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Middle East conflict

  • Wednesday, 19 June, 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

    Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
  • Wednesday, 1 May, 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

    A PKN Orlen operated petrol station in Warsaw
  • Wednesday, 1 May, 2024
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  • Monday, 22 April, 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

    Aharon Haliva
  • Monday, 22 April, 2024
    Why Hizbollah was sidelined in Iran-Israel clashes

    Though regional hostilities recently hit their most dangerous level, militant group’s participation remained largely symbolic

    Hizbollah funeral
  • Sunday, 21 April, 2024
    Explainer
    Who pulls the strings of power in Iran?

    Military confrontation with Israel highlights dominance of Ali Khamenei and Revolutionary Guards

    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
  • Saturday, 20 April, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    US lawmakers approve aid to Ukraine and Israel after months of delay

    Funding comes after Kyiv was forced to ration munitions in the face of Russian advances

  • Saturday, 20 April, 2024
    News in-depth
    Relief pervades Tehran after limited Israeli strike

    Patriotism among Iranians tempered by discontent over languishing economy

    An anti-Israel banner with pictures of Iranian missiles in Tehran
  • Friday, 19 April, 2024
    News in-depth
    Military briefing: the Israeli missiles used to strike Iran

    Wreckage photographed in Iraq indicates how Israeli jets hit back at Tehran from afar

  • Friday, 19 April, 2024
    News in-depth
    Netanyahu’s Iran gambit leaves chance of avoiding all-out war

    Attack does not compel Tehran to respond, say former officials and analysts, though they fear a line has now been crossed

    Israel’s war cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, second left, shown meeting last week over Iran’s drone attack on the country
  • Friday, 19 April, 2024
    Israel launches calibrated retaliatory strikes against Iran

    Officials and diplomats indicate attacks were limited and sought to avoid full-blown escalation

  • Friday, 19 April, 2024
    Kim Ghattas
    Unease about Iran is bringing Arab states closer together

    The standoff with Israel has done little to raise Tehran’s regional standing

    Ann Kiernan illustration of a whirlpool of US and Middle Eastern flags as missiles are fired above
  • Friday, 19 April, 2024
    Mohamed El-Erian
    Markets are a frog in boiling water on Iran-Israel

    While the reaction to the latest hostilities has been tame, the global economy is too fragile for a new crisis

    Protesters inTehran on Friday after Israel’s retaliatory strike on Iran
  • Friday, 19 April, 2024
    Global InsightAndrew England
    Israel and Iran pull back from the brink

    While risk of immediate all-out war has been averted, the danger for Middle East has far from passed

    Iranian military personnel stand guard at a nuclear facility near Isfahan on Friday
  • Thursday, 18 April, 2024
    News in-depth
    Iran crisis risks easing pressure on Israel over Gaza, diplomats warn

    Humanitarian situation in Palestinian enclave remains dire, says EU’s top diplomat

    People mourn the deaths of relatives killed by an Israeli bombardment, at Al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 16
  • Thursday, 18 April, 2024
    Iran warns of shift in nuclear stance if Israel threatens atomic sites

    Revolutionary Guards issue warning as US announces new sanctions

    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei viewing a model of a nuclear facility
  • Thursday, 18 April, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why grim geopolitics kept EU leaders busy over dinner Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Competition hawks fret over Enrico Letta’s plans for EU merger rules

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, with EU Council president Charles Michel
  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
    News in-depth
    Israeli public split on how to respond to Iran strike

    Country divided over how and when to retaliate after drone-and-missile barrage launched by Islamic regime

    Israel’s military displays what it says is an Iranian ballistic missile that it retrieved from the Dead Sea
  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
    Israel to retaliate against Iran, warns Cameron

    UK foreign secretary calls on Jewish state to do ‘as little to escalate this as possible’ amid fears of regional war

    David Cameron, left, meets Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem on Wednesday
  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why the EU is treading carefully with Iran sanctions Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: EU citizens care more about security and defence than climate

    European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell
  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East military briefing
    Ukraine’s air defence struggle highlights risks to Israel

    Full-scale conflict has depleted Ukrainian defences, and Israel could face a similar plight despite successful interceptions

  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    A glow-up for China’s state-owned enterprises

    Beijing reforms unloved SOEs to win back investors

  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
    US and EU prepare fresh sanctions against Iran after Israel attack

    Most European capitals support tougher stance but are wary of designating Revolutionary Guards a terror group

    Members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards during a military parade
  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Netanyahu and Sunak speak after RAF helped repel Iranian attack

    UK warns any escalation is in no one’s interest and would deepen insecurity in region

    UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the steps of 10 Downing Street in March
  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
    Israel calls for tightened sanctions on Iran as government debates response to attack

    International pressure mounts on Jewish state to show restraint

    Benjamin Netanyahu surrounded by members of the war cabinet
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