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In Beirut, Nowhere Is Safe From Israel's Bombing *A man looks at the site of overnight Israeli airstrikes in the southern suburbs of Beirut on March 12, 2026.* *BEIRUT, Lebanon – *Hajar Msheik tries to convince her 2-year-old son that the explosions are fireworks. “He’s young, but he knows something is going on,” she tells me at a playground in the Beirut neighborhood of Hamra, where dozens of displaced families are gathered for a bit of reprieve from Israel’s relentless bombings. “When we hear bombings, he says he is scared.” Msheik, who studied computer science and journalism, had to flee her family home in the southern suburb of Dahiyeh at 2am on the first day of the new escalation of Israel’s attacks. “Honestly, it’s the second war for me. The first time in 2024 was very hard and uncertain, but now I feel I know what to do,” she says. “But it’s sad my son only has lived war so far.” *Hajar Msjeik’s two-year-old son eats sweets at the playground of Ahla Fawda in Hamra, Beirut. Photo by Maria Cosette Molijn* Msheik and her son are among the approximately [800,000 people][1] who have been displaced since Israel declared the whole of southern Lebanon and entire parts of the capital’s southern suburbs “evacuation” (effectively ‘leave or risk death’) zones. [Subscribe now][2] In 11 days, Israel killed at least 687 people, including 98 children, and wounded nearly 1,800 others, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health. Since Hezbollah fired rockets toward northern Israel to avenge the assassination of the Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 2, the Israeli army has pushed further into Lebanese territory in the southern border area. In Beirut, Israel has escalated its bombardments and drone attacks, particularly in the southern suburbs of Dahiyeh. But with the ongoing presence of low-flying drones and fighter jets across the city, it’s become clear that no place in the capital is safe. [ Read more ][3] [1]: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strike-… [2]: https://zeteo.com/subscribe? [3]: https://zeteo.com/p/lebanon-israel-beirut-attacks-displac… https://zeteo.com/p/lebanon-israel-beirut-attacks-displac…

How Will the War in Iran End? Our Panel of Experts Answers Your Biggest Questions There are a lot of contradictory statements around the US-Israeli [war on Iran][1]: [Trump][2] claims it’s a success, but billions of dollars later, Iranians still have a Khamenei as their supreme leader and show no signs of ratcheting down their retaliation against US interests across the region. [Israel][3] claims it significantly weakened Iran’s [attack capabilities][4], but Iran says it hasn’t even begun to use their more advanced arsenal. How can you tell the lie from the truth? By listening to a panel of experts that you will only find here at **Zeteo.** [Subscribe now][5] **Mehdi** gathers an A-team of renowned experts to speak on the developments in the Middle East for a **Zeteo Town Hall** with *paid* subscribers: **Jeremy Scahill, **co-founder of [Drop Site News][6], which has been reporting on Iran from the ground. **[Vali Nasr][7],** Iranian-American professor, acclaimed author, and former US State Department advisor. And **Rula Jebreal**, an award-winning Palestinian-Italian journalist, foreign policy analyst, and **Zeteo** contributor. When three minds of this caliber come on together, the conversation tends to cover a lot: * Nasr discusses the new generation leading Iran, anger from Muslims across the region reevaluating their relationship with the US, and who this war is [actually being waged on][8], saying that after Iran’s leader was assassinated, **“it’s not the regime that is under threat… It is Iran.”** * Scahill describes the **“utter bloodbath”** that would follow a possible [ground invasion][9] of Iran, the real damage from Iranian strikes that the US and Israel are trying to hide, and the potential for a [nuclear war][10], which he tells Mehdi is **“shocking to the soul.” **He also discusses media censorship in Israel and across the Gulf countries and how we aren’t getting the full picture of the damage caused by Iran’s strikes. * Jebreal highlights the hypocrisy on steroids in launching a new war in the Gulf that will make the Iraq war **“look like a walk in the park.” **She discusses the [religious drivers][11] behind US and Israeli politicians, the possibility of retaliation on American soil, and how Gulf states are reacting to Trump’s actions. [Share][12] The panel took more than a dozen questions from the audience and also discussed how this war could end and the long-term consequences of what’s unfolded over the past 13 days. **It’s an in-depth conversation you won’t find *****anywhere***** in mainstream media - and especially on cable news!** **Paid subscribers** can watch the full, almost-hour-long discussion above. **Free subscribers** can watch a five-minute preview. Consider [becoming a paid subscriber][13] to unlock the full discussion and check out our coverage on Iran that you won’t find [anywhere else][14]! **Catch up on Zeteo’s latest stories:** [ Read more ][15] [1]: https://zeteo.com/p/new-poll-most-americans-believe-trump… [2]: https://zeteo.com/p/trump-iran-war-grand-theft-auto-memes… [3]: https://zeteo.com/p/netanyahu-trump-iran-war-israel?r=3ui… [4]: https://zeteo.com/p/no-intel-imminent-attack?r=3uiw9m&utm… [5]: https://zeteo.com/subscribe? [6]: https://zeteo.com/p/new-poll-most-americans-believe-trump… [7]: https://zeteo.com/p/vali-nasr-iran-protests?utm_source=pu… [8]: https://zeteo.com/p/ali-vaez-trump-iran?r=3uiw9m&utm_camp… [9]: https://zeteo.com/p/trump-iran-ground-invasion-plans-fore… [10]: https://zeteo.com/p/iran-nuclear-weapons-fake-israel-trum… [11]: https://zeteo.com/p/holy-war-against-iran-graham-hegseth-… [12]: https://zeteo.com/p/iran-war-end-israel-united-states-tru… [13]: https://zeteo.com/subscribe?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=2… [14]: https://zeteo.com/p/how-media-manufactures-war-consent-ir… [15]: https://zeteo.com/p/iran-war-end-israel-united-states-tru… https://zeteo.com/p/iran-war-end-israel-united-states-tru…

💥 US Intel to Trump: Iran Isn’t Breaking *On this day in 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt conducted his first radio "fireside chat" as president. Our current president’s equivalent of that is a Truth Social post, calling actor Robert De Niro “demented” and “even sicker” than comedian Rosie O’Donnell.* Hi! **Swin** here, with your daily dose of ‘**First Draft.**’ I keep trying to compare Donald Trump’s Iran war to another administration’s official act or policy, but it’s getting clearer by the hour that there is only *one* truly apt analogy, and it has nothing to do with past presidencies. Right now, the United States is [Thomas Jane’s character, Todd Parker][1], in the movie ‘Boogie Nights’ – we psyched ourselves up to execute the dumbest heist possible, went ahead with it after our buddies told us to abort, and now we’re paying for it. In today’s ‘**First Draft**,’ US intelligence officials whisper to Trump that the **Iranian government** is still holding on tight, the president reportedly told his **top Capitol Hill ally** that “no one gives a shit about housing,” and another school in another country was hit by a drone strike, in a different horrifying war. [Subscribe now][2] # ‘We Won’? *Donald Trump after landing at Joint Base Andrews on March 11, 2026. Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images.* Since last month, we at **Zeteo** have reported that virtually no one in the Trump-Vance administration had a clear idea of what the mission would be going into this new, illegal war on Iran. [Trump did it anyway][3]. We told you about how Trump was repeatedly warned by his senior officials that Americans would **“very”** likely die if he started this fight. [He did it anyway][4]. We also told you about how, in the run-up to launching this regional bloodbath, Trump’s advisers **“fully briefed and prepped”** him on how Iran’s government would likely respond by acting to explode oil prices – and damage the markets and our economy – if he went ahead with the war. Trump privately [downplayed][5] those warnings. Then [he did it anyway][6]. In recent days, two Trump advisers and two other sources briefed on the situation tell me, US officials have delivered another dire warning to our batshit crazy president: They’ve informed Trump and his lieutenants that, based on American intel, the Iranian regime at this time isn’t breaking, isn’t ready to fold on the war or stop retaliating, and that there are signs the war is causing significant rally-around-the-flag effects on the ground in Iran, including among some groups that hate the government in Tehran. And yet – you guessed it – Donald Trump is going to [keep doing it anyway][7], even in the face of mounting casualties on all sides of the conflict, the world economy on the brink, and gas [and fertilizer][8] [prices surging][9], and increasingly disastrous poll numbers at home for this president. On Wednesday night, Reuters [first reported][10] that **“US intelligence sees no imminent collapse of Iran government.”** At least for now, the American president intends to continue prosecuting his war, and most crucially for him, he’s going to continue lying about his supposed progress in the region and burying the wincing intel assessments. Publicly, President Trump claims he can end this war whenever he wants to end it, and that, [somehow][11], **“the war is very complete, pretty much.” ** [ Read more ][12] [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2kXCf5D1Q8 [2]: https://zeteo.com/subscribe? [3]: https://zeteo.com/p/an-illegal-war-iran-trump-first-draft [4]: https://zeteo.com/p/trump-was-told-americans-would-very [5]: https://bsky.app/profile/swin24.bsky.social/post/3mgquqni… [6]: https://zeteo.com/p/trump-iran-war-grand-theft-auto-memes [7]: https://zeteo.com/p/new-poll-most-americans-believe-trump [8]: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-11/fertil… [9]: https://www.wired.com/story/trumps-war-on-iran-could-scre… [10]: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-intelli… [11]: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-iran-cbs-news-the-war-… [12]: https://zeteo.com/p/us-intel-trump-iran-regime-first-draft https://zeteo.com/p/us-intel-trump-iran-regime-first-draft