Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, March 4, 2026Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today: Mass forced displacement of people fleeing targeted areas in Lebanon; school closures; shelters set up.News of Israeli ground invasion and establishment of a "buffer zone" in the South.Airspace closures and flight cancellations in Lebanon and across the region.Continued U.S.-Israeli bilateral attacks on Iran, with a rising death toll.Continued Iranian retaliatory strikes against U.S. military bases in the Gulf.Ceremony to mourn Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran Israel announces buffer zone as Hezbollah claims to push back against Israeli ground invasion: Hezbollah announced it struck four Israeli Merkava tanks moving into southern Lebanon after Israel announced its aim...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, March 4, 2026Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch for today: Mass forced displacement of people fleeing targeted areas in Lebanon; school closures; shelters set up.News of Israeli ground invasion and establishment of a "buffer zone" in the South.Airspace closures and flight cancellations in Lebanon and across the region.Continued U.S.-Israeli bilateral attacks on Iran, with a rising death toll.Continued Iranian retaliatory strikes against U.S. military bases in the Gulf.Ceremony to mourn Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran Israel announces buffer zone as Hezbollah claims to push back against Israeli ground invasion: Hezbollah announced it struck four Israeli Merkava tanks moving into southern Lebanon after Israel announced its...
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