Middle East war enters its 8th day

NPR | By Carrie Kahn,

Adrian Ma

Published March 7, 2026 at 5:08 PM EST

The U.S. and Israeli war with Iran has entered a second week, with drones and missiles crisscrossing much of the Middle East and death tolls rising.

Carrie Kahn

Carrie Kahn is NPR's International Correspondent based in Mexico City, Mexico. She covers Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America. Kahn's reports can be heard on NPR's award-winning news programs including All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Weekend Edition, and on NPR.org.

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Adrian Ma

Adrian Ma covers work, money and other "business-ish" for NPR's daily economics podcast The Indicator from Planet Money.

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