United States, threatening to cancel the spectrum permits of broadcasters pushing what he called "hoaxes and news distortions". The criticism was echoed by Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communi...

16/03/2026 14:52 France 24

Sri Lanka and Thailand bring in fuel-rationing measures amidst Middle East war

As oil prices continue to rise and supply is disrupted by the conflict in the Middle East, the Sri Lankan government has announced fuel-rationing measures, effective immediately. Thailand has seen a rush to the pumps causing shortages, as people try to fuel up before price control m...

16/03/2026 14:49 France 24

Middle East conflict is not NATO war, but 'entwined' with US position on Ukraine

US President Donald Trump said he has demanded about seven countries send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open as Iranian strikes continued to rain down on Gulf countries. Trump has warned his allies not helping him could lead to a 'very bad' future for NATO. And...

16/03/2026 14:46 France 24

Trump presses China, says NATO faces 'very bad' future if allies don't help open Hormuz Strait

US President Donald Trump on Sunday sought to pressure NATO allies and China to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the critical oil transport conduit that Iran has effectively closed in retaliation for the US and Israeli war against Tehran. Global oil prices have surged by 40 to 50 percent as Iran h...

16/03/2026 12:25 France 24

Israel expands its ground operation in southern Lebanon

The Israeli army says it has begun limited targeted ground operaitons against Hezbollah in Soutb Lebanon, three weeks after the start of the US-Israeli military campaign in Iran. Since the start of the war, over 800,000 people have been displaced and at least 800 killed....

16/03/2026 11:22 France 24

UK won't commit soldiers to a war without 'legal basis' amid Trump threats

US President Donald Trump has warned allies to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, and that refusal would mean NATO would face a 'very bad' future. Addressing the war, the British Prime Minister point blank rejected the threat, saying the UK would not commit to a war unless it had a clear objective a...

16/03/2026 11:06 France 24

Replay: UK PM Keir Starmer addresses Middle East war following Trump threats

Rewatch as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses the war in the Middle East following Trump's threat that lack of ally help would mean 'very bad' future for NATO....

16/03/2026 11:03 France 24

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