Futuristic laser weapons are now deployed with some militaries and are being demonstrated by Ukrainian startups. Industry insiders say the technology can counter the threat of cheap kamikaze drones, but there are significant caveats.
RFE/RL’s Ray Furlong visits a Persian spice market in Tel Aviv where Iranian Jewish shopkeepers and stallholders say they’re in a “strange” situation -- but hope that the war will bring political change in the land of their birth.
Iran has named hard-liner Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his father, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as supreme leader, likely putting him directly in the sights of the US and Israeli militaries.
Iran's Assembly of Experts is set to meet to select a new supreme leader, one of its members said on March 7, as the White House vowed to look for an "acceptable" candidate to lead the country.
Iranians cross the border into Armenia as air strikes pound Tehran and other parts of the country. After entering Armenia, one woman said Iranians had "lost everything" amid the destruction and dwindling resources.
Iran has activated a decentralized defense strategy after the United States and Israel launched an air campaign against Tehran and killed senior military leaders.
The war in Iran is widening across the Middle East and beyond, with incidents stretching from the Persian Gulf to the South Caucasus and raising fears the conflict could escalate into a broader regional confrontation.
China buys nearly 90 percent of Iranian oil and is a close partner of Tehran. But what happens now as war upends the Middle East and chokes off the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil route?
After a dramatic week of air strikes on Iran, what’s the view from Tel Aviv on the progress of the war and what happens next?
Israel has made an impressive start to military operations against Iran, but may be not much closer to its goals than a week ago, former Knesset member Ksenia Svetlova told RFE/RL in an interview at her home in Tel Aviv.
US officials on March 6 told RFE/RL that Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack US troops and military assets in the Middle East, confirming a Washington Post report that suggested Moscow is playing a substantial if indirect part in the widening regional conflict.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the United States is looking at potential candidates to lead Iran after President Donald Trump pushed Tehran to cease its resistance.
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