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Zelensky visits Jordan on Middle East tour to bolster security ties

Europe

Ukraine signs 10-year defence pact with Qatar as it eyes broader Gulf cooperation

Europe

'New phenomenon of dangerous rhetoric': World leaders embrace proud disregard for international law

Middle East

US, Israeli war goals 'not realistic': Regime change in Iran 'can't be achieved' by airstrikes

Middle East

As 'war of choice' escalates into international crisis, Miller says Trump has 'no strategy'

Middle East

'Tehran assumes war is behind them: Iran will not capitulate, Trump has it all wrong'

Middle East

Iraq caught between US and Iran, facing attacks from both warring sides & Iran-aligned actors within

Once seeking de-escalation, Saudi Arabia now sees ‘no coexistence’ with hardline Iran

Middle East

Iran rejects US ceasefire plan and offers counterproposal, state TV says

As it happened
Middle East

Saudi leader said to be pushing Trump to continue war in Iran, New York Times reports

Middle East
The Debate

Talks or theatre? Claims of peace talks to end Iran war collide with denials

Middle East

War on Iran: 'Fought on faulty assumptions, notion of externally delivered regime change delusional'

Middle East

'We do not have a single war on Iran: We have an Israeli war and an American war'

Middle East

France urges Israel to 'refrain' from taking control of areas in south Lebanon

As it happened
Middle East

Netanyahu vows to keep up strikes against Iran and Lebanon after call with Trump

As it happened
Middle East

Iran threatens to ‘completely close’ Hormuz Strait, Israel strikes Lebanon bridges

As it happened
Middle East

‘Very difficult evening’: Netanyahu vows to keep striking Iran after attack on southern Israel

As it happened
Middle East

Myth of liberation: As war rages, trapped Iranians 'curse' the regime, the Americans & the Israelis

Middle East

'Volatile: Oil market much more resilient than in 1970s' as conflict speculation drives price swings

Middle East

Trump rules out Iran ceasefire, missile debris hits Jerusalem's Old City

As it happened
Middle East
Business

Gas prices soar as energy infrastructure is attacked in the Gulf

Business

'Disaster: Attacks on gas infrastructure, in Iran and Qatar, may set us back several years'

Middle East

Middle East war escalates after attack on key Iranian gas field

Middle East

Steven Everts: For Europeans, war on Iran 'a diversion' and 'giant gift to Putin'

Middle East
People & Profit

Iran war exposes Gulf economies' food, water vulnerability

Business

Netanyahu dismisses ‘canard’ that Israel dragged US into Iran war

As it happened
Middle East

Qatar orders departure of two Iranian diplomats over gas facility attack

Middle East

Israel kills Iran’s intelligence chief as both sides ratchet up attacks on energy facilities

Middle East

Both sides in Iran war ratchet up attacks on energy facilities, as oil prices surge

Middle East

War on Iran: As top leaders and commanders are killed, 'regime will harden and close ranks'

Middle East

Larijani was 'key to Iran's reach in the Gulf region'

Middle East
Focus

Decades of deployment: America's extensive military presence in the Middle East

Middle East

Iran's underground arsenal, decentralised military key to press on with strikes on Gulf states

Middle East

Missiles and drone attacks across the UAE as Iran presses on with air campaign in Gulf

Middle East

Qatar, Kuwait, UAE... Iranian reprisals disrupt daily life across the Gulf

Middle East
Focus

Qatar turns to desert farming to boost food security

Middle East

As 800,000 flee, half of Lebanon lives in war zones without markets, supplies or healthcare

Middle East

Lebanon’s Mission Impossible: Could US and Israeli pressure to disarm Hezbollah lead to civil war?

Middle East

Strait of Hormuz: Iran leverages control of a critical chokepoint in the global oil trade

Middle East

'Mental, subjective impact': Iran taking on 'American might' with cyberterrorism

Middle East

US tech giants on Iran's list of potential targets in Gulf countries

Technology

Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has 'very good links with the IRGC'

Middle East

Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran's new Supreme Leader signals continuity to international community

Middle East

'European Union needs a bit of a revolution: There is no European strategy or foreign policy'

Europe

US war on Iran: 'An American war in desperate search of a strategy', expert says

Middle East

Banking, finance and consultancy firms evacuate staff in Gulf States

Middle East

US war on Iran: Using military force to achieve political outcomes rarely produces lasting stability

Middle East

Citi, StanChart evacuate Dubai offices, HSBC closes Qatar branches as fears grow

Middle East

'US war on Iran tactically very successful: Strategic success will be 'elusive', warns Schneiderman

Middle East

Iran adoption a strategy of 'war of attrition on several fronts'

Middle East

War on Iran risks emboldening hardliners, reinforcing value of covert nuclear programme

Middle East

'There's going to be a complete reset of the region at the end of this war'

Middle East

Iran war stifles Hormuz shipping: ‘Unprecedented’ impact on oil & global economy

Middle East

Bahrain says Iranian drone attack damages water desalination plant

Middle East

Explosions heard across Doha, sirens sound in Bahrain as Iran strikes Gulf neighbours

Middle East

Gulf countries targeted by fresh Iranian attacks as repatriation still underway

Middle East

Iran keeps targeting Gulf states

Middle East

Iran continues to target Gulf states

Middle East

Iran strikes five Gulf states: Arab league convene emergency session

Middle East

FRANCE 24 speaks to French expatriate in Kuwait as Iran strikes US allies

Middle East

'Purely defensive' posture: Europe’s reluctant role in an expanding Middle East conflict

Middle East

'Catastrophic': Humanitarian emergency unfolding in Lebanon as Israeli airstrikes intensify

Middle East

Qatar says 14 ballistic missiles and 4 drones intercepted

Middle East

US war on Iran has no Plan B, warns Scott Lucas: 'Trump just wants to kill people and blow stuff up'

Middle East

Israel's Lebanon offensive 'may ultimately legitimise Hezbollah, reinforce narrative of resistance'

Middle East

Amid relentless US and Israeli strikes, Iran seeks to 'wreak havoc across the region'

Middle East
A propos

Confidence in Gulf countries as destinations and travel hubs 'has been fundamentally broken'

Middle East

Confidence in Gulf countries as destinations and travel hubs 'has been fundamentally broken'

Middle East

'The fear for the Gulf countries is that the first client of the US would be Israel'

Middle East

'Gambling for resurrection': Amid domestic crises, is US war on Iran a 'wag the dog' trump card?

Middle East

US assets in Gulf states targeted by Iranian strikes

Middle East

Ray Takeyh: 'Iran is not a personalised dictatorship, it's an ideological system'

Middle East