In Photos: Week Three Of The Iran War
- By RFE/RL
Images from the third week of the ongoing US-Israeli war with Iran as results of the conflict ripple out from the region.
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A police officer inspects a section of an Iranian missile that came to rest inside a living room in Rehovot, Israel, on March 20.
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A propaganda billboard in Tehran photographed on March 16
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French servicemen on March 16 carry the flag-draped coffin of Arnaud Frion, a soldier killed by an Iranian drone attack on a Kurdish base in northeastern Iraq on March 12.
The 42-year-old was part of a military contingent deployed to Iraq's Kurdistan region to combat a potential resurgence of the Islamic State extremist group.
The 42-year-old was part of a military contingent deployed to Iraq's Kurdistan region to combat a potential resurgence of the Islamic State extremist group.
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An aircraft prepares to land as plumes of smoke rise near Dubai's International Airport on March 16.
Since US-Israeli strikes on Iran began on February 28, Tehran has launched a total of more than 2,000 drones and missiles at the United Arab Emirates, killing at least eight people, authorities in the Gulf state say.
Since US-Israeli strikes on Iran began on February 28, Tehran has launched a total of more than 2,000 drones and missiles at the United Arab Emirates, killing at least eight people, authorities in the Gulf state say.
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Mourners carry the wrapped body of Ali Shamkhani during his funeral in Tehran on March 14.
Shamkhani was a key figure in Iran’s security and nuclear policymaking. He was killed in an Israeli strike on February 28.
Shamkhani was a key figure in Iran’s security and nuclear policymaking. He was killed in an Israeli strike on February 28.
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Photographers track a US bomber jet as it prepares to land at the Fairford air base in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, on March 17.
London has granted the US permission to use the Fairford base, and air fields at Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean, for ongoing strikes on Iran.
London has granted the US permission to use the Fairford base, and air fields at Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean, for ongoing strikes on Iran.
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Part of a missile seen on a rooftop alongside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem (metal dome in background) on March 16.
The church is widely believed to stand at the site where Jesus was crucified.
The church is widely believed to stand at the site where Jesus was crucified.
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Pumps at a fuel station in Sydney, Australia, that ran out of fuel on March 20.
The ongoing conflict in the Middle East is causing spiralling fuel prices globally and many Australians have been stockpiling fuel in anticipation of further price increases.
The ongoing conflict in the Middle East is causing spiralling fuel prices globally and many Australians have been stockpiling fuel in anticipation of further price increases.
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Israeli security personnel gather around a rocket that slammed into a field in the Golan Heights, bordering Lebanon, on March 19.
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A massive explosion from a strike, captured by cellphone footage taken by a Tehran resident and posted online on March 14.
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A fire burns outside the grounds of the US embassy in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on March 17 after a drone and rocket attack on the facility.
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Rescuers on March 16 work at the site of a strike that destroyed a building in Tehran.
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Flattened houses in a Lebanese village near the border with Israel seen on March 17.
In parallel with the war with Iran, there has been an escalation in conflict between Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants since February 28.
In parallel with the war with Iran, there has been an escalation in conflict between Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants since February 28.
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The scene inside a bomb shelter in Tel Aviv, Israel, amid an air alert on March 19.
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A demonstration against Iran's government in New York on March 15
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An explosion rocks a building in Beirut, Lebanon, amid Israeli air strikes on the city on March 18
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US Air Force personnel handling an aerial bomb at the Fairford base on March 16.
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A worker at an air base in Manila helps to sort the luggage of Filipinos arriving back to their country after a repatriation flight out of the United Arab Emirates on March 19.
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A woman in a Tehran cemetery on March 16 holds a portrait of her son who was reportedly killed by a US-Israeli strike.
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Mourners gather in central Tehran on March 18 during the funeral of Ali Larijani. The Iranian security chief was killed in an Israeli strike on March 17.
