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Barak Ravid

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Barak Ravid
18 hours ago
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World
Israel planning massive ground invasion of Lebanon, officials say
Israeli soldiers take a position along the Israel-Lebanon border on March 4. Jalaa Marey / AFP via Getty Images
Israel is planning to significantly expand its ground operation in Lebanon, aiming to seize the entire area south of the Litani River and dismantle Hezbollah's military infrastructure, Israeli and U.S. officials say.
Why it matters: This could be the largest Israeli ground invasion of its northern neighbor since 2006, dragging Lebanon to the epicenter of the escalating war with Iran.
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Barak Ravid
19 hours ago
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World
U.S. conducts major bombing of strategic Iran Island, Trump says
President Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on March 13, en route to spend the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort. Photo: Nathan Howard/Getty Images
President Trump said the U.S. military conducted a massive strike on Kharg Island in Iran - the center of the country's oil exports.
Why it matters: The strategic Island hosts Iran key oil export facilities. 80-90 percent of Iranian oil is exported from the Island.
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Chuck McCutcheon
21 hours ago
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Energy & Climate
Trump seeks to tap California offshore oil
A woman uses her phone to record an airstrike on an oil depot in Tehran on March 7. Photo: Sasan/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
President Trump on Friday invoked a Cold War-era law in a bid to boost oil production off Southern California's coast and meet demand in the wake of the Iran war.
Why it matters: The president's signing of an executive order allowing use of the Defense Production Act shows he's trying to employ a variety of tools to try to tamp down the oil price shocks set off by the war.
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