Seven days of war in the Middle East: how the first week unfolded (opens in new tab)

<p>Air strikes have shaken the Middle East after the US and Israel launched an attack against Iran, killing the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Guardian looks back at the seven days that ignited a war, which has already claimed the lives of more than 1,500</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/07/seven-questions-about-iran-war">Seven days on, seven questions about the US-Israeli war on Iran</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.co...