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"Mixed messages": How much longer will the conflict in the Middle East last?

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Publish Date
Wed, 11 Mar 2026, 10:09am
Smoke rises among the residential buildings following an Israeli attack on Tehran, Iran on March 10, 2025. Israeli army's announcement of a new wave of attacks on Tehran. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Smoke rises among the residential buildings following an Israeli attack on Tehran, Iran on March 10, 2025. Israeli army's announcement of a new wave of attacks on Tehran. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"Mixed messages": How much longer will the conflict in the Middle East last?

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 11 Mar 2026, 10:09am

The White House says the conflict with Iran will end when Donald Trump decides it will end. 

The US President says the mission is almost complete, but the US is "going to go further". 

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says US strikes are ramping up today, the Iranian regime is "totally and decisively defeated", and Iran's leaders are "desperate and scrambling". 

US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that Trump’s giving mixed messages about the timeline of the conflict. 

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