• August 13 2024
  US warns Iran attack on Israel could come this week

  Announcement comes as international leaders launch joint diplomatic push to calm tensions and urge ceasefire deal

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• August 12 2024
  News in-depthIran

  Iran gives few clues as region awaits military response to Israel

  Tehran keeps world guessing over how it will retaliate for the killing of Hamas leader on its territory

  
• August 9 2024
  News in-depth

  Israel braces for biggest test of air defences from Iran-led attack

  Israeli officials expect huge test for multi-layered array that includes Iron Dome to come in days ahead

  
• August 7 2024
  War memes and bomb shelters: Israelis and Lebanese await new phase of conflict

  Gallows humour and beach trips conceal fear about next phase of Israeli-Iranian antagonism

  
• August 6 2024
  Americans wounded in rocket attack on Iraq base

  Assault comes amid diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions between Iran and Israel

  
• August 5 2024
  Iran will ‘definitely’ retaliate against Israel for killing of Haniyeh, says new president

  Masoud Pezeshkian vows a response for ‘crimes and insolence’ as US sends reinforcements to defend its ally

  
• August 4 2024
  Western governments step up calls for citizens to leave Lebanon

  Fears grow of all-out war in region after assassinations linked to Israel

  
• August 3 2024
  News in-depth

  ‘We thought we lived in Tuscany’: Hizbollah strikes ravage Israel’s north

  Radar imagery and interviews show damage from cross-border attacks amid fears of escalating war

  
• August 2 2024
  News in-depth

  How all-out war between Israel and its adversaries might play out

  Country’s military capabilities have evolved since it last fought Hizbollah but so have those of the Iran-backed ‘axis of resistance’

  
• August 1 2024
  Kim Ghattas

  Iran and Israel’s choreography of death must stop

  This time retaliation is likely to come on multiple fronts and it will be harder to intercept and contain

  
• August 1 2024
  Israel-Hamas war

  Israel says it killed Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif

  IDF strikes last month targeted militant who masterminded October 7 attack

  
• August 1 2024
  News in-depth

  Israel’s spies take their revenge

  After the humiliation of October 7, intelligence services are hitting back where their enemies feel safest

  
• July 31 2024
  News in-depth

  Assassinated: the arch-enemies of Israel killed in twin strikes

  Abrupt killings of a shadowy Hizbollah leader and Hamas’s political chief have shaken the region

  
• July 31 2024
  Instant InsightAndrew England

  The risk of all-out Middle East war is rising sharply

  Strikes in Beirut and Tehran could plunge Israel and Iran deeper into dangerous cycle of escalation

  
• July 29 2024
  News in-depth

  Who are the Druze? Community reels after bloody attack

  Deadly rocket strike puts religious minority at centre of escalating conflict between Israel and Hizbollah

  
• July 24 2024
  Israel

  Hizbollah drone footage highlights Israeli security vulnerabilities

  Militants able to capture detailed images of Israeli air base close to Lebanon border

  
• July 22 2024
  Europe Express

  Is it time for the EU to rethink its engagement with Syria? Premium content

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• July 21 2024
  Israel-Hamas war

  Israeli jets hit Houthi targets in Yemen in response to drone attack

  Energy infrastructure in port city of Hodeida targeted in retaliation against fatal strike in Tel Aviv

  
• July 12 2024
  News in-depth

  Beach clubs and sonic booms: Lebanon’s summer of war

  Even the most hardy are cancelling holidays for fear of full-blown conflict

  
• July 10 2024
  Global InsightNeri Zilber

  Netanyahu may yet avert an Israel-Hizbollah war

  Many in the region fear all-out conflict but calculations on the Israeli side are not straightforward

  
• July 2 2024
  Iran would use ‘all means’ to back Hizbollah if Israel launches full-blown war, official says

  Aide to supreme leader warns Israel risks triggering regional conflict in the event of all-out offensive against militant group

  
• June 19 2024
  Hizbollah warns Israel of war ‘without limits’ and threatens Cyprus

  Comments by leader of militant group come as fears grow of full-blown war across Lebanon’s southern border

  
• May 1 2024
  Poland

  Poland probes state oil group’s Swiss subsidiary for alleged Hizbollah links

  Orlen Trading Switzerland investigated for losses on trades and potential connections to Iran-backed group

  
• May 1 2024
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• April 22 2024
  Israel-Hamas war

  Israel’s head of military intelligence resigns over October 7 attack

  Departure will increase pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over worst security failure in country’s history