Iran War
A man rides on his motorbike past a billboard with a message that reads in Farsi: " We must rise up" and an image of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed during the U.S. and Israel strikes on Feb. 28, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026.
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Iran says Qatar is holding three of its pilots who were reportedly captured when their jets were downed early in the war, but Qatar denies the allegations. Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates has again accused Iran of attacking a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. It's the third attack on a tanker owned by Abu Dhabi’s state-owned oil and gas company in a week. In southern Lebanon, Israeli airstrikes killed 11 people, including a Hezbollah commander and children. And the Iran-backed Houthis again attacked a Red Sea port in Yemen.
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