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Middle East conflict reaches SA’s doorstep
Byadmin March 6, 2026

South Africa sits eight-thousand kilometres from the firestorm engulfing the Middle East, yet the shockwaves of the escalating Israel–US–Iran conflict are already reshaping Pretoria’s diplomatic posture, straining its consular services and exposing the vulnerability of its citizens abroad. What began as a coordinated US–Israeli strike that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has now…

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UPDATED: Iran hits US Gulf base in retaliation against attacks on Tehran
Byadmin March 2, 2026

A missile strike has hit a service facility linked to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, drawing American military infrastructure in the Gulf directly into the confrontation between Israel, Iran and the United States. Bahrain’s state news agency confirmed on Saturday that the Fifth Fleet service centre was targeted in the strike which followed…

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Khamenei killing puts limits of self-defence under UN Charter to the test
Byadmin March 1, 2026

The Israeli and United States air strikes on Iran this weekend which killed its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have triggered debate on whether they represent a lawful exercise of anticipatory self-defence or a departure from the United Nations Charter’s limits on the use of force. Iranian state television confirmed Khamenei was killed early on…

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UPDATED: Iran hits US Gulf base in retaliation against attacks on Tehran
Byadmin February 28, 2026

A missile strike has hit a service facility linked to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, drawing American military infrastructure in the Gulf directly into the confrontation between Israel, Iran and the United States. Bahrain’s state news agency confirmed on Saturday that the Fifth Fleet service centre was targeted in the strike which followed…

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