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MENA26 Jul
Yemen's deputy foreign minister tells Riyadh to study America's 'failure' in Sana'a
MENA26 Jul
Iran tells Reuters attacks are paused, conditional on a US pause of its own
MENA26 Jul
The strike that didn't come: Trump's Friday stand-down and the Iran negotiating window
MENA26 Jul
Tehran warns of wider war as US-Iran rhetoric hardens
MENA26 Jul
Polymarket prices a 54% probability on a US-Iran extension as Trump is reported to have rescinded a strike order
MENA25 Jul
Twelve ships, two boardings, two disables: CENTCOM's blockade math goes public
MENA25 Jul
Quds Force chief Qaani presses Saudi Arabia to lift Yemen blockade, invokes US 'irrational and costly' record
MENA25 Jul
Russia's Shahed and 'Banderol' Notes Land on the Same Day: What the Two Telegram Items Actually Say
MENA25 Jul
Guterres lands in Damascus, tours Saydnaya and presses the Golan line
MENA25 Jul
Israeli strikes hit two Khan Younis homes within an hour, killing at least five Palestinians
MENA25 Jul
The pause that is not a pause: reading 25 July on Iran
MENA25 Jul
Guterres lands in Damascus in first UN chief visit to Syria since civil war began
MENA25 Jul
Yemeni missile strikes hit Saudi Arabia's Jizan as regional war footing deepens
MENA24 Jul
Jordan says air defences downed seven missiles and six drones as Geneva signing looms
MENA24 Jul
Araghchi works the SCO room in Bishkek, meeting Lavrov, Wang Yi and two Central Asian foreign ministers in a single day
MENA24 Jul
Iranian outlets report Erbil airport flight suspension after strikes; first-party confirmation absent
MENA24 Jul
Tehran warns of 'extremely dangerous precedent' after Trump links Iranian funds to shipping damage
MENA24 Jul
Iran's Araghchi broadcasts deterrent language into Western chancelleries hours before Geneva signing
MENA24 Jul
SCO foreign ministers gather in Cholpon-Ata as Iran’s Araghchi joins the ten-member meeting
MENA24 Jul
CENTCOM logs 13th consecutive night of strikes on Iran; Tehran reportedly rejects US ceasefire proposal
MENA23 Jul
Baghdad courts Tehran, Britain hardens its posture, and the prediction market still prices a ceasefire at 16%
MENA23 Jul
Britain puts forces on alert as Tehran declares 'eye for an eye' doctrine after US strike near Iraq border
MENA23 Jul
Gaza under bombardment: what the late-evening Telegram traffic actually shows
MENA23 Jul
Iraq's prime minister lands in Tehran, with Iranian outlets framing a strategic turn
MENA21 Jul
Strikes on Iran's southern ports: what we know, what we don't
MENA21 Jul
Explosions shake Iranian cities of Behbahan, Mahshahr and Tehran within minutes of each other
MENA21 Jul
Strikes reported on Tabriz as US-Iran confrontation escalates overnight
MENA21 Jul
Strikes on the Gulf coast: US pounds southern Iranian ports in widening air campaign
MENA21 Jul
Explosion in eastern Tehran draws fire crews to Narmak as residents describe controlled-blast sound
MENA21 Jul
Four strikes on Behbahan and a market pricing 44%: the US-Iran escalation that the wire isn't calling an escalation
MENA21 Jul
Jordanian figures demand neutrality as kingdom's US security pact comes under fresh pressure
MENA21 Jul
Kuwaiti air defences engage Iranian drones hours before scheduled US–Iran accord signing in Geneva
MENA21 Jul
Loud blast in east Tehran: what the Narmak reports do and do not say
MENA21 Jul
Power cuts and reported strikes on separatist positions in Iraqi Kurdistan
MENA21 Jul
China’s foreign minister lands on Hormuz: Beijing blames Washington for the crisis and rejects Trump’s $2bn-a-day reopening bill
MENA21 Jul
Warren's Iran casualty count puts a number on a war the administration has not named
MENA21 Jul
Reports of strikes on Tehran diverge sharply within minutes
MENA21 Jul
Iranian drone strikes hit Kuwait and Bahrain as regional confrontation widens
MENA21 Jul
Pentagon places $37.5bn price tag on Iran war as Hegseth reframes the conflict's origin
MENA21 Jul
Explosions reported at Kuwait's Ali al-Salem base as Iran–GCC tensions flare
MENA21 Jul
Tehran frames Trump nuclear-facility threat as escalation, signals calibrated response
MENA21 Jul
Hegseth pegs Iran war cost at $37.5bn, defends a $1.5 trillion Pentagon top-line
MENA21 Jul
Israeli fire and demolition orders reshape Gaza City's eastern edge
MENA21 Jul
Pentagon puts Iran war tab at $37.5bn as escalation costs surface
MENA21 Jul
Air strike on Mount Izmar rattles Iraq's Kurdish north
MENA21 Jul
Khatam al-Anbiya HQ warns US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites will draw retaliation
MENA21 Jul
Trump pairs Lebanon air access with Iran strike threat on a single July evening
MENA21 Jul
Hegseth puts a $37.5bn price tag on the Iran war, and tells Tehran the worst is yet to come
MENA21 Jul
Hegseth admits 'undeclared' pressure on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, as Trump accuses Tehran of election interference
MENA21 Jul
Hegseth puts a $37.5 billion price tag on the Iran war in a Senate hearing
MENA21 Jul
Inside Iran's wartime mood: a 15-metre rescue, a missile retrospective, and a city chanting for the armed forces
MENA21 Jul
Israeli strikes hit two Lebanese border towns within hours, local channels report
MENA21 Jul
Eight ships redirected, one disabled: how CENTCOM is enforcing the Iran blockade on day one
MENA21 Jul
Detonations in southern Lebanon echo across the border as Israeli demolition work intensifies
MENA21 Jul
Anti-war protesters interrupt Hegseth's Senate testimony as US-Iran temperature climbs
MENA21 Jul
Hegseth tells Senate Iran is in the worst place it has ever been as anti-war protesters shut down his hearing
MENA21 Jul
Northern Israel hears a blast; south Lebanon burns a reserve as the Gaza-frontier logic inches north
MENA21 Jul
Iran war bill passes $37.5 billion as Trump–Tehran truce window narrows
MENA21 Jul
A wildfire, a 44% bet, and a $400 million war chest: parsing the US–Iran impasse on 21 July 2026
MENA21 Jul
Trump says he has 'no interest' in Iran talks, as mediators race a closing window
MENA21 Jul
Iran strikes hit Erbil and Sulaymaniyeh as Kurdish Iraq absorbs a widening drone campaign
MENA21 Jul
Iran's missile pressure exposes a familiar US air-defence dilemma
MENA21 Jul
London opens the airfields: Burnham clears US bases for strikes on Iran
MENA21 Jul
Trump signals no interest in Iran talks as tanker warnings sharpen around the Strait of Hormuz
MENA21 Jul
Israel raises alert to highest level as reports surface of an Iranian strike on its embassy in Bahrain
MENA21 Jul
Iranian strike on Kuwait's Al-Ahmadi port breaks a long stretch of Gulf quiet
MENA21 Jul
Drones hit Erbil as Tehran signals pressure on US posture in Iraqi Kurdistan
MENA21 Jul
US-Iran confrontation strains as troop casualties mount and the sanctions hostage-era precedent lingers
MENA21 Jul
Israel raises alert to highest tier as Iran escalation odds shorten
MENA21 Jul
Drone strike on Erbil tests a fragile calm between Washington and Tehran
MENA21 Jul
Erbil strike: Iranian-aligned channel claims US troop casualties as Iraqi Kurdish capital absorbs second day of attacks
MENA21 Jul
Smoke over Manama: warning sirens and unconfirmed strikes reshape Bahrain's role in the US-Iran standoff
MENA21 Jul
Saudi oil tankers turned back in the Red Sea as Houthi blockade threat meets Trump's lethal-force pledge
MENA21 Jul
Strikes reported in Bahrain's capital as Iran–Bahrain flashpoint revives Gulf security debate
MENA21 Jul
Impacts reported in Bahrain as Iran–Bahrain flashpoint flares on 21 July
MENA21 Jul
Gaza City's Al-Zaytoun comes under sustained artillery fire as aid-blockade politics harden
MENA21 Jul
Trump and the Iran question: strike talk, nuclear whispers and a MEMRI tape that won't go away
MENA21 Jul
Artillery pounds Gaza City's Al-Zaytoun as ground operations press into the southeast
MENA21 Jul
Trump taunts Tehran as Hormuz blockade claim rattles oil markets
MENA21 Jul
Court revokes Mahdawi release as Trump widens net on foreign student protesters
MENA21 Jul
Trump signals 'pretty soon' strike on Iran's Pickaxe Mountain, then hedges when pressed
MENA21 Jul
Trump opens a second front on Iran's nuclear programme, hardens line on talks
MENA21 Jul
Trump keeps the door cracked on Iran talks while telegraphing escalation
MENA21 Jul
Trump vows to stay in Iran fight, says rebuilding would take decades
MENA21 Jul
Houthis announce Red Sea blockade of Saudi ports, Trump says the US will 'take care of it'
MENA21 Jul
Aoun at the White House: Trump flatters Lebanon's new president, in plain view of an unresolved south
MENA21 Jul
Kuwait summons Iranian ambassador after attack on oil tanker in the Gulf
MENA21 Jul
Yemen's naval pressure forces six-ship reroute in Red Sea as Ansarullah presses Riyadh
MENA21 Jul
Nearly 500 documented Israeli violations against Palestinian journalists in the first half of 2026
MENA21 Jul
Kuwait reports fires at power and desalination plants for a second day as sirens sound across the country
MENA21 Jul
Sirens sound across Bahrain and Kuwait as unconfirmed reports of Iranian strikes circulate
MENA21 Jul
Iran widens regional retaliation, hitting targets in Bahrain and Kuwait after US strikes on Iranian south
MENA21 Jul
A tenth night of strikes: what the US campaign against Iran has actually changed
MENA21 Jul
Israeli strikes kill nine Palestinians across Gaza since dawn, hospitals report
MENA21 Jul
Strikes keep mounting on Gaza City as international attention drifts
MENA21 Jul
Iranian strikes leave cratered footprint at US-aligned Jordan bases, satellite imagery suggests
MENA21 Jul
The limbo that holds: Washington and Tehran caught between deal and detonation
MENA21 Jul
Israeli fire near Lebanese army unit in Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh tests the pilot-zone arrangement
MENA21 Jul
Beirut and the IDF open a southern-Lebanon pilot that began with a warning shot
MENA21 Jul
Tower 22 strike: satellite imagery shows destruction of US troop housing at Jordan-Syria border base
MENA21 Jul
US names Erbil soldier; Tehran points to pattern
MENA21 Jul
Israel issues 5,283-square-metre land seizure order in Jaba, north of East Jerusalem
MENA21 Jul
Israeli artillery strikes Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon
MENA21 Jul
Israel pounds Ali al-Tahir heights in south Lebanon as border exchanges widen
MENA21 Jul
Houthi blockade on Saudi Red Sea shipping reopens a corridor Tehran has tried to choke before
MENA21 Jul
Israeli artillery targets Ali al-Taher Heights in southern Lebanon
MENA21 Jul
Iran releases satellite imagery purporting to show U.S. base damage in eastern Jordan
MENA21 Jul
Israeli artillery returns to south Lebanon highlands after brief lull
MENA21 Jul
Gaza City strike kills family of six as Israel frames expanded ground operation
MENA21 Jul
Satellite imagery points to new strike damage at Jordan air base used by US troops
MENA21 Jul
Iran strikes Kuwait desalination and power plants, exposing Gulf infrastructure's vulnerability
MENA21 Jul
Kuwait blames Iran for fourth strike on power and desalination plants
MENA21 Jul
Houthis turn the screws on Saudi shipping lanes
MENA21 Jul
US strike hits site in Iran's Lorestan province, IRIB confirms
MENA21 Jul
Hamas taps veteran negotiator Khalil al-Hayya to lead its political bureau
MENA21 Jul
Strikes and Launches Across Iran: What the Morning's Two Telegram Clusters Actually Show
MENA21 Jul
Iran's Ghalibaf bets the house on diplomacy with Washington, over the hardliners' dead body
MENA21 Jul
Bahrain comes under Iranian fire as the second US-Iran war spreads across the Gulf
MENA21 Jul
A tenth night of US strikes on Iran, and a video Tehran did not have to fake
MENA21 Jul
Bahrain shoots down incoming Iranian missiles as US-Iran accord signing in Geneva approaches
MENA21 Jul
Fire and Fragile Calm: A Day of Casualties in Gaza Tests the Post-War Order
MENA21 Jul
Explosions and air raid sirens in Qatar: what the wires show
MENA21 Jul
Lebanese army moves into Zawtar al-Arabiya as sirens sound across Bahrain and Gulf states
MENA21 Jul
Explosions reported in Zarqa as Jordan's eastern front stays exposed
MENA21 Jul
Iranian missiles and drones strike US bases in Jordan, sirens sound across kingdom
MENA21 Jul
Three missiles from Iran, three intercepts over the Salti base: a morning flare-up the world almost missed
MENA21 Jul
Houthis Declare Red Sea Blockade on Saudi Arabia, Opening a New Front in the U.S.-Iran War
MENA21 Jul
Global recession probability hits four-year low as risk gauges cool
MENA21 Jul
Israeli strike on Kfar Tebnit underscores the open-ended southern Lebanon campaign
MENA21 Jul
Iranian drones over Amman: what Jordan's interception reveals about the new Iran-US truce
MENA21 Jul
Missile activity reported from western Iran and eastern Jordan within minutes on Tuesday morning
MENA21 Jul
A tenth night of strikes on Iran, and the information war over what they hit
MENA21 Jul
ICC prosecutor's suspension and the charges that the court's own bureau engineered a 'stitch-up'
MENA21 Jul
Missiles from northwestern Iran and explosions in Zarqa: a fast-moving Tuesday on the Iran-Jordan corridor
MENA21 Jul
South Lebanon's pilot zones: a model canton, or a slow annexation?
MENA21 Jul
Sirens across Jordan: what the morning's explosions actually tell us
MENA21 Jul
Lebanese army begins entering south Lebanon 'pilot zones' as US-mediated arrangement takes shape
MENA21 Jul
Civilians on the shore, a stricken vessel in the channel: Hormuz crisis compounds in plain view
MENA21 Jul
Teetering on stalemate: the United States and Iran trade strikes for signals
MENA21 Jul
Israeli strikes pound southern Lebanon through the night, with Mays al-Jabal hit before dawn
MENA21 Jul
Lebanese army moves into south Lebanon town vacated by Israeli forces, official says
MENA21 Jul
Lebanon summons journalist Hasan Illaik over Saudi Crown Prince criticism
MENA21 Jul
Smotrich Says Israel Has 'No Interest' in Joining Iran-US Confrontation, as Tehran's Missiles Keep Getting Faster
MENA21 Jul
Lebanese army moves into Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh as Israeli drawdown begins
MENA21 Jul
Eighteen US dead, ten nights of strikes: the war with Iran widens
MENA21 Jul
Lebanese army moves into Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh as Israeli forces withdraw under November framework
MENA21 Jul
Beirut's quiet ask: keep Hezbollah out of a U.S.–Iran war
MENA21 Jul
IRGC vows "unforgettable response" to enemy aggression, framing posture around the Supreme Leader's strategic line
MENA21 Jul
A war both sides are losing, on different clocks
MENA21 Jul
Lebanese army rolls into Zawtar Al Gharbiyeh as Israeli pullback begins under November framework
MENA21 Jul
Israeli aviation lobby fights to keep airlines flying through Iranian threats
MENA21 Jul
IRGC says it shot down a cruise missile in southern Iran as tensions with Washington re-open
MENA21 Jul
Sixteen dead, four hundred wounded: the human ledger behind the US footprint in the Iran war
MENA21 Jul
Tehran signals no talks before a US 'failure', as Bagheri Kani turns up the rhetorical temperature
MENA21 Jul
Aoun’s White House visit tests how much Lebanon can extract from Trump on Israel
MENA21 Jul
IRGC claims strike on Amazon data infrastructure in Bahrain; Tehran and Manama stay silent
MENA21 Jul
Schumer breaks with Trump on Iran, demands the war end
MENA21 Jul
Hamas Gaza City Brigade operations chief killed in joint IDF–ISA strike
MENA21 Jul
IRGC strikes US-linked targets from Kuwait to Bahrain as Geneva accord hangs in the balance
MENA21 Jul
Tehran's framing of a Bolton speech: 'freedom' as code for regime collapse
MENA21 Jul
Maariv frames Hormuz as Iran’s strategic prize; the framing says more than the strait
MENA21 Jul
Iran claims Patriot battery strike in Bahrain as Gulf airspace closure widens
MENA21 Jul
IRGC claims cruise-missile strike on Amazon data hub in Bahrain
MENA21 Jul
Tehran, Washington trade blows as Jordan strikes expose the cost of disclosure silence
MENA21 Jul
Bahrain strike claim points to widening shadow war over Gulf data infrastructure
MENA21 Jul
Airstrike on the Al-Masri house in Gaza kills children, exposes a widening targeting gap
MENA21 Jul
Pentagon withheld details of three Iranian strikes in Jordan to protect targeting intelligence, NYT reports
MENA21 Jul
Israeli forces demolish homes in two southern Lebanese villages, Lebanese outlets report
MENA21 Jul
Tehran's schools are closing. The Supreme Cultural Revolution Council is being blamed.
MENA21 Jul
The lock-in economy: how a 5% mortgage floor is reshaping American politics
MENA21 Jul
Ten nights, one market: Iran strikes redraw the risk ledger
MENA21 Jul
US strikes on Iran enter a tenth consecutive night as a 30-day truce expires
MENA21 Jul
Schumer demands end to Trump-era war with Iran as Senate pressure mounts
MENA21 Jul
Iran moves centrifuges deep underground, U.S. and Israel assess
MENA21 Jul
Israel tells US Iran has consolidated centrifuges inside Pickaxe Mountain near Natanz
MENA21 Jul
ASEAN foreign ministers meet in Kuala Lumpur as US-Iran war enters its second week
MENA21 Jul
Israel opens pilot safe zones in southern Lebanon, testing a fragile US-brokered handover
MENA21 Jul
Japan backs Iran wetland restoration as Tehran courts environmental capital
MENA21 Jul
Hamas presses ceasefire guarantors as Gaza displacement sites come under fire
MENA21 Jul
Iran's Army Claims Strikes on US HIMARS and Helicopter Facilities Inside Kuwait
MENA21 Jul
Israeli artillery hits southern Lebanese heights as cross-border tempo holds
MENA21 Jul
Mamdani's Netanyahu warrant threat forces a legal question Washington would rather leave open
MENA21 Jul
Tanker crew abandons ship in Strait of Hormuz after reported projectile strike
MENA21 Jul
U.S. intelligence casts doubt on whether bombing can break Iran
MENA21 Jul
Satellite imagery shows two new impact points at Jordan's King Faisal Air Base
MENA21 Jul
Iranian missiles hit US base in Bahrain and targets in Kuwait in overnight strikes
MENA21 Jul
Mediators float a 10-day US–Iran ceasefire as Tehran admits a third of its gas capacity is gone
MENA21 Jul
Houthis declare Red Sea maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia, war-insurance costs double
MENA21 Jul
Pentagon withholding US troop casualty data after Iranian strikes, reports say
MENA21 Jul
Explosions reported in Sulaymaniyah as Iraq's Kurdish north wakes to a rattled morning
MENA21 Jul
Iran's IRGC claims a 'Black Night' for US air defences across the region
MENA21 Jul
Tanker abandoned in the Strait of Hormuz as UKMTO updates advisory on attack
MENA21 Jul
US–Iran on a knife edge: intelligence doubts pressure campaign as casualties mount
MENA21 Jul
Strikes in Bahrain and Kuwait: Iran's drones test the architecture of the US Gulf shield
MENA21 Jul
Iran's IRGC claims fresh strikes on US radar, drone hangar and shipping in Hormuz corridor
MENA21 Jul
Drones over al-Samer: another night of strikes inside Gaza City
MENA21 Jul
Unconfirmed security incident off Oman's coast rattles Strait of Hormuz shipping lane
MENA21 Jul
Iran strikes US radar and Patriot sites in Bahrain as 'Operation Nasr 2' enters a second phase
MENA21 Jul
IRGC Announces Strike Series Against US-Linked Radars and Tankers in the Gulf
MENA21 Jul
Houthi blockade pushes Red Sea war-risk premiums past 2024 peak
MENA21 Jul
Centcom declares latest Iran strikes 'concluded' as tanker fires and US casualties redraw the Hormuz calculus
MENA21 Jul
Polymarket puts US-Iran collision at 31%: what the betting market sees that the briefing rooms won't say
MENA21 Jul
Trump's Netanyahu shield: what a US no-arrest pledge actually does
MENA21 Jul
Washington wobbles: Iran policy fractures between escalation, secrecy and a quiet blockade exit
MENA21 Jul
Israeli drone strikes hit residential building in central Gaza City as drones fly low across the Strip
MENA21 Jul
US strikes hit Chabahar as Iran intervention enters a new, riskier phase
MENA21 Jul
Houthis declare maritime embargo on Saudi ports as Red Sea war-risk insurance more than doubles
MENA20 Jul
Sticks and staying power: the Iran file on 20 July 2026
MENA20 Jul
Explosions rock Iran's Bandar Abbas and Bandar Lengeh hours before scheduled Geneva accord
MENA20 Jul
CENTCOM announces new strikes on Iran as escalation enters uncharted phase
MENA20 Jul
Iranian missile and drone attack hits Ali al Salem Air Base in Kuwait: what we know
MENA20 Jul
Iranian projectiles target Kuwait as US strikes on Iran enter new round
MENA20 Jul
A Resigned Counterterrorism Chief Asks the US to Pull Back from Iran
MENA20 Jul
Lebanese army takes over three southern villages in US-backed pilot rollout
MENA20 Jul
US strikes hit Iran's southern coast as Geneva accord hangs in the balance
MENA20 Jul
Iran writes to the UN over reported strike on Darkhovin nuclear plant
MENA20 Jul
Marine incident off Oman: what the wires reported, and what they didn't
MENA20 Jul
Tanker struck by unknown projectile in Strait of Hormuz as US-Iran accord signing set for Geneva
MENA20 Jul
Thirty days into the US–Iran MoU, the ceasefire is fraying
MENA20 Jul
Strikes on Chabahar: a Balochistan flashpoint with no clear claimant
MENA20 Jul
Unknown projectile strikes tanker in the Strait of Hormuz
MENA20 Jul
Hamas elevates Khalil al-Hayya as new political bureau chief
MENA20 Jul
Tanker struck near Strait of Hormuz as UKMTO logs fresh incident off Oman
MENA20 Jul
Explosions and air-defence fire reported over Kuwait as military says missile and drone attack is under way
MENA20 Jul
Explosions and air-defence fire reported across Isfahan and Bushehr as Iranian state media says country came under new wave of US strikes
MENA20 Jul
Hamas names Khalil al-Hayya to lead political bureau, succeeding Sinwar
MENA20 Jul
US strikes hit Konarak and Chabahar in southern Iran: what the initial reporting shows
MENA20 Jul
Houthis announce maritime embargo on Saudi Arabia, reviving a Red Sea pressure campaign
MENA20 Jul
Strikes on Chabahar: What's actually being reported from southeast Iran
MENA20 Jul
US airstrikes hit southeastern Iran as air defences engage over Bushehr
MENA20 Jul
US strikes hit Isfahan and Shiraz as Iran conflict enters open-air phase
MENA20 Jul
Iran's missile strike on Muwafaq Salti: what three attacks and a gym hit reveal about a longer war
MENA20 Jul
Air raid sirens in Jordan test the kingdom’s air defences on a tense July night
MENA20 Jul
Iran releases post-strike imagery of Jordan airbase as Pentagon stays silent on troop toll
MENA20 Jul
Strikes on Iran enter a tenth night as the oil market refuses to flinch
MENA20 Jul
Israeli demolitions and low-altitude overflights resume in southern Lebanon despite truce
MENA20 Jul
Strikes, ceasefires and a third of Iran's gas: five months into the US-Iran war, the tempo is back on
MENA20 Jul
Houthis declare Red Sea blockade on Saudi Arabia as war-risk insurance costs more than double
MENA20 Jul
Iran fires ballistic missiles from Tabriz toward Jordan, sirens in Amman
MENA20 Jul
Iran's gas war: a damaged energy base meets a US missile intercept and a 10-day ceasefire proposal
MENA20 Jul
Iran missile sirens jolt Jordanian cities hours before Geneva accord signing
MENA20 Jul
Two ballistic missiles from Tabriz, headed for Jordan: what the open-source wire actually shows
MENA20 Jul
Iran claims shootdown of US cruise missile as energy infrastructure toll mounts
MENA20 Jul
Iran fires ballistic missiles from Tabriz toward Jordan as sirens sound across Amman
MENA20 Jul
Hamas taps Khalil al-Hayya as political bureau chief, putting a Gaza negotiator at the top of a movement at war
MENA20 Jul
Houthis declare Red Sea blockade on Saudi Arabia, opening a new energy front
MENA20 Jul
Air France halts Gulf flights as regional carriers weigh the cost of a widening security perimeter
MENA20 Jul
Trump warns Iran will 'pay' as US air strikes escalate after soldier deaths
MENA20 Jul
Explosions and sirens at Aqaba: Iranian state media reports strikes on US bases in Jordan
MENA20 Jul
Missile launches from Tabriz put Jordan on alert, then quiet, what the wires show
MENA20 Jul
Iran fires ballistic missiles from Tabriz; sirens reported in Amman, blasts heard in Eilat
MENA20 Jul
Two ballistic missiles launch from Tabriz as Iran races to rebuild gas output
MENA20 Jul
Iran races to restore lost gas output as US strikes hit domestic industry harder than dissent
MENA20 Jul
Iran moves armor toward Kuwait as blockade clock ticks and Jordan strike details stay classified
MENA20 Jul
Missiles from Iran’s Fars Province land in Bahrain: what the footage shows
MENA20 Jul
Strikes in Markazi: A factory hit, and the limits of what Tehran will admit
MENA20 Jul
Yemen's provinces roll out street backing for a Saudi-bound maritime shutdown
MENA20 Jul
Iran fires ballistic missiles from Lar as Gulf diplomacy frays
MENA20 Jul
Israel–Lebanon agreement moves into pilot implementation in three southern villages
MENA20 Jul
Sirens sound in Bahrain and Kuwait as Iranian missile threat resurfaces hours before Geneva accord
MENA20 Jul
IRGC pledges loyalty to Khamenei after supreme commander addresses internal cohesion
MENA20 Jul
IRGC Navy claims strikes on US naval assets in three-axis Strait of Hormuz operation
MENA20 Jul
Iran's wartime oil sales turned the cease-fire into a working business model
MENA20 Jul
Sirens in Bahrain: what we know and what we don't, three hours after the first alerts
MENA20 Jul
Houthis announce maritime ban on Saudi shipping, framing it as retaliation for a decade-long siege
MENA20 Jul
Lockheed unveils a half-price Patriot interceptor at Farnborough, betting lower cost unlocks bigger order books
MENA20 Jul
Drone strike on tent in Rafah's Al-Mawasi reopens the humanitarian-protection question
MENA20 Jul
Trump posts Iran deal poll as Arab capitals weigh the price of hosting US strikes
MENA20 Jul
Houthis declare maritime embargo on Saudi Arabia, citing twelve-year siege
MENA20 Jul
Gold holds steady as Polymarket traders price 31% odds of a US strike on Iran by 2027
MENA20 Jul
Gas at $4, ceasefire fraying: the Iran-US war nobody can keep off the front pages
MENA20 Jul
Drone intercepted near Syrian border as Israel probes origin
MENA20 Jul
Iran signals restraint as Gulf strikes continue and a 10-day pause takes shape
MENA20 Jul
Five blasts in Kfar Tebnit: Israel keeps up the pressure on southern Lebanon
MENA20 Jul
Strait of Hormuz becomes the new pressure point as US enters ninth day of strikes on Iran
MENA20 Jul
The Pentagon's injury blackout, and what 'open the gates of hell' actually signals
MENA20 Jul
Tehran reaches for the ISIS frame as US strikes widen across Iranian infrastructure
MENA20 Jul
Tehran's doctors: Pezeshkian government braces for loyalty test from medical lobby
MENA20 Jul
Nine nights over Iran: what the strike cycle is actually doing
MENA20 Jul
Nine nights over Iran: what CENTCOM's escalation actually targets
MENA20 Jul
Netanyahu convenes security meeting as Israel-Iran escalation enters a new operational phase
MENA20 Jul
Pentagon under fire for withholding US troop injury data as Iran strikes mount
MENA20 Jul
Tehran frames the World Cup as a political stage, then walks back a prisoner story
MENA20 Jul
Smoke over Manama: Iranian strike hits Bahrain power substation tied to US C2 hub
MENA20 Jul
Satellite imagery shows damage to US housing at Jordan air base after Iranian strike
MENA20 Jul
Tehran keeps the door open, Washington keeps the bombs falling
MENA20 Jul
Iran strikes Kuwait's Al-Sabiya power station, triggering mobile-generator pivot
MENA20 Jul
Tehran signals ceasefire openness while framing the war as imposed
MENA20 Jul
Iran's Hormuz blockade threat and the oil market that didn't panic
MENA20 Jul
Tehran keeps multiple tracks open as Momeni heads to Pakistan and Yemen medevac lands
MENA20 Jul
Tehran keeps the door cracked, Washington keeps the timeline
MENA20 Jul
Iran claims strikes on US aircraft in Jordan and western Iran; the footage it released is the story
MENA20 Jul
Bushehr strikes: what the first hours tell us about a US escalation into Iran
MENA20 Jul
Vessel on fire off Oman as UKMTO logs a projectile strike in the Strait of Hormuz
MENA20 Jul
Trump pushes to fold Iran into the Russian sanctions bill, mid-flight tensions over Bushehr strikes
MENA20 Jul
Bahrain under fire: Iran's missile and drone strikes target US 5th Fleet headquarters in Manama
MENA20 Jul
Iran Strikes Bahrain: Sirens, Reports of Direct Hits, and a Gulf Security Reckoning
MENA20 Jul
Kuwait City rocked by drone attack as Gulf airspace becomes the new frontline
MENA20 Jul
Iran says it downed a third US Reaper over Islamabad-e Gharb. The count is the story.
MENA20 Jul
Nine nights in: what the US-Iran strike campaign is and isn't telling us
MENA20 Jul
Polymarket puts a US invasion of Iran at 30% by 2027. The numbers tell a different story.
MENA20 Jul
Polymarket's Iran-invasion odds climb past 30%, a market that may be reading Washington's drift
MENA20 Jul
Trump claims Iran is spent. Tehran's geography says otherwise.
MENA20 Jul
Iran strikes Kuwait with missiles and drones as US–Tehran talks wobble
MENA20 Jul
Two tankers burned, ninth night of strikes: the Strait of Hormuz becomes a live two-front test
MENA20 Jul
IRGC claims overnight strikes on US assets at Aqaba, warns Kuwait against hosting US forces
MENA20 Jul
Danger sirens sound across Bahrain as regional tensions with Iran spike
MENA20 Jul
Israeli strikes hit southern Lebanon villages overnight as cross-border pressure continues
MENA20 Jul
Nine nights over Iran: what the US is actually hitting
MENA20 Jul
Bahrain sirens at 03:28 UTC: what the public record shows so far
MENA20 Jul
Trump revives tariff threat against Canada and claims Iran is militarily spent
MENA20 Jul
Sirens and explosions reported near US bases in Bahrain as regional alert deepens
MENA20 Jul
AIPAC pulls online fundraising for Democrats who voted to strip Israel aid
MENA20 Jul
IRGC claims strikes on US transport aircraft and oil tankers in and around the Strait of Hormuz
MENA20 Jul
Gaza media office logs 3,795 ceasefire violations since truce began
MENA20 Jul
Iran drone kills US soldier in northern Iraq, Rubio admits breach through Jordanian air defence
MENA20 Jul
India's travel advisory lands mid-strike: New Delhi balances citizens, oil, and an old relationship with Tehran
MENA20 Jul
Missiles off the UAE, strikes on Tabriz: a night of unverified claims along the Iran-US line
MENA20 Jul
Explosion at Bandar-e Jask puts Iran's Gulf energy corridor back in the crosshairs
MENA20 Jul
Explosions reported in Hormozgan as Strait of Hormuz tensions re-enter the frame
MENA20 Jul
Strikes on Tabriz and a Kuwait airspace scramble: a night that redraws the Iran–US line
MENA20 Jul
Strait of Hormuz jolts awake: explosions reported across Hormozgan and Bushehr
MENA20 Jul
Strait of Hormuz goes loud: explosions shake Sirik and Bushehr as UKMTO reports vessel attacks
MENA20 Jul
Strikes on Tabriz and explosions in the Gulf: the night the US–Iran war widened
MENA20 Jul
US strikes hit Chabahar and Konarak: what is known, what isn't, and what's at stake
MENA20 Jul
US strikes hit Basij base and energy sites across southern Iran in overnight escalation
MENA20 Jul
Missiles hit Bandar Imam Khomeini as unverified Kuwait-launched strikes on Iran ripple through the Gulf
MENA20 Jul
Strikes on Bushehr Province: What we know, what we don't, and why Tehran is signalling
MENA19 Jul
US strikes from Kuwait hit Bandar-e-Mahshahr as Iran crisis enters open military phase
MENA19 Jul
Tabriz smoke, Kuwait launches: a night of unverified Iran war signals
MENA19 Jul
CENTCOM strikes hit five Iranian cities: what is confirmed and what isn't
MENA19 Jul
Unverified launch reports from Kuwait put the Gulf on a 23:36 UTC knife-edge
MENA19 Jul
Explosions in Tabriz: what the videos show, what they don't
MENA19 Jul
Ninth Night: CENTCOM Extends Iran Strike Campaign to Chabahar and Konarak
MENA19 Jul
Iran claims drone intercept as US strikes begin: a 12-hour escalation, documented only through Tehran and Telegram
MENA19 Jul
Iran strikes Kurdish opposition bases in Erbil province as Iraq's airspace becomes Tehran's pressure valve
MENA19 Jul
U.S. service member killed handling Iranian drone in Iraq as FBI steps back from ICE confrontations
MENA19 Jul
Explosions reported in Tabriz as Iran-US flashpoint widens
MENA19 Jul
Explosions reported at US military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait as Gulf tensions flare
MENA19 Jul
Spain edges Argentina in extra time, and a Baalbeck cafe turns ugly
MENA19 Jul
Two Killed in Deir Jarir as Settler Attack Met With Israeli Army Fire
MENA19 Jul
Israeli shelling hits Quneitra countryside as Syria’s south stays inside the crossfire
MENA19 Jul
Explosions reported at US military base in Kuwait as regional escalation widens
MENA19 Jul
Explosions reported in Kuwait and Bahrain as Iranian missile strikes enter a new phase
MENA19 Jul
Trump folds Iran into the Russia sanctions bill, sharpening the pressure on Tehran
MENA19 Jul
Washington Post report says US is planning for a wider war with Iran
MENA19 Jul
West Bank raid near Ramallah leaves one Palestinian dead, family detained, on 19 July 2026
MENA19 Jul
Bahrain air raid sirens jolt Manama after Iran-friendly outlets flag nearby blasts
MENA19 Jul
Six hulls, one blockade: CENTCOM's July tally and the slow squeeze on Tehran
MENA19 Jul
Alarms in Manama: what the Bahrain interior ministry is signalling, and what it isn't
MENA19 Jul
Explosions reported across Bahrain as Patriot batteries go operational
MENA19 Jul
Strike on Al Udeid rewrites the Gulf's risk map
MENA19 Jul
Explosions reported in Erbil as unverified accounts split on cause
MENA19 Jul
Tehran keeps the Strait closed, Beijing keeps the lights on
MENA19 Jul
Israeli artillery strikes reported in Quneitra countryside as southern Syria sees fresh escalation
MENA19 Jul
Trump's Russia sanctions bill gets an Iran clause, courtesy of the late Lindsey Graham
MENA19 Jul
Central Iran rocked by unconfirmed blasts; Tehran keeps its options open
MENA19 Jul
Unexplained blasts in central Iran fuel speculation as officials stay silent
MENA19 Jul
Reports of ballistic missile launches from Iran surface on 19 July 2026, with no immediate confirmation from Western wires
MENA19 Jul
Four US service members killed in Iran strikes, the official toll says. Tehran's channels claim a quieter picture.
MENA19 Jul
Sanaa accuses Riyadh and Washington of blocking Yemen truce as Doha brokers de-escalation
MENA19 Jul
As the World Cup final kicks off, Tehran's diaspora watches a war it says nobody is naming
MENA19 Jul
Iran warns of retaliation after US strike on Darkhoen power station
MENA19 Jul
US soldier killed in Iraq as Baghdad signs $60bn in American energy and pipeline deals
MENA19 Jul
Iran's wartime oil and a flash in the night sky: what the 19 July 2026 signals actually tell us
MENA19 Jul
Tehran turns the Gulf into a frame: how an Iranian security interview reshapes the regional narrative
MENA19 Jul
Tehran's Periphery Doctrine: Reading the Asalouyeh Shoot-Down, the Kuwait Question, and the Silence on Israel
MENA19 Jul
Trump's Iran endgame keeps slipping as oil flows and a sanctions play sit in the same news cycle
MENA19 Jul
Israeli demolition strike on Beit Yahoun deepens pressure on Lebanon's south
MENA19 Jul
Netanyahu's Washington trip in doubt as US surges airlift into Israel
MENA19 Jul
Remains recovered in Iraq as US troops absorb second lethal strike from Iranian drone debris
MENA19 Jul
Tehran's grip tightens: why Kuwait is now in Iran's crosshairs
MENA19 Jul
Bahrain's top Shiite cleric turns on Gulf rulers, widening a sectarian crack the monarchies cannot paper over
MENA19 Jul
Israeli strikes kill 13 Palestinians across Gaza as Khan Yunis comes under fresh fire
MENA19 Jul
Iran's supreme leader calls for 'sacred unity' as US strikes reported in Abadan
MENA19 Jul
Strike on a warned house in Deir al-Balah resets the civilian-casualty baseline in Gaza
MENA19 Jul
Israel signals readiness to retaliate as US readies escalation against Iran
MENA19 Jul
Explosions in Sulaymaniyah: what we know, what we don't
MENA19 Jul
Gulf mediation machine powers up as Doha shuttles between Riyadh and Muscat
MENA19 Jul
Tehran's Martyr Cult Goes Editorial: Khamenei Channels Publish a French-Language 'Good Side of History' Issue
MENA19 Jul
Loud blast reported in Erbil as detail war plays out across Iranian-state channels
MENA19 Jul
Israel Prepares as Reports Surface of a US Plan to Escalate Against Iran
MENA19 Jul
The eight-minute line: what an Israeli admission about Iranian missile flight time actually tells us
MENA19 Jul
Washington tips its hand: more warplanes, more refuelers, and an escalation Israel did not ask for alone
MENA19 Jul
Inside the Muslim-Mamdani convergence: how a Gaza-shaped politics is remaking the Democratic base
MENA19 Jul
Trump edges toward escalation with Tehran as Russia sanctions bill folds Iran back in
MENA19 Jul
Israel weighs escalation calculus as Washington signals wider strikes on Iran
MENA19 Jul
Iranian state media publishes satellite imagery claiming US base damage in Qatar and Jordan
MENA19 Jul
Two US service members killed in Iranian strike on Jordan, as Amman summons Tehran's envoy
MENA19 Jul
US fuel-tanker deployment to Israeli bases signals deepening logistics posture
MENA19 Jul
Strike on Darkhovin construction site puts Iran's nuclear expansion back on the table
MENA19 Jul
The '1200 innocents' script and the activist who won't let it rest
MENA19 Jul
Iran strikes Bahrain data centre, claims U.S. command role
MENA19 Jul
Aqaba attack claim tests the line between Tehran posturing and verifiable fact
MENA19 Jul
Iran's Al Subiya strike lands on Kuwait's largest power and desalination complex
MENA19 Jul
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and the Gaza detention fight: 16 freed, one still held
MENA19 Jul
Israeli drone strike hits vehicle in Nabatieh as southern Lebanon reopens as a front
MENA19 Jul
Iran claims interception of US cruise missile as US confirms two service members killed in Jordan
MENA19 Jul
Shoot-down at sea and a sanctions pivot: two Iran signals land within ninety minutes
MENA19 Jul
Iranian missile fire into Jordan kills two US troops and tests a fragile ceasefire architecture
MENA19 Jul
Kfar Tebnit blast caps a week of Lebanese escalation as cumulative toll climbs past 4,300
MENA19 Jul
Israeli security estimate puts Iran on war footing as missiles land near Aqaba
MENA19 Jul
Lebanon ministry toll passes 4,300 since 2 March as southern towns absorb another artillery round
MENA19 Jul
Israel's $700 Million US Influence Push Leans on AI, Conservative Networks
MENA19 Jul
Iran's missile strikes hit Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain in a widening Gulf escalation
MENA19 Jul
Iran fires missiles toward southern Jordan, IDF says air defenses intercepted debris near Israeli border
MENA19 Jul
Iran draws a red line around its negotiators: 'Not Venezuela'
MENA19 Jul
Drone strike reported at Kuwait's main power plant in unconfirmed afternoon incident
MENA19 Jul
Aoun lands in Washington as the Israel-Lebanon framework goes from paper to schedule
MENA19 Jul
Iran says US struck an under-construction nuclear plant and is choking the Strait of Hormuz
MENA19 Jul
US strikes Iran's Darkhovin nuclear plant, reopening the legal fault line over nuclear facilities under safeguards
MENA19 Jul
Wright puts a diplomatic gloss on a White House that has not stopped arming
MENA19 Jul
Tehran clears unexploded war ordnance from the Ramadan war in the capital's eastern hills
MENA19 Jul
A World Cup final, and the politics that travelled with it
MENA19 Jul
Netanyahu blocks Knesset vote on Armenian genocide recognition after Azerbaijani intervention
MENA19 Jul
US Reshapes Air Power in the Levant as Fighter Transfers Reach Jordan and Israel
MENA19 Jul
Two drones down, two US troops killed: Iran-US escalation enters a new phase
MENA19 Jul
Strait of Hormuz becomes the firing line as US and Iran trade strikes on civilian infrastructure
MENA19 Jul
US pulls tankers out of Ben Gurion as Iran escalation reshapes Israel's air-defence arithmetic
MENA19 Jul
US strike on Iran nuclear plant tests sanctions arithmetic
MENA19 Jul
Iranian missiles intercepted over Jordan and Kuwait as airspace crisis widens
MENA19 Jul
Trump presses Congress to advance late senator's Iran-Russia sanctions bill
MENA19 Jul
Smoke over Aqaba: Iranian fire into Jordan redraws the southern front
MENA19 Jul
Trump asks Congress to bolt Iran sanctions onto Russia bill, betting Tehran will wait him out
MENA19 Jul
Strikes on Kuwait's power and desalination plants expose the limits of Gulf neutrality
MENA19 Jul
Kuwait comes under fire as Iranian strikes hit power and desalination plants
MENA19 Jul
Smoke over Eilat: interceptor debris falls on the Jordanian border as Iran-Israel exchanges escalate
MENA19 Jul
IAEA confirms it is verifying reports of a strike on an Iranian nuclear construction site, as Tehran claims the war redrew its standing
MENA19 Jul
Araghchi frames Hormuz closure as a pre-planned escalation lever
MENA19 Jul
Araghchi breaks silence: a security breach, a closed strait, and Iran's negotiating logic
MENA19 Jul
Explosions heard in Eilat as Israel and Iran enter a fourth direct exchange of 2026
MENA19 Jul
Iranian missile fire sends sirens through Amman, a day after a separate Iranian strike on a US position in Jordan left two American service members dead and one missing
MENA19 Jul
Sirens in Jordan, missiles in the frame: a day of overlapping alarms across the Jordan–Israel–Iraq corridor
MENA19 Jul
Unverified Israeli claim: Iran's Khamenei 'not in Iran,' messages authored by IRGC
MENA19 Jul
Iran's strikes on US positions in Jordan: what the Cradle report actually says, and what it doesn't
MENA19 Jul
Kuwait's grid hit twice in 48 hours as sabotage probe opens
MENA19 Jul
Tehran's top diplomat admits he hasn't met the new Supreme Leader
MENA19 Jul
Trump pushes to fold Iran into Russia sanctions package, framing it as Graham's ask
MENA19 Jul
Kuwait reports Iranian strikes on power and desalination plants as US missile launches from Gulf state surface on social media
MENA19 Jul
US strikes on Iranian nuclear construction site mark a sharp turn from coercion to kinetic
MENA19 Jul
Sirens in Amman: what the 19 July alert does and does not tell us
MENA19 Jul
Jordan's Aqaba Evacuation, and the Missile That May Not Have Come
MENA19 Jul
Tehran recasts its June war as rehearsal, not defeat
MENA19 Jul
Araghchi frames the 12-day war as rehearsal: what Iran's foreign minister is telling Tehran's base
MENA19 Jul
Rumour war over Mojtaba Khamenei's whereabouts floods Iranian channels on 19 July 2026
MENA19 Jul
MQ-9 down over Dehloran: a quiet line crossed in the Iran air war
MENA19 Jul
Israeli ministers join settler march toward Gaza as occupation footprint widens
MENA19 Jul
Two vessels disabled in the Strait of Hormuz as Iranian outlets warn Trump-era shippers are sailing an unsafe route
MENA19 Jul
Iran executes two men convicted over Isfahan attacks that left security forces dead
MENA19 Jul
Iranian outlets broadcast street footage from central Gaza City as ceasefire reporting shifts to its visual edge
MENA19 Jul
Jordan denies US evacuation notice for Aqaba as toll from Iranian strike on US forces climbs
MENA19 Jul
Iran says it downed a US Reaper near Dehloran, the latest in a string of unmanned losses over western Iran
MENA19 Jul
Aoun heads to Washington with a Hezbollah disarmament plan Lebanon cannot yet enforce
MENA19 Jul
Bahrain sounds sirens as Iranian missiles and drones target Gulf states
MENA19 Jul
Israeli forces push into Quneitra villages as Syria buffer zone sees fresh shelling
MENA19 Jul
US warplanes redeploy from Qatar to Israeli airfield as Iran standoff deepens
MENA19 Jul
Iran tears up the MoU: what Trump's 'I don't care' really closed
MENA19 Jul
US embassy warning halts travel to Aqaba as Jordanian authorities evacuate airport and seaport
MENA19 Jul
Aqaba port and airport evacuated as US embassy warns of 'credible security threat'
MENA19 Jul
Iran strike on Jordan airbase exposes US force posture in West Asia
MENA19 Jul
Eighty-six leave Gaza through Rafah as medical-evacuation corridor reopens
MENA19 Jul
Explosion in Hamad, Bahrain: what the early reporting actually says
MENA19 Jul
Iran claims US strike on its own south, as CENTCOM logs an eighth straight night
MENA19 Jul
Iran strikes Kuwait oil terminal and US bases as eighth consecutive night of strikes reshapes Gulf calculus
MENA19 Jul
Seven civilians killed in US strikes on Bandar Khamir, Iranian state media reports
MENA19 Jul
Strikes Quiet, but Tehran's Warning to Gulf Capitals Rewrites the Escalation Map
MENA19 Jul
Tehran turns the volume up after the funeral crowds clear
MENA19 Jul
US strikes IRGC targets after soldier deaths as Iran widens missile salvo across the Gulf
MENA19 Jul
Tehran's Gulf warning shot lands on Kuwait
MENA19 Jul
Five vehicles into Quneitra: a small raid that explains Israel’s post-Assad playbook
MENA19 Jul
Tehran's southern-front chorus: Abadan refinery framed as a sanctions-busting trophy
MENA19 Jul
Israel gambles on a wider coalition as Washington sends dozens of refuelers and bets that the Knesset is not the lever
MENA19 Jul
Tehran claims a downed Reaper and a US strike on Bandar Abbas; Washington has not confirmed either
MENA19 Jul
Missile strikes on Erbil and Kuwait open a second front in the regional shadow war
MENA19 Jul
Bahrain Halts Flights at Manama as Regional Military Tensions Escalate
MENA19 Jul
IRGC says it downed an MQ-9 over Asaluyeh. The story it tells about Iran-US escalation is contested.
MENA19 Jul
Explosions in Bahrain as alert sirens break the morning
MENA19 Jul
Red flags over Tehran: a million-strong funeral and the message the regime needs the world to read
MENA19 Jul
Millions in the street: what the Khamenei funeral turnout actually signals
MENA19 Jul
Bahrain halts flights at Manama International as regional military tensions escalate
MENA19 Jul
Bahrain sounds sirens as Gulf security crisis enters a new phase
MENA19 Jul
Missile and drone attacks hit Kuwait's Ali al-Salem airbase as Iran-aligned channels claim direct strike
MENA19 Jul
UN inquiry chief says Gaza 'hell', accuses Israel of seeking Palestinian elimination
MENA19 Jul
Sirens and blasts in Bahrain put the Gulf's air-defence posture back on the front page
MENA19 Jul
Israel weighs nationwide ban on private drones after assassination scares
MENA19 Jul
Explosions reported across Bahrain as regional pressure on Manama builds
MENA19 Jul
Gaza's eastern edge: another morning of artillery in Zaytoun
MENA19 Jul
US strikes hit bridges and a key traffic tunnel in Bandar Abbas
MENA19 Jul
Iran says it downed a US Reaper over Ahvaz. The Pentagon hasn't confirmed it.
MENA19 Jul
Tehran plays the rhetoric card while a US–Iran deal supposedly ages on the shelf
MENA19 Jul
Missile strikes hit Kuwait and Erbil as Gulf airspace scrambles
MENA19 Jul
Tehran deploys municipal services across Iraq for Arbaeen pilgrimage
MENA19 Jul
Trump's Iran ultimatum: how an "open the gates" order widened a war no one asked for
MENA19 Jul
Building collapse in Beirut's southern suburbs tests the November ceasefire
MENA19 Jul
Iran's Iraqi embassy reads Pharaoh into US standoff as strikes on Jordan base mount
MENA19 Jul
Reaper over Ahvaz: what an Iranian shoot-down claim actually tells us
MENA19 Jul
Tehran claims wave of drone strikes on US positions across Kuwait, but ground reports remain thin
MENA19 Jul
Netanyahu faces mounting internal pressure as cabinet cohesion frays
MENA19 Jul
US strikes hit civilian water and road infrastructure in southeastern Iran
MENA19 Jul
Aoun heads to Washington as Lebanon searches for leverage over Israel's campaign in the south
MENA19 Jul
Hamas leadership vote heads to a runoff as al-Hayya and Mashal finish tied
MENA19 Jul
Israeli artillery hits southern Syria as Quneitra and Daraa report overnight strikes
MENA19 Jul
Explosions reported at Kuwait's Ali al-Salem airbase as Iranian retaliation widens
MENA19 Jul
US State Department warns American citizens worldwide as Middle East tension builds
MENA19 Jul
Mamdani opens legal question over Netanyahu arrest during expected New York visit
MENA19 Jul
Israeli artillery targets eastern Khan Younis as Gaza war enters its second decade month
MENA19 Jul
Sana'a returns to the language of aggression, and to Riyadh
MENA19 Jul
Two US soldiers killed as Iranian missiles fall in Jordan, Pentagon says
MENA19 Jul
Iran refuses to cede Hormuz, citing demining remit, as eighth consecutive US strike wave ends
MENA19 Jul
Iran's strike playbook puts US helicopters in the crosshairs
MENA19 Jul
Israeli strikes resume across Gaza City as aid pressure mounts on the ground
MENA19 Jul
Eight nights in: the public framing of the US air campaign against Iran outpaces what the sources can verify
MENA19 Jul
Clashes in Syria: what the two-line wire alerts actually say
MENA19 Jul
Iran's military command tightens unity messaging as rhetoric against Washington sharpens
MENA19 Jul
Iran's army says it struck two US bases in Kuwait with drones
MENA19 Jul
Eighth night of strikes: CENTCOM widens the Iran campaign as Tehran denounces the operation
MENA19 Jul
Israeli strikes hit Khan Yunis as Gaza ceasefire strain deepens
MENA19 Jul
A residential block falls in the Beirut suburbs, and the question of who is counting
MENA19 Jul
Eighth consecutive night of US strikes against Iran lifts the ceiling on escalation
MENA19 Jul
Red Sea, red lines: a new Middle East flashpoint opens between Yemen and the Gulf
MENA19 Jul
Belgium moves against settlement goods as Gaza bombardments continue
MENA19 Jul
Two clocks on the Iran file: a war of fire and a war of patience
MENA19 Jul
Ya'alon Says Israel 'Failed' in the Iran War as Kuwait Border Rockets Reignite Gulf Alarm
MENA19 Jul
Two US soldiers killed in Iranian missile strike on Jordan barracks
MENA19 Jul
Lebanese soldier killed in south Lebanon blast as border tensions refuse to cool
MENA19 Jul
Bureij and al-Shati struck as Gaza's central camps absorb overnight raids
MENA19 Jul
Iran's military chief issues direct warning to Washington as rhetoric hardens
MENA19 Jul
Explosions shake Qeshm Island as US and Iranian state media trade accounts
MENA19 Jul
Iran's foreign ministry takes its moral case to a sympathetic Western audience
MENA19 Jul
Unexplained blasts reported in Bandar Abbas and Qeshm as dawn broke over Hormuz
MENA19 Jul
Explosions at Qeshm and Bandar Abbas: a partial picture of the July 19 strikes on Iran
MENA19 Jul
US announces strikes on IRGC after two American soldiers killed in Jordan
MENA18 Jul
Iran's new missile profile puts US shield architecture under fresh scrutiny
MENA18 Jul
Israeli strike hits Hadatha in southern Lebanon amid fragile border calm
MENA18 Jul
USAF strikes reported near Bandar Abbas and Sirik as Hormuz corridor heats up
MENA18 Jul
Explosions hit Ahvaz and Bandar-e Lengeh in southern Iran overnight
MENA18 Jul
Iran's Jordan strike hits US aircraft at Muwaffaq Salti: what the WSJ scoop does, and does not, tell us
MENA18 Jul
Reports of blasts hit three Iranian cities as state media pushes back
MENA18 Jul
Explosions reported across three Iranian cities as Tehran denies any blasts
MENA18 Jul
Explosions reported across southern and western Iran as US strike claims flood Telegram channels
MENA18 Jul
Explosions reported across four Iranian cities in a single hour, Tasnim denies all
MENA18 Jul
Iranian Missiles Hit US Jets at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base
MENA18 Jul
CENTCOM opens new wave of strikes on Iran after Jordan attack leaves two U.S. service members dead
MENA18 Jul
Unverified strikes rock southern Iran as conflicting accounts paralyse the information space
MENA18 Jul
Unverified blasts reported across southern Iran as Tehran keeps the public waiting
MENA18 Jul
Explosions reported across southern Iran as Tel Aviv–Tehran shadow war enters a louder phase
MENA18 Jul
US-Iran accord heads to Geneva as Trump calls dead service members 'very sad'
MENA18 Jul
Four strikes, one message: Iran tests the air over Jordan and the US absorbs it
MENA18 Jul
Explosions reported across southern and western Iran as US–Iran confrontation enters open phase
MENA18 Jul
Iran widens the front: troops killed in Jordan, cables in the crosshairs
MENA18 Jul
CENTCOM opens new wave of strikes on Iran, frames them as shipping-defense operation
MENA18 Jul
Iran strike on Jordan airbase wounds U.S. troops and burns through a week of denials
MENA18 Jul
Gaza daily toll climbs as the post-ceasefire arithmetic resets
MENA18 Jul
Iranian strikes on US positions in Jordan: what the wire says, and what it leaves out
MENA18 Jul
Khamenei calls Trump's signature 'worthless' as Pentagon told to 'open the gates of hell' on Iran
MENA18 Jul
Patriot's missed intercepts and a photography ban: what the Iranian strike on Kuwait is actually telling us
MENA18 Jul
Sixteen US service members killed, Hormuz strikes continue: where the Iran war stands on 18 July 2026
MENA18 Jul
Iranian strike on Jordan base puts US troops and de-escalation arithmetic on the line
MENA18 Jul
Tehran's UAE hostage threat: why a regime under pressure talks to the cameras it can still reach
MENA18 Jul
Two US soldiers killed, one missing after Iranian strike on Jordan base
MENA18 Jul
Flights resume Dubai–Iran route after five-month pause, even as Tehran warns Gulf airports of a US strike
MENA18 Jul
Two US troops killed, one missing after Iran's strike on Jordan base, CENTCOM confirms
MENA18 Jul
Two strikes in an hour: Israel hits Kfar Tebnit twice as south Lebanon operation widens
MENA18 Jul
Two US service members killed in Iranian strikes on Jordan, CENTCOM confirms
MENA18 Jul
Two U.S. service members killed in Jordan as CENTCOM acknowledges 'recently fallen and missing' personnel
MENA18 Jul
Israel widens southern Lebanon strikes, rebuffs pullback as 'experimental zones' plan stalls
MENA18 Jul
Kuwait strikes put the Gulf on a hair trigger
MENA18 Jul
Tehran's unity message points inward as much as outward
MENA18 Jul
Khamenei calls Trump's signature 'worthless' as US-Iran trust deficit widens
MENA18 Jul
Tehran turns the strait into a rhetorical red line as Hormuz goes undersea
MENA18 Jul
A merchant vessel, an armed stop, and the invisible blockade off Oman
MENA18 Jul
Khamenei urges national unity as Iran marks another week of pressure
MENA18 Jul
Incident off Oman's coast draws UK maritime alert as details stay thin
MENA18 Jul
Tehran's Supreme Leader declares US signature 'worthless' as fighting resumes
MENA18 Jul
Trump's Truth Social feed becomes a tradable asset, and Wall Street is ready to pay
MENA18 Jul
Khamenei to address Iran in message on Saturday, framing it as 'pursuit of martyr leader'
MENA18 Jul
Tehran's Unity Sermon: Khamenei's Message Frames a Domestic Crisis as a Foreign-Plot Story
MENA18 Jul
Khamenei's farewell message to the 'martyr Imam' lands as a discipline play on Iran's divided public
MENA18 Jul
Another night, another exchange: what the latest US-Iran round actually tells us
MENA18 Jul
Tehran widens the target list: Iran strikes US-allied infrastructure across Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain
MENA18 Jul
Bandar Abbas isolated: US strikes sever Iran's main port from the road and rail network
MENA18 Jul
Tehran reads 'Clause Five' as a Strait of Hormuz lock on Washington
MENA18 Jul
Tehran denounces US corridor push in Hormuz as breach of Islamabad memorandum
MENA18 Jul
Strike on al-Nasr apartment kills six, wounds ten, including children: what Gaza City woke up to on 18 July
MENA18 Jul
Israeli artillery hits near Mays al-Jabal hospital as southern Lebanon bombardment deepens
MENA18 Jul
Tehran pushes back on the 'first violator' frame as Hormuz and JCPOA disputes resurface
MENA18 Jul
Tehran freezes MoU with Washington as Gulf rhetoric hardens
MENA18 Jul
Kuwait blames Iran for civilian-site strikes as US campaign widens, and the cables under the Gulf start to matter
MENA18 Jul
Iran's health ministry puts a number on US strikes: 50 dead since 27 June
MENA18 Jul
Bahrain Sounds Air-Raid Sirens for a Sixth Time as Regional Tensions Spike
MENA18 Jul
Tehran pulls out of the Islamabad memorandum, blaming Washington for the breach
MENA18 Jul
Iran strikes Jordan's Al-Azraq air base, putting US logistics hub in the crosshairs
MENA18 Jul
Iran reroutes Hormoz traffic after US strike on Bandar Abbas corridor
MENA18 Jul
Iran strikes US base in Jordan: what three early reports actually say
MENA18 Jul
Iranian missiles land in Jordan, Al-Azraq base named as likely target
MENA18 Jul
Iran strikes US base in Jordan: what the first wire pictures actually show
MENA18 Jul
Sirens in Manama and Kuwait City: what four minutes of Telegram traffic tell us about the Gulf’s new alarm cycle
MENA18 Jul
Hormuz, the cables, and the missiles: what three days of US-Iran escalation have actually changed
MENA18 Jul
Iran strikes US air base in Jordan: what the early reporting actually shows
MENA18 Jul
Iran tensions jolt crude as Brent clears $88, with Tehran launches reported
MENA18 Jul
Iran-aligned channels claim missile strikes on US bases in Jordan; no Western-wire confirmation
MENA18 Jul
Strikes on Muwaffaq Salti: a base that has become Iran's preferred testbed
MENA18 Jul
Brent at $88 as Iran tensions put the Gulf back on a war footing
MENA18 Jul
Strait of Hormuz cables become the seventh front of the US–Iran war
MENA18 Jul
Strait of Hormuz: what the wires say, what the oil market hears, and what a $4 gallon actually costs
MENA18 Jul
Missiles from Khomeyn: Iran strikes Iraqi Kurdistan as Erbil hears explosions
MENA18 Jul
Iran launches two ballistic missiles towards US Gulf assets as strike exchange enters second week
MENA18 Jul
Iran strikes Kuwaiti oil and water infrastructure as Gulf confrontation deepens
MENA18 Jul
Southern Lebanon villages hit as Israeli strikes intensify on 18 July
MENA18 Jul
Iran strikes US base in Jordan: what we know and what we don't
MENA18 Jul
Iran strikes Al Azraq: what the 20th wave of Operation Nasr 2 actually tells us
MENA18 Jul
Israeli strikes hit Mansouri greenhouses as Jabal al-Rafi reports possible casualties
MENA18 Jul
Three killed in Al-Zaytoun strike as Gaza City wakes to another morning of funerals
MENA18 Jul
Gaza Health Ministry puts war toll at 73,269 as post-ceasefire casualty count climbs
MENA18 Jul
Iran claims missile-and-drone strikes on US Al-Azraq base in Jordan
MENA18 Jul
US tells citizens to avoid embassy district as US aircraft lift toward the Middle East
MENA18 Jul
Iran's top military adviser ends the 'talk-and-fight' ambiguity
MENA18 Jul
Strait of Hormuz Becomes the New Front Line in a US-Iran War That Has Already Spilled Into Cables
MENA18 Jul
Iran's Kuwait strike tests Gulf states' red lines
MENA18 Jul
Explosions reported in Kiryat Shmona as northern front stays live
MENA18 Jul
Missile and drone strikes hit US bases in Kuwait as sirens sound for second time in hours
MENA18 Jul
Iranian ballistic missiles strike US barracks at Jordan's Muwaffaq al-Salti base
MENA18 Jul
Iran claims strikes on US logistics sites in Kuwait and the Gulf as Operation Nasr 2 enters its eighteenth wave
MENA18 Jul
Iran asks UN Security Council to halt US strikes, calls infrastructure attacks a war crime
MENA18 Jul
Iranian strikes leave burn marks across U.S. Gulf bases, satellite imagery shows
MENA18 Jul
Bridges down in Hormozgan: a second night of US strikes on southern Iran's road network
MENA18 Jul
Air raid sirens in Kuwait: a fifth activation in a single night, and the regional silence around it
MENA18 Jul
Iran's IRGC claims wave of strikes on US bases across the Gulf, signalling escalation beyond the Strait of Hormuz
MENA18 Jul
Strikes on Iran enter a second week as Gulf states weigh how to stay out of the line of fire
MENA18 Jul
Explosions reported at US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain as alerts sound across the Gulf
MENA18 Jul
Sirens in Manama, sirens in Kuwait City: a third night of Gulf alarms
MENA18 Jul
Iran strikes US bases in Bahrain and Jordan in widening overnight barrage
MENA18 Jul
Strikes into a seventh night: Iran widens its cross-strait threats as Gulf states come under fire
MENA18 Jul
Iran's overnight barrage lands across Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain, and the official line is still catching up
MENA18 Jul
Iran strikes inside Jordan: what the close-up footage actually shows
MENA18 Jul
Iran's missile salvo hits Saudi soil as Gulf air corridors scramble
MENA18 Jul
Iran strikes reported at US naval base in Bahrain; only Iranian state outlets confirm
MENA18 Jul
Iran's Army claims overnight strikes on three US bases in Kuwait and Jordan
MENA18 Jul
Strikes on Hormozgan bridges point to a campaign aimed at Iran's southern road network, not just its nuclear sites
MENA18 Jul
Iranian missiles target Saudi heartland as Al-Kharj and Yanbu sirens sound
MENA18 Jul
Iran releases drone-strike footage as reports of US troop injuries surface
MENA18 Jul
Explosions in Kuwait: what the late-night Telegram wire actually says
MENA18 Jul
Iran's Jordan strikes leave US troops injured, and the information picture half-built
MENA18 Jul
Iran's missile salvo hits four Arab states in one evening, reshaping Gulf risk pricing
MENA17 Jul
Sirens in Bahrain and Jordan put Iran's regional posture back under the wire
MENA17 Jul
Iranian ballistic missiles strike inside Jordan as regional air defence falters
MENA17 Jul
Sirens in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain: What the late-night Gulf alert actually tells us
MENA17 Jul
Explosions heard across Kuwait and Jordan as regional tensions flare late on 17 July
MENA17 Jul
Sirens in Al-Kharj: A Saudi City Under Iranian Missile Fire
MENA17 Jul
US strikes push past Iran's coast, hitting central Yazd for first time
MENA17 Jul
Explosions reported across Kuwait in unverified Iranian-linked strikes
MENA17 Jul
Strikes on Khuzestan and Hormozgan provinces put Iran's infrastructure in the crosshairs
MENA17 Jul
Sirens in Yanbu: a one-minute scare at Saudi Arabia's largest oil pipeline
MENA17 Jul
Sirens in Yanbu, shadows over Saudi Arabia: what we know from four Telegram flashes
MENA17 Jul
Three bridges down in Hormozgan: what the Telegram footage is and isn't telling us
MENA17 Jul
US strikes hit six bridges near Bandar Abbas as Iran reports crossing chaos
MENA17 Jul
US strikes on Hormozgan bridges and tunnels target Iran's southern transit arteries
MENA17 Jul
US strikes Yazd as Iran reports mine blasts in Hormuz
MENA17 Jul
US strikes batter Iran's Fars Province as Tehran weighs retaliation
MENA17 Jul
Iran claims Indian Ocean strike on US vessel, denies UKMTO incident link
MENA17 Jul
Strikes reported on Iranian coastal cities as Tehran-aligned outlets and US-allied channels trade versions
MENA17 Jul
Strikes on Yazd: what we know and what we still don't
MENA17 Jul
Iran strikes Erbil airport and air base as Iraqi Kurdistan absorbs another round of drones
MENA17 Jul
Strikes on Iranian territory: what Telegram reports from Andimeshk, Bushehr and Sirik confirm, and what they don't
MENA17 Jul
US strikes hit southern Iran as CENTCOM announces new operation
MENA17 Jul
US strikes hit Iranian south as Centcom announces new round of attacks
MENA17 Jul
Tehran's two-to-three-day clock: Rezaee's warning and the cross-platform echo
MENA17 Jul
Iran strikes Erbil again as C-RAM lights up Salahaddin
MENA17 Jul
Iran strikes Kurdistan as Erbil and Sulaymaniyeh come under fire
MENA17 Jul
Strait of Hormuz traffic collapses to a crawl as IRGC strike rattles shipping
MENA17 Jul
Iran strikes Erbil: a test of Kurdistan's autonomy, and of Iraq's leverage
MENA17 Jul
Tehran raises the temperature: Rezaei tells Washington to 'wait for Iran's missiles and drones'
MENA17 Jul
Britain puts the IRGC on its proscription list as a former Guards commander demands a strategic reckoning with Washington
MENA17 Jul
Iran's IRGC claims strikes on US base at al-Tanf and a Kurdish site in Sulaymaniyah within an hour
MENA17 Jul
Oil clears $88 as US–Iran re-escalation rewrites the energy premium
MENA17 Jul
Geneva accord lands between US and Iran, but IRGC rhetoric keeps the maritime pressure on
MENA17 Jul
Strikes on Bandar Abbas and the prospect of a US ground operation inside Iran
MENA17 Jul
Iran strikes Kurdish separatist positions in Sulaymaniyah as secondary blasts burn for 45 minutes
MENA17 Jul
Strikes on Sulaymaniyah: Iran reaches into Iraqi Kurdistan
MENA17 Jul
Iranian strike on Sulaymaniyah exposes the fault line Tehran does not officially admit
MENA17 Jul
Mogherini's pitch: let Tehran keep its cool, give Trump the talking-to
MENA17 Jul
Iran strikes Kurdish bases in Iraqi Kurdistan as U.S. blockade enters second week
MENA17 Jul
IRGC Navy says ‘zero hour’ approaching as US–Iran Geneva accord signing remains on the wire
MENA17 Jul
Refuellers to Israel and a MAGA-Targeted Influence Buy: Two Fronts of the Iran Confrontation
MENA17 Jul
Explosions shake Erbil as unverified reports circulate on regional Telegram channels
MENA17 Jul
Satellite imagery shows damage at Jordan's King Faisal Airbase, with Iran-linked channels leading the framing
MENA17 Jul
Yemen's delegation widens the ask: from airport to full humanitarian package
MENA17 Jul
Sanaa demands an open airport, and the terms of Yemen's frozen war shift again
MENA17 Jul
Iran's army claims cross-border kill operation inside Iraqi Kurdistan
MENA17 Jul
Rial at the floor, Kuwait on rationing: Iran's economy and Gulf spillover converge
MENA17 Jul
Iran's Red Sea play: Tehran leans on Houthis as Gulf shipping absorbs another shock
MENA17 Jul
Houthi defence minister accuses Saudi Arabia of serving 'Zionist and American' agenda as Yemen war rhetoric intensifies
MENA17 Jul
Mearsheimer: The United States has lost this war with Iran
MENA17 Jul
Carlson's White House critique lands with both barrels, but the real audience is the war party
MENA17 Jul
Funeral strike in Nuseirat reopens the ceasefire breach question
MENA17 Jul
Carlson's break with the Israel lobby, on tape
MENA17 Jul
CENTCOM says it destroyed an IRGC surveillance tower at Chabahar. The strike lands in a port India helped build.
MENA17 Jul
Five vessels, five nights: the blockade tightens around Iran
MENA17 Jul
Bint Jbeil flattened: Israel widens demolition campaign in south Lebanon
MENA17 Jul
Lavrov warns of Red Sea fallout as Iran presses Gulf states to block attack corridors
MENA17 Jul
Two killed in Nuseirat strike, child wounded in Khan Yunis as Gaza casualty ledger lengthens
MENA17 Jul
Lavrov tells Washington to hand the Iran file to Witkoff and Kushner, and stop bothering Moscow about Ukraine
MENA17 Jul
US blockade of Iran enters a fifth consecutive night of strikes as UK moves to criminalise backing for Tehran's armed forces
MENA17 Jul
Israel's military chief tells Pentagon occupation in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza will persist; Moscow calls it a fait accompli
MENA17 Jul
Khan Yunis hit again: another overnight detonation cycle east of the city
MENA17 Jul
Smotrich breaks from Israeli political script on Gaza tactics and the ICC
MENA17 Jul
Kuwait says Iranian strike hit power and desalination plant, escalating Gulf confrontation
MENA17 Jul
Tankers hit off Oman as Strait of Hormuz corridor reopens to projectiles
MENA17 Jul
Tanker incident off Duqm puts UKMTO back in the frame as Gulf shipping braces for a hotter summer
MENA17 Jul
Tehran billboards put Trump in a coffin as a US presidential address gets cut from the big three
MENA17 Jul
Fifth night of strikes on Iran as naval blockade claims five commercial vessels
MENA17 Jul
Tehran's escalation ladder: IRGC claims regional strike campaign against US positions
MENA17 Jul
Bagdad se blêmit, Téhéran hausse le ton : la crise irakienne entre dans sa phase chaude
MENA16 Jul
Projectiles from Iran target Kuwait as Gulf flashpoint widens overnight
MENA16 Jul
Iran launches missiles and drones at Bahrain and Kuwait as Gulf air defenses activate
MENA16 Jul
Iran strikes a US radar site near Umm al-Qasr as Gulf bases go up in smoke
MENA16 Jul
Reports of airstrikes across Fars and Hamedan provinces surface as Tehran's airspace goes quiet
MENA16 Jul
US strikes hit Bushehr as Iran enters its third week of open conflict
MENA16 Jul
Explosions shake Kuwait as Iranian missile launches resume from the Gulf south
MENA16 Jul
US Marines board tanker in Gulf of Oman as Iran-sanctions enforcement deepens
MENA16 Jul
U.S. strikes hit Bushehr and Lorestan as Iran reports widening attack footprint
MENA16 Jul
Strikes on Hormozgan: what the Sirik exchange tells us about the next phase of US-Iran
MENA16 Jul
US strikes hit Iranian infrastructure in Bandar Abbas and Iranshahr
MENA16 Jul
Strikes on Iran and a drone strike on Erbil land within an hour as Gulf confrontation widens
MENA16 Jul
Kuwait in Flames, Iranian Oil Sites in Question: Reading Two Telegram Headlines on 16 July 2026
MENA16 Jul
Iran-aligned drone strike claims U.S. Patriot at Erbil, the same corridor that hosted a $10m Trump bounty in 24 hours
MENA16 Jul
US strikes hit bridges and rail near Bandar Abbas as Hormuz corridor wobbles
MENA16 Jul
Strikes reported around Ahvaz as Tehran points at 'American enemy'
MENA16 Jul
Strait of Hormuz re-enters the headlines as Tehran signals no retreat
MENA16 Jul
White House faces two-front credibility test: a Gaza briefing and a $100,000 insider bet
MENA16 Jul
Hormuz on the edge: a 20% chokepoint and the reserves question no one can answer cleanly
MENA16 Jul
Tehran denies Trump's prisoner-release claim, deepening US–Iran credibility gap
MENA16 Jul
Rumour of an attack on Iran's southern oil grid surfaces as a Tehran Friday cleric prays for Trump's death
MENA16 Jul
Six nights over Iran: what the CENTCOM strike tempo actually says
MENA16 Jul
Fifth night, no off-ramp: CENTCOM's Iran campaign enters a sixth consecutive round
MENA16 Jul
White House projects confidence on Iran as hostilities resume
MENA16 Jul
Strikes and signals: the White House opens a second front against Iran while insisting a deal is close
MENA16 Jul
Israel enters a third Hezbollah war with Moody's trimming 2026 growth to 3.7%
MENA16 Jul
Tehran's Red Sea play: Houthi remit widens as Hormuz standoff drags on
MENA16 Jul
Baghdad opens a smuggling probe as Syria says it intercepted missiles bound for Lebanon
MENA16 Jul
Syria says it intercepted an Iraqi-bound Hezbollah arms shipment
MENA16 Jul
Knesset clears broadcasting oversight bill, as US House spares $3.3bn Israel aid package
MENA16 Jul
Amman pushes back on Tehran's 'US bases in Jordan' line
MENA16 Jul
Strait of Hormuz goes quiet as White House says Iran wants a deal
MENA16 Jul
Strait of Hormuz, closed by line item: how a US blockade-by-sanction is redrawing the Gulf
MENA16 Jul
Washington asserts permanent strike option on Iran, keeps diplomacy alive in parallel
MENA16 Jul
Dubai booms, an Iranian strike report, and a Strait that wasn't closed: an evening of contradictory wires
MENA16 Jul
White House defends US record on civilian harm as Iranian state media escalates rhetoric
MENA16 Jul
Explosions Reported in Downtown Dubai: What the Wire Shows at 16:57 UTC
MENA16 Jul
Doha pushes back on Israeli media reports of Iran operation involvement
MENA16 Jul
Tehran Puts a Slogan on a Wall, and the Markets Listen
MENA16 Jul
Trump says Iran wants a meeting. Tehran hasn't confirmed one.
MENA16 Jul
Drone Strikes on Erbil Trigger US Embassy Warning Across Iraq
MENA16 Jul
Araghchi denounces US strikes on Iran as breach of international law
MENA16 Jul
Iran's Red Sea insurance policy: Tehran's bid to weaponise the Bab el-Mandeb if its lights go out
MENA16 Jul
Tehran's new mural and a deportation filing: two signals from an unresolved front
MENA16 Jul
Democrats' aid-to-Israel split lands on the eve of a $1.1bn Republican war chest
MENA16 Jul
Iran slams US blockade as pact breach, frames Hormuz as twenty-year custodianship
MENA16 Jul
Unconfirmed strikes on Bandar Abbas and Behbahan test Iran's information perimeter
MENA16 Jul
US strikes hit Iranian mainland and Qeshm Island as multiple blasts ripple through southern Iran
MENA16 Jul
Israeli strikes hit South Lebanon pilot zone as Merkava armour pushes toward Haddatha
MENA16 Jul
Houthi leader accuses Israel of breaching Gaza withdrawal terms, warns on Yellow Line carve-up
MENA16 Jul
Israeli strikes hit south Lebanon village earmarked for army deployment
MENA16 Jul
US strike on Qeshm Island: what Tehran's allies are saying, and what remains unverified
MENA16 Jul
Strait of Hormuz returns to centre stage as tit-for-tat strikes resume and a one-month-old deal frays
MENA16 Jul
Tehran and Washington trade blows as a hostage release opens a narrow off-ramp
MENA16 Jul
Trump signals open-ended pressure on Iran as travel-ban odds climb on Polymarket
MENA16 Jul
Fidan signals ceasefire readiness, says Istanbul talks need a security backbone
MENA16 Jul
Ankara raises its profile on Ukraine's security guarantees, with the Black Sea at the centre
MENA16 Jul
Houthi leader frames Iran as regional anchor after Israeli strikes, accuses Beirut of submission
MENA16 Jul
Houthi messaging surge signals recalibrated escalation playbook
MENA16 Jul
Bogotá's about-face: Colombia's next government to reopen Israel ties and move its embassy to Jerusalem
MENA16 Jul
Trump Says Iran Is 'Behaving' as Congress Gets Word on July 7 Strikes
MENA16 Jul
Khatam al-Anbiya warns US: hit Iran, lose the region's infrastructure
MENA16 Jul
Houthi speech frames US and Israel as the destabilisers, recasts Yemen's blockade as a moral duty
MENA16 Jul
Tehran Says No, Trump Says Yes: The Iran Deal Theatre of July 2026
MENA16 Jul
Damascus Says It Foiled Iran-to-Hezbollah Arms Run Along Iraq–Syria–Lebanon Corridor
MENA16 Jul
Trump says Iran wants talks, Tehran says it doesn't. The gap is the story.
MENA16 Jul
Strike on Nabatieh al-Fouqa punctuates a quiet escalation across the Israel-Lebanon frontier
MENA16 Jul
Vance breaks with Israel over Iran talks, accusing officials of a 'foreign influence campaign'
MENA16 Jul
Iran asks Houthis to ready Red Sea shutdown if US hits power grid
MENA16 Jul
Tehran threatens 'no trace' of US assets across the region as Trump signals open-ended power
MENA16 Jul
Israeli artillery and air raids hit south Lebanon twice in ninety minutes
MENA16 Jul
Prediction markets price US-Iran diplomacy at a fifth, and falling
MENA16 Jul
Meta pushes parent alerts on teen self-harm as layoff fight hits court and Trump's Iran clock resets
MENA16 Jul
Israeli forces set fire to homes and farmland in south Lebanon's Bint Jbeil, NNA reports
MENA16 Jul
US missiles hit near Ahvaz children's cancer hospital, Iran says 211 patients evacuated
MENA16 Jul
Iran condemns US strike near Ahvaz children's cancer hospital as 'cowardly war crime'
MENA16 Jul
Iran Releases Footage of IRGC Strikes on US Positions in Eighth Through Tenth Waves of 'Operation Nasr 2'
MENA16 Jul
US airstrike near Ahvaz children's cancer hospital forces evacuation of 211 paediatric patients
MENA16 Jul
Tehran threatens regional retaliation as Trump floats targeting Iran’s IRGC
MENA16 Jul
A Khan Yunis airstrike, four deaths, and a ceasefire that is straining at the seams
MENA16 Jul
Trump widens the rhetorical squeeze on Tehran as a detained American comes home
MENA16 Jul
Washington and Tehran test a two-week truce while the betting markets stop hedging
MENA16 Jul
Goldman warns of $110 oil as Hormuz tanker attacks upend the Gulf calculus
MENA16 Jul
Tehran's phone call, Washington's primetime: the two tracks Trump is running on Iran and China in the same 24 hours
MENA16 Jul
The Rand Bends While Markets Wait for a Phone Call That May Not Come
MENA16 Jul
Sixty days, one notification: Trump tells Congress the Iran war is back on
MENA16 Jul
Four killed in Gaza as ceasefire framework frays
MENA16 Jul
Lindsey Graham Burned in Effigy in Gaza as US Senator's Death Reverberates Through the Region
MENA16 Jul
After the sirens: four central Gaza strikes reported in a single night
MENA16 Jul
US strikes on southern Iran open a widening corridor that Tehran says it will answer
MENA16 Jul
US crude inventories fall to 43-year low, exposing the strategic cushion beneath the dollar system
MENA16 Jul
House rejects Massie amendment to end Israel military aid, 314-104
MENA16 Jul
Fire at Algiers orphanage kills 11, wounds dozens as civil protection toll stabilises
MENA16 Jul
A weapons seizure on the Syria-Iraq border, and the question of who benefits
MENA16 Jul
Eleven children killed in fire at Algiers orphanage as civil defence toll continues to climb
MENA16 Jul
Khatam al-Anbiya spokesperson issues infrastructure ultimatum as Iran-Israel shadow war escalates
MENA16 Jul
Tehran's infrastructure threat lands on the eve of Geneva's 'peace accord' ceremony
MENA16 Jul
Strikes on US radar and fuel assets in Kuwait and Bahrain mark an escalation of Iran's reach
MENA16 Jul
Detainee release, oil-tanker strike and a school probe: a single July day captures the contradictions of US policy on Iran
MENA16 Jul
Strikes, Markets, and a 20% Peace: Reading the US-Iran Flashpoint Without the Hype
MENA16 Jul
Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya raises the stakes: 'hit infrastructure and we hit the rest'
MENA16 Jul
Tehran threatens regional infrastructure as US-Iran standoff escalates into rhetoric over Hormuz
MENA16 Jul
Vance tells Rogan that elements inside the Israeli government are funding campaigns against him
MENA16 Jul
Over 100 House Democrats Break With Netanyahu as Aid Vote Exposes Democratic Split
MENA16 Jul
Tehran walks away: Iran cancels further US talks as Trump's bombing campaign enters a fifth day
MENA16 Jul
Trump thanks Tehran for a prisoner, then doubts anyone will ever know what hit the Iranian school
MENA16 Jul
Pakdasht loud bang: IRGC says defensive drill, no impact
MENA16 Jul
IRGC claims eighth-wave strike on US radar at Kuwait base
MENA16 Jul
Trump claims Iran is calling for a deal. Tehran says it has no plans to talk.
MENA16 Jul
Iran's Army opens ninth phase of drone operations against US positions in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain
MENA16 Jul
Iran's army claims two-phase strike on US assets in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain
MENA16 Jul
CENTCOM says Iran strikes are done; prediction markets aren't buying a deal
MENA16 Jul
Trump says Iran has asked to talk; Tehran publicly says it has no plans to
MENA16 Jul
Khorramabad under fire, Kenyan exports to Iran down 41%: the widening perimeter of the war
MENA16 Jul
Iran strikes US positions in Jordan and Iraq as Israel's West Bank operations press on
MENA16 Jul
Trump says Iran requested a meeting; Tehran says it didn't
MENA16 Jul
IRGC claims strikes on US radar at Ali Al-Salem base, urges Kuwaitis to expel American forces
MENA16 Jul
Patriot batteries light up over Manama as renewed blasts shake Bahrain's capital
MENA16 Jul
Strikes, launches, and a widening loop: Iran-US exchange jolts western provinces
MENA16 Jul
Iran's largest strike yet on US facilities in Bahrain rattles Gulf posture
MENA16 Jul
Iranian missiles over Jordan: what four Telegram posts do and don't tell us
MENA16 Jul
Trump claims Iran called seeking a deal; Tehran publicly says the opposite
MENA16 Jul
US strikes Khorammabad missile base after Iran launches ballistics at Jordan
MENA16 Jul
Explosions reported at US base in Jordan's Al-Azraq as Iran-linked channels flag Khandab strikes
MENA16 Jul
Trump and Tehran send mixed signals as lawyers mobilise to shield the ICC
MENA16 Jul
Iran and US trade accusations at UN after missile strikes, spy claim
MENA16 Jul
Strikes in southern Lebanon, a withdrawal hint from Trump
MENA16 Jul
Trump's Iran overtures: a detained American walks free, but the rhetoric runs hot
MENA15 Jul
Explosions reported across Manama; Bahrain's US-linked installations draw heaviest fire on record
MENA15 Jul
Explosions reported over Bahrain as Iran-linked intercepts light up Gulf airspace
MENA15 Jul
Explosions reported at Iran's Bandar Abbas as diplomatic clock runs down
MENA15 Jul
Explosions shake Kuwait and Bahrain as Iran missile strikes spill across the Gulf
MENA15 Jul
Iran strikes US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait as Gulf escalation enters direct military phase
MENA15 Jul
Prediction markets shrug as CENTCOM strikes and IRGC threatens Gulf oil
MENA15 Jul
US strikes land near Ahvaz children's cancer hospital as Tehran and Washington trade blame
MENA15 Jul
Sirens in Manama, blasts across the Gulf: an Iran–Bahrain flashpoint, still half-lit
MENA15 Jul
Kuwait sirens suggest fallout from a regional corridor under acute stress
MENA15 Jul
U.S. airstrikes hit Bandar Abbas and Rask as Iran confrontation escalates
MENA15 Jul
Tehran frees a detained American as Trump claims a diplomatic win
MENA15 Jul
Iran claims strikes on US-linked sites in Kuwait as Gulf flashpoint widens
MENA15 Jul
IRGC spokesman names US regional infrastructure as primary target as rhetoric points to two-phase escalation
MENA15 Jul
Iran's parliament speaker says separation of battlefield and diplomacy is a strategic mistake
MENA15 Jul
Explosions along the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border: what is known, and what isn't
MENA15 Jul
Iranian drones strike inside Kuwait as Gulf airspace becomes a live testing ground
MENA15 Jul
Explosions in Kuwait: what the Iranian wires are reporting, and what the silence around them signals
MENA15 Jul
US strikes hit Iran's Hormuz coastline as Strait shipping corridor becomes the target
MENA15 Jul
Iran strikes US-linked targets inside Kuwait as Gulf corridor crisis deepens
MENA15 Jul
Kuwait's economic sites targeted as Iran-aligned outlets frame a quiet escalation
MENA15 Jul
House rejects aid cut, but the Democratic crack over Israel is now a recordable number
MENA15 Jul
Iranian drone reaches Kuwaiti airspace as Gulf interception reports surface
MENA15 Jul
Iran-fired missile lands inside Kuwait as regional spiral deepens
MENA15 Jul
Six missiles from Kuwaiti territory: an attack narrative Iran and the Gulf cannot both be telling
MENA15 Jul
IRGC threat, US strikes, and a 17% peace line: where the Iran escalation actually stands
MENA15 Jul
House swats down Israel aid cut as Democrats peel off in record numbers
MENA15 Jul
Trump notifies Congress of resumed Iran operations, opening a second 60-day strike window
MENA15 Jul
US missiles hit near Ahvaz children's cancer hospital, Iranian outlets report
MENA15 Jul
Vance on Iran: no to "bomb and bomb and bomb," yes to containing 94 million desperate people
MENA15 Jul
Vance draws the line on Iran: no ground troops, but the pressure stays
MENA15 Jul
US strikes on Chabahar and Isfahan air defence reshape Iran's strategic calculus
MENA15 Jul
US strikes on Sirik as energy markets and peace odds recalibrate in real time
MENA15 Jul
Vance on the Joe Rogan Experience: a US vice president rules out 150,000 troops on Iran and a broader ground war
MENA15 Jul
Trump and Tehran trade contradictory signals as 'no-plans-for-talks' meets 'they want to make a deal'
MENA15 Jul
Pickford stands between England and an Argentine equaliser in a semifinal that refuses to settle
MENA15 Jul
US daytime strikes hit Iran as Tehran threatens regional energy blockade
MENA15 Jul
Strikes on Nuseirat compound the arithmetic of a war without end
MENA15 Jul
Who runs Iran now, and what a 17% peace-market is really pricing
MENA15 Jul
Washington opens a rhetorical trapdoor over Iran, and Vance is leaning on it
MENA15 Jul
Trump threatens open-ended strikes on Iran's energy grid as Tehran signals it wants to talk
MENA15 Jul
Iran strikes Kurdish positions in Erbil as US-Iran peace odds slip
MENA15 Jul
Iran strikes Erbil as Kurdish-Iranian front reopens
MENA15 Jul
Washington Drains the Strategic Reserve as the Iran File Widens Past Missiles
MENA15 Jul
Tehran and Washington in a 36-hour war of words: Trump's deadline threat meets Iran's flat refusal
MENA15 Jul
Trump's Iran threats harden as Polymarket bets on a deal
MENA15 Jul
Drone intercepted over Erbil as Iraqi Kurdistan records another strike attempt
MENA15 Jul
Iran's speaker frames standoff with Washington as 'existential war' after Dahaghan execution
MENA15 Jul
Iran's negotiator draws a red line: 'Negotiation is not equivalent to compromise'
MENA15 Jul
Iran strikes Kurdish targets in Erbil as Polymarket puts US-Iran talks at one-in-five
MENA15 Jul
Explosions rock Erbil as Iranian strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan resume
MENA15 Jul
Tehran calls for national unity after reported strikes on US bases in Kuwait
MENA15 Jul
Qalibaf's dual-track doctrine: Tehran pairs war footing with talks as US pressure builds
MENA15 Jul
"Al-Maghazi struck again: the steady tempo of central Gaza
MENA15 Jul
Tehran's chief negotiator frames the US talks as an existential fight, even while sitting at the table
MENA15 Jul
Trump pushes a 'massive' Iran offensive while Tehran signals it has no plans to negotiate
MENA15 Jul
Oil curve tilts toward war risk as US blockade force massed outside Iran
MENA15 Jul
Strikes, threats and a phone call: the 48 hours that put the US and Iran back on a collision course
MENA15 Jul
Ukraine takes the first two sets in Tehran as Volleyball Nations League match deepens Iran’s sports‑diplomacy bind
MENA15 Jul
Tehran freezes the negotiating track and reaches for the military one
MENA15 Jul
Trump floats Israeli pullback from south Lebanon and Syria, names al-Sharaa as Hezbollah's new opponent
MENA15 Jul
Trump claims Iran 'called and wants a deal' as SCMP floats a Vietnam frame
MENA15 Jul
Trump says Iran 'wants to make a deal' even as he scales back regime-change talk
MENA15 Jul
Israel rejects France and UN role on Lebanon disarmament committee as Friday meeting nears
MENA15 Jul
Tehran's oil ultimatum lands while Washington debates strikes: the next 72 hours in the Gulf
MENA15 Jul
Tehran walks out on the Islamabad deal as US warships mass off the Gulf
MENA15 Jul
UAE draws a Hormuz red line, then collects on AI chips
MENA15 Jul
After 'Epic Fury': What Trump Said About Iran, and What the UAE Got in Return
MENA15 Jul
Iran's Foreign Minister Lands in Doha as Qatar Buries Its Former Emir
MENA15 Jul
Trump pushes Israeli pullback from southern Lebanon as IDF detonations continue in border zone
MENA15 Jul
US Treasury moves on Shamkhani network, raises the cost of Iran’s maritime sanctions evasion
MENA15 Jul
US senators block NDAA debate over Israel-integration clause as Iran MOU exit odds climb
MENA15 Jul
Indian markets shrug off US-Iran tension as Sensex adds ₹4 lakh crore in a single session
MENA15 Jul
Iran sends delegation to Doha as diplomatic track reopens
MENA15 Jul
Araqchi lands in Doha with condolences, and a quietly crowded Gulf agenda
MENA15 Jul
Trump walks back Hormuz toll within 24 hours, courts Gulf capital and Baghdad
MENA15 Jul
Iran pushes space programme as US Central Command announces new wave of strikes
MENA15 Jul
Trump promises fresh strikes on Iran; Tehran warns of new shipping chokepoints
MENA15 Jul
CENTCOM widens Iran strikes as Tehran claims retaliation and London moves to brand the IRGC
MENA15 Jul
Strikes on Shiraz put Iran's defence-industrial base back in the crosshairs
MENA15 Jul
Satellite imagery shows damage to Al Udeid maintenance hub after Iranian retaliatory strike
MENA15 Jul
Baghdad's September test: Washington sets a hard deadline on paramilitary disarmament
MENA15 Jul
Iran reports 30-plus civilian deaths in southern strikes as MOU withdrawal odds climb
MENA15 Jul
Tehran holds the keys to Hormuz, and Washington is running out of keys
MENA15 Jul
Blockade live, threats queued: Trump pushes Iran toward a week of escalation
MENA15 Jul
Iran's army backs the Guards as London moves to proscribe them
MENA15 Jul
Trump tells Iraq’s new PM the goal is disarming Iran-backed militias; Tehran says the war is the blunder
MENA15 Jul
Gaza health ministry reports 1,123 killed since ceasefire began, as cumulative toll crosses 73,000
MENA15 Jul
Al-Nujaba's three-line ultimatum: kick out American electricity contractors or face 'the Islamic resistance'
MENA15 Jul
US strikes Iranian port traffic control as Chabahar is hit for the second time
MENA15 Jul
Two convictions, one country: Iran’s long reach into Israeli and American supply chains
MENA15 Jul
An IDF conscript, five years, and the price of a phone video
MENA15 Jul
Three threads, one day: US blockade renewal, Iranian casualty toll, and an Israeli espionage conviction
MENA15 Jul
Hormuz blockade, abandoned: how a 48-hour toll idea collapsed into war-rhetoric and quiet talks
MENA15 Jul
Jordan intercepts three of four Iranian missiles as casualty count on both sides climbs
MENA15 Jul
Iran threatens to weaponise the Strait of Hormuz as US blockade tensions escalate
MENA15 Jul
Washington presses Iraq on Iran-backed militias while courts redraw the map for Venezuelans at home
MENA15 Jul
Trump's Iran ultimatum: power plants, bridges, and a blockade that starts at 4 PM
MENA15 Jul
Fourth day of strikes on Iran meets a renewed US naval cordon
MENA15 Jul
Hormuz on the edge: Tehran digs in as Trump floats bridge strikes
MENA15 Jul
Two leaders meet as strikes on Iran enter a fourth consecutive day
MENA15 Jul
Strikes and counter-strikes: Iran and CENTCOM trade fire across Kuwait, Jordan and the Gulf
MENA15 Jul
Iraqi paramilitary official warns US and Israel against opening new front against Iran
MENA15 Jul
Tehran's parliament lights a fuse the Gulf cannot afford
MENA15 Jul
Iran strikes hit two Gulf states in a single overnight wave, according to Iranian state media
MENA15 Jul
Trump pulls Hormuz toll within 24 hours, signals Iraq drawdown and courts Gulf capital
MENA15 Jul
Hormuz in Three Keys: Washington's Transit Fee, Tehran's Red Line, and the Search for a Detour
MENA15 Jul
Trump escalates pressure on Iran as Tehran pulls back from US memorandum
MENA15 Jul
Kuwait and Jordan report air-defence activity and explosions as Iran-Israel shadow war flares
MENA15 Jul
Iran hits King Faisal Airbase: what four ballistic missiles over Jordan actually means
MENA15 Jul
Sirens over Manama: Iran's missile and drone barrage tests the US naval shield on the Gulf's smallest host
MENA14 Jul
Sirik holds: A third night of strikes tests the line between pressure and provocation
MENA14 Jul
Iran hits King Faisal Air Base in Jordan with ballistic missiles, first known strike on Jordanian territory
MENA14 Jul
US force of 20+ warships backs fresh blockade of Iran as Centcom alleges week of tanker attacks
MENA14 Jul
Iran's IRGC warns of regional oil blockade as retaliation against US bases widens
MENA14 Jul
CENTCOM massing 20 warships, hundreds of aircraft as Iran backs out of Islamabad deal
MENA14 Jul
Iran strikes Bahrain and U.S. bases in the Gulf as Trump declares the war 'restarted'
MENA14 Jul
Air defence activity reported across Jordan and Kuwait as tensions reignite
MENA14 Jul
Trump opens the throttle on Iran, refuses to ground the option
MENA14 Jul
Tehran shifts from shadow to salvo: IRGC strikes on US assets in Jordan mark a louder phase of the regional war
MENA14 Jul
Trump threatens Iran's bridges and power plants if talks stall
MENA14 Jul
Trump's Hormuz gambit: naval blockade, dropped toll, and a power-plant threat
MENA14 Jul
US strikes hit Iran's southern coast, with Sirik and Bandar Abbas in the crosshairs
MENA14 Jul
Trump raises the price of the next US-Iran round: energy strikes, Gulf money, and a quiet withdrawal
MENA14 Jul
Trump meets Iraq's new prime minister, calling him 'young and handsome' as Baghdad recalibrates between Washington and Tehran
MENA14 Jul
Strikes on Bandar Abbas: what the wire so far says, and what it does not
MENA14 Jul
Washington puts cyber on a wartime footing, and Baghdad lands a White House visit
MENA14 Jul
Tehran tears up the memorandum as US Central Command tightens the Hormuz noose
MENA14 Jul
CENTCOM announces naval blockade of Iranian ports as strikes resume
MENA14 Jul
US strikes hit Iranian ports at Sirik and Bandar Abbas in southern Iran
MENA14 Jul
Israeli strikes hit Hadatha in south Lebanon as flare-ups resume along the border corridor
MENA14 Jul
Strikes on Sirik and a 31% Polymarket Line: Iran’s MOU Calculus Heading Into Late July
MENA14 Jul
Trump's Hormuz fee threat meets Iran's flat refusal
MENA14 Jul
Kuwait ship strike and the odds traders are pricing on Hormuz
MENA14 Jul
Tehran Draws a Line: No Negotiations on Demand
MENA14 Jul
CENTCOM widens the Iran frame: strikes, then a 20-ship blockade
MENA14 Jul
Iran signals Hormuz stays weaponised as ceasefire unravels
MENA14 Jul
US relaunches naval blockade of Iranian ports as new strikes land across the country
MENA14 Jul
Explosions reported on Qeshm Island and in Ahvaz as US–Iran confrontation widens
MENA14 Jul
Explosions reported across Ahvaz and Qeshm Island as US strikes on Iran enter a new phase
MENA14 Jul
Trump rolls out the carpet for Iraq's new prime minister, with Iran-backed militias on the agenda
MENA14 Jul
Tehran's resistance fringe floats a Red Sea oil-line counter-strike
MENA14 Jul
US carries out strikes inside Iran, ABC News reports, citing senior American official
MENA14 Jul
US strikes Iranian military targets, Tehran retaliates against Bahrain
MENA14 Jul
Trump tells Axios Iraq war was a mistake, four months into a Middle East he says he just broke
MENA14 Jul
Iran strikes Bahrain: PAC interceptors, civilian flight diversions and a widening Gulf confrontation
MENA14 Jul
Explosions reported over Bahrain as Iranian cross-strait retaliation widens
MENA14 Jul
Trump floats Hormuz opening to all shipping except Iran as Friday Geneva signing nears
MENA14 Jul
Tehran races to harden ports as US strikes land and the nuclear clock ticks
MENA14 Jul
Trump tells Netanyahu to begin pulling Israeli forces out of Syria and parts of southern Lebanon
MENA14 Jul
Iran says it struck US positions across the Gulf as explosions rock Kuwait
MENA14 Jul
Trump courts an Iraqi PM of his own choosing in Washington
MENA14 Jul
Iran's Gulf strikes land on Kuwait and Bahrain in a widening shadow war
MENA14 Jul
Trump courts Iraq's new prime minister, with oil and militias on the table
MENA14 Jul
Sirens sound across Kuwait as Iranian missile strikes test Gulf air defences
MENA14 Jul
Trump floats Iraq drawdown, cites weakened Iran as reason
MENA14 Jul
Trump tells Iraq the US 'no longer needs' its troops there, then turns the knife on Bush and Cheney
MENA14 Jul
Muscat and Manama redraw the Gulf's threat map in a single afternoon
MENA14 Jul
Houthis warn airlines out of Saudi airspace, conditioning the order on Sanaa airport blockade
MENA14 Jul
Trump opens Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping, reimposes blockade on Iranian vessels
MENA14 Jul
Trump notifies Congress that US hostilities against Iran resumed on July 7
MENA14 Jul
Lebanon hands Israel a security plan as Beirut talks edge forward on two hilltop positions
MENA14 Jul
Hormuz tolls, dark shipping, and a 52% bet: the choke point the polymarket books now price in real time
MENA14 Jul
A commemoration, a chant, and the choreography of Iranian state mourning
MENA14 Jul
Trump turns up the heat on Natanz as Gulf states quietly de-escalate with Tehran
MENA14 Jul
Incendiary bombs reported on south Lebanon border village as cross-border fire resumes
MENA14 Jul
Trump's 20% Strait of Hormuz levy and the word 'ceasefire' doing heavy lifting
MENA14 Jul
Hormuz becomes a toll road: Trump floats 20% transit fee as US blockade returns
MENA14 Jul
A third day of US-Iran exchanges widens the geography of the fight
MENA14 Jul
Inflation eases to 3.5% as a fragile US-Iran truce pulls oil off the boil, for now
MENA14 Jul
Trump's 20% Hormuz levy and the shape of a 'ceasefire' that never quite closed
MENA14 Jul
Israel's defence minister asks for a pardon. A third night of US strikes on Iran lands. The week the region stopped pretending.
MENA14 Jul
Trump notifies Congress of new Iran campaign, Fed's Warsh heads to Hill on same day
MENA14 Jul
Banks caught between Abu Dhabi and Riyadh as Gulf capital rivals its own principal
MENA14 Jul
A circulating video of a Yemeni missile strike on a Saudi airport is unverified
MENA14 Jul
Trump's 'Pickaxe Mountain' threat puts a fortified Iranian nuclear site back in the crosshairs
MENA14 Jul
Oil, Inflation, and a Repricing: How Middle East Tensions Are Rippling Through Asian Markets
MENA14 Jul
War restarted, ceasefire not: Trump reopens the Strait of Hormuz file
MENA14 Jul
US footage of drone strike on Iranian naval base lands as Tehran's proxies hit Bahrain
MENA14 Jul
Oil Markets Face a Dual Blockade as the US-Iran War Drags On
MENA14 Jul
Tehran keeps tankers loading as Geneva signing looms and Trump crows about 'Stone Ages'
MENA14 Jul
Trump's 20% Hormuz toll: a toll booth on the world's oil chokepoint
MENA14 Jul
Strikes, drones and a revived blockade: the US-Iran slide into open war
MENA14 Jul
Houthis hit Abha airport, declare end of Yemen de-escalation as Qatar backs Riyadh
MENA14 Jul
Two tankers, one death, and a bill in Tehran: Hormuz enters a new phase
MENA14 Jul
Strait of Hormuz erupts as IRGC strikes tankers, Bahrain base; Geneva deal hanging
MENA14 Jul
US Central Command completes new wave of strikes on Iran; Iran shells Bahrain and Kuwait
MENA14 Jul
US-Iran exchange widens as Bahrain becomes a launch pad
MENA14 Jul
Strait of Hormuz erupts as IRGC strikes tankers, killing one crew member hours before Geneva accord signing
MENA14 Jul
IRGC strikes on US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain hours before scheduled US-Iran accord in Geneva
MENA14 Jul
Strait of Hormuz deal collapses mid-sentence as Iran, US trade strikes and oil jumps
MENA14 Jul
Trump notifies Congress that US hostilities against Iran have resumed, opening a fresh 60-day window for military action
MENA14 Jul
Israel widens Red Cross access ban on Palestinian captives, brushing aside High Court ruling
MENA14 Jul
Katz's 'good feeling' lands in the middle of a fragile Gaza truce
MENA14 Jul
IRGC claims strikes on US bases in Jordan and Bahrain hours before Geneva accord signing
MENA14 Jul
Walker denies Schwarber in Philadelphia, becomes first Cardinal to win the Home Run Derby
MENA14 Jul
IRGC strikes on US Fifth Fleet and Hormuz shipping put a Friday Geneva accord under live fire
MENA14 Jul
Trump's 'Stone Ages' boast meets a Friday signing in Geneva: what the US-Iran accord actually changes
MENA14 Jul
Dubai's east-coast bet, Iran's strait claim, and the market that thinks Hormuz reopens
MENA14 Jul
Turkish warships put into Latakia for the first time since Syria's war ended
MENA14 Jul
Trump tells Gulf monarchies the protection bill is coming
MENA14 Jul
Trump widens the ring around Iran: blockade, drones, and a deal on the brink
MENA14 Jul
IRGC claims second wave of strikes inside Bahrain as Strait of Hormuz warning rattles shippers
MENA14 Jul
Trump's naval blockade of Iran and the dollar coin cameo: two policy moves, one message
MENA14 Jul
Wall Street's second-quarter windfall has a missile-warning siren underneath it
MENA14 Jul
Oman's top diplomat uses Le Monde column to declare containment of Iran a failure
MENA14 Jul
Lula calls Trump Strait fee 'piracy' as US-Iran standoff builds toward Thursday address
MENA14 Jul
Tehran's Hormuz bet: low odds, high oil
MENA14 Jul
IRIAF jets over Tehran as unverified reports surface of strikes on Saudi Arabia
MENA14 Jul
IRGC Navy broadcasts Hormuz warning to commercial shipping
MENA14 Jul
The Strait that doesn't blink: Hormuz enters a new phase of calibrated risk
MENA14 Jul
Lindsey Graham's last week: Iran fixation, Senate sanctions push, and the man who never quite ran the foreign policy he wanted
MENA14 Jul
Gulf capital pulls the blinds: UAE–Saudi rift reshapes the region's deal pipeline
MENA14 Jul
Trump notifies Congress of new war against Iran, reviving naval blockade
MENA14 Jul
Trump orders third consecutive night of strikes on Iran as port blockade returns and oil jumps
MENA14 Jul
Sana'a march backs Yemen's missile retaliation as Saudi frontier stays on edge
MENA14 Jul
Polymarket bettors price Iran's Hormuz toll plan at 73%, and the world's oil supply is paying attention
MENA14 Jul
Tehran, Muscat and the Strait That Holds the World's Oil Lanes
MENA14 Jul
Trump's Thursday address lands with Iran deal on a knife-edge and Hormuz in the frame
MENA14 Jul
US naval blockade of Iran reshapes Gulf shipping calculus as oil jumps and diplomacy teeters
MENA14 Jul
Trump's Hormuz gambit: tolls, threats and a UN rebuff
MENA13 Jul
Hormuz traffic halves in a weekend as Tehran readies toll regime
MENA13 Jul
US bombardment campaign on Iranian military sites marks sharpest escalation since June strikes
MENA13 Jul
Prediction markets put Hormuz transit fees back on the table
MENA13 Jul
Trump's "one day" warning lands on a stalled track
MENA13 Jul
Six loud blasts in Konarak and Chabahar: what the Iranian south looks like on a Monday in July
MENA13 Jul
Trump notifies Congress that fighting with Iran has resumed
MENA13 Jul
UK Blacklists IRGC as Hormuz Goes Hot
MENA13 Jul
Four blasts in Bandar Abbas expose Iran’s Hormuzgān fault line
MENA13 Jul
Saudi Arabia closes its airspace as a second wave of Houthi strikes lands, reshaping Gulf airspace politics
MENA13 Jul
Strait of Hormuz explodes: Iran strikes commercial vessel as US-Iran firefight enters its second hour
MENA13 Jul
Trump claims 20% toll on Strait of Hormuz shipping, but a UN agency says he has no legal right to charge it
MENA13 Jul
US strikes hit three Iranian port cities on the Strait of Hormuz
MENA13 Jul
US blockade of Iran takes effect 20:00 GMT as explosions reported in Lar, parade held for Khamenei
MENA13 Jul
Yemen's Ansarullah publishes Saudi strike coordinates as Riyadh confirms interception
MENA13 Jul
Hormuz toll fight: Tehran says yes to a levy, just not Trump's 20%
MENA13 Jul
Saudi air defences engage ballistic missiles launched from Yemen
MENA13 Jul
Houthi missiles resume southward toward Saudi Arabia as Yemen's airspace reopens as a front
MENA13 Jul
Trump frames Iran as a confession away from the bomb, and a strait away from a war
MENA13 Jul
Yemeni missiles hit Abha airport, ground Saudi flights
MENA13 Jul
Saudi airstrike on Sanaa airport tries, and fails, to block an Iranian Mahan Air landing
MENA13 Jul
Trump's 20% Hormuz toll collides with his own envoy's free-passage line
MENA13 Jul
Yemen launches re-escalate pressure on Iran calculus, with U.S. blockade odds near one in three
MENA13 Jul
Beyond Hormuz: what an Iran war would actually decide
MENA13 Jul
Houthi missiles strike Abha airport as Saudi air defences engage over southern province
MENA13 Jul
Sana'a Airport Struck Again: What the GPC Says and Why the Framing Matters
MENA13 Jul
Trump reimposes Iran blockade, with a toll on ships, after third weekend of US-Iran firefights
MENA13 Jul
Sanaa Airport struck as Yemen's war of words widens
MENA13 Jul
Dubai's port play and Trump's 20% levy: a Hormuz bypass race
MENA13 Jul
Trump's Hormuz blockade revival leaves a fragile 11-hour deal in tatters
MENA13 Jul
Saudi airstrikes on Sanaa airport test a ceasefire nobody signed
MENA13 Jul
US Navy debuts kamikaze surface drones against Iran at Bandar Abbas
MENA13 Jul
Beirut–Tel Aviv pact meets an Iranian counter-narrative: what the Strait, the army, and the timing reveal
MENA13 Jul
Lebanon's health ministry logs 4,324 killed since March 2 as ceasefire strain deepens
MENA13 Jul
Tehran's Hormuz play turns Trump's leverage into a hostage market
MENA13 Jul
Hajjah fills the streets after Sana'a airport strike, framing the war as a domestic one
MENA13 Jul
Corsairs at Bandar Abbas: a quiet US escalation into Iranian waters
MENA13 Jul
Trump declares a US "guardian" role over the Strait of Hormuz, with a 20% levy on shipping
MENA13 Jul
Tehran escalates its warning to Gulf neighbours: cooperate with Washington and we treat it as war
MENA13 Jul
Tehran warns Washington off the Strait of Hormuz
MENA13 Jul
Trump reframes Iran war as a punitive expedition and vows a restored naval blockade
MENA13 Jul
Saudi strikes on Sana'a airport land as a Mahan Air A340 touches down at Hodeidah
MENA13 Jul
Polymarket puts a U.S. Iran blockade at better than even money as Trump boasts of a closed file
MENA13 Jul
Trump on Iran: ‘getting their ass kicked’ and the limits of presidential inflation claims
MENA13 Jul
Iranian plane lands at Hodeidah as Tehran tests the Saudi-led blockade narrative
MENA13 Jul
Houthi-held Sana'a airfield struck after Iranian Mahan Air plane lands at Hodeidah
MENA13 Jul
Sanaa airport strikes end Saudi-Houthi de-escalation, reopen Yemen war's main front
MENA13 Jul
Iranian aircraft lands at Hodeidah as Saudi strikes on Sana'a airport redraw the Yemen air corridor
MENA13 Jul
Saudi airstrikes on Sanaa airport aim to block Iranian Mahan Air landing in Hodeidah
MENA13 Jul
Fire at Abu Dhabi's Zayed Military City: the official line and the open questions
MENA13 Jul
Fire at Zayed Military City: UAE Confirms Blaze, Cause Unknown
MENA13 Jul
Saudi strikes on Sanaa airport end a quiet stretch and bring a Houthi-Iran flight in over the ruins
MENA13 Jul
Saudi jets scrambled as Iranian Mahan Air flight approaches Yemeni airspace
MENA13 Jul
Oman strike on US radar in Bahrain and Khuzestan air attack widen the Gulf front
MENA13 Jul
An Iranian airliner, a Saudi scramble, and a Houthi-front airspace the world is arguing about
MENA13 Jul
Tehran rebuffs IAEA access and floats Hormuz pressure, as Trump's MOU hangs in the balance
MENA13 Jul
Isfahan strike and a wobbly MoU: how thin the US–Iran thread has worn by mid-July
MENA13 Jul
Explosions reported near Bandar Abbas and Qeshm Island as Strait of Hormuz tensions flare
MENA13 Jul
Tehran blocks IAEA access, lashes Graham: a 24-hour snapshot of Iran's two-front posture
MENA13 Jul
Iran and the US trade a third round of strikes inside a week, with Gulf states now in the line of fire
MENA13 Jul
Gaza toll climbs past 73,000 as daily casualty updates outpace verification capacity
MENA13 Jul
Iran widens strikes on Gulf neighbours as third tit-for-tat round in a week tests US deterrence
MENA13 Jul
Tehran Reads Graham's Death as a Closing Chapter in a Long Pressure Campaign
MENA13 Jul
Iran calls late senator Graham 'malicious' as his final push for Saudi-Israel normalisation and Russia sanctions goes unfinished
MENA13 Jul
Iran opens a second front as US strikes widen: what the weekend escalation actually says
MENA13 Jul
Tehran puts the Strait of Hormuz and the IAEA on the table as the US-Iran memorandum enters what it calls a 'crisis phase'
MENA13 Jul
Tehran signals collapse of US-Iran memorandum, raises Hormuz temperature
MENA13 Jul
Hormuz traffic thins to a multi-week low as US-Iran strikes re-open and the Geneva deal teeters
MENA13 Jul
Iran strikes US-linked targets across four Gulf states in overnight escalation
MENA13 Jul
Iran's army claims two strikes in a single day: a drone downed in Bandar Abbas, a Bahrain warehouse hit
MENA13 Jul
Clavicular in Tel Aviv: a 'looksmaxxing' influencer walks into a Netanyahu advisor's frame
MENA13 Jul
Tehran puts US-Iran memorandum in the 'crisis phase,' warns of abandonment
MENA13 Jul
Tehran keeps both levers armed as Pakistan track stays open
MENA13 Jul
A former emir dies in Doha, and the Gulf's quiet power map redraws itself
MENA13 Jul
Tehran tells IAEA to wait as it accuses Washington of 'mutilating' the Islamabad deal
MENA13 Jul
Iran rejects US Hormuz escort plan and blocks IAEA access, raising the cost of any nuclear deal
MENA13 Jul
Sirens in Bahrain: what the early-morning alert tells us about the Gulf's accelerating airspace contest
MENA13 Jul
Oman summons Iranian ambassador after drone strikes reach its territory
MENA13 Jul
Strait of Hormuz traffic drops to multi-week low as US-Iran strikes reopen the shipping question
MENA13 Jul
Strait of Hormuz turns into a live pressure point as US and Iran trade strikes
MENA13 Jul
Sirens in Bahrain: a 10-minute cascade of Telegram alerts, and what it does and does not tell us
MENA13 Jul
Explosions reported at US bases in Kuwait as Iran-aligned outlets trade claims
MENA13 Jul
Twelve missiles, one airbase, two competing narratives: Iran's strike on Prince Hassan
MENA13 Jul
Iran strikes US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain as Gulf flashpoint widens
MENA13 Jul
Iranian ballistic missiles hit Bahrain in overnight barrage, Telegram channels show
MENA13 Jul
IRGC claims strikes on US Patriot battery at Ali Al-Salem air base in Kuwait
MENA13 Jul
Strait of Hormuz under fire: how a 36-hour US-Iran exchange redrew the Gulf's shipping map
MENA13 Jul
Explosions and air-defence sirens reported across Bahrain and Kuwait in early hours of 13 July
MENA13 Jul
Explosions reported at US bases in Kuwait and the Iraq border, and the sourcing tells its own story
MENA13 Jul
Iran fires two waves of ballistic missiles at Jordan in overnight barrage
MENA13 Jul
Explosions reported across Kuwait and Bahrain as US Gulf bases brace for Iranian retaliation
MENA13 Jul
US strikes Bandar e Khamir, then Bahrain comes under fire: what the overnight wire shows
MENA13 Jul
Three hours over Iran: what the U.S. strike sequence tells us, and what it leaves unresolved
MENA13 Jul
US strikes on western and coastal Iran on the night of 12–13 July mark a sharp break from the negotiating track
MENA13 Jul
Strikes on Khondab and Qeshm put Iran's air defence gaps back under the lens
MENA13 Jul
Strikes land across southern Iran: what the first reports actually say
MENA13 Jul
US strikes hit Dezful and Behbahan as Iran's western cities absorb a second wave
MENA12 Jul
US pounds at least 19 sites across southern Iran in escalating aerial campaign
MENA12 Jul
US strikes hit Iranian energy sites in Behbahan and Dezful as Tehran reports a third night of bombardment
MENA12 Jul
Strikes on Mahshahr and Andimeshk: a quiet night of escalation in Khuzestan
MENA12 Jul
US strikes hit Iranian oil belt as Tehran keeps the lights on
MENA12 Jul
US expands Khuzestan strikes into second hour, Iranian air defences still active
MENA12 Jul
US strikes hit western Iran and the Strait of Hormuz coast as Tehran vows retaliation
MENA12 Jul
Strikes on three Iranian cities reopen the question Washington has dodged for a year
MENA12 Jul
Strikes on Khuzestan: what a five-minute Telegram burst tells us about the tempo of the US campaign against Iran
MENA12 Jul
Explosions reported across southeastern Iran as night falls
MENA12 Jul
Strait of Hormuz shut to most traffic as US and Iran trade strikes across the Gulf
MENA12 Jul
Reports of US strikes inside Iran surface across Iranian state media
MENA12 Jul
Strait of Hormuz crisis escalates as US strikes Iranian targets and Tehran rejects talks
MENA12 Jul
US strikes return to Iran's southern coast as explosions hit Sirik, Chabahar and Jask
MENA12 Jul
Israeli forces fire illumination flares over eastern Khan Yunis in late-evening barrage
MENA12 Jul
Explosions reported across southern and southeastern Iran in a single evening
MENA12 Jul
Netanyahu tells Graham: Israel can pay for its own defense
MENA12 Jul
Reports of an attack on a US base in Kuwait surface alongside Iranian warnings to Gulf states
MENA12 Jul
Larijani's revenge calculus: Tehran's Iraq parallel and the parliament he wants awake
MENA12 Jul
Graham is gone. The reaction splits along the line he spent decades drawing.
MENA12 Jul
Algeria and Mali reopen the channel: what a yearlong rift's end actually moves
MENA12 Jul
Trump lowers White House flags for Lindsey Graham and rewrites his legacy in real time
MENA12 Jul
Strait of Hormuz shut, again: what Iran's IRGC threat means for global shipping
MENA12 Jul
Hormuz stays open, for now: Trump's one-line answer and the message Tehran sent
MENA12 Jul
Larijani's revenge frame keeps Iran's Iraq file open
MENA12 Jul
Alert pulse across the Gulf: Iranian state media broadcast an unspecified warning to residents in the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
MENA12 Jul
Tehran tightens its grip on the Strait of Hormuz as US-Iran standoff deepens
MENA12 Jul
Iraq's armed factions press economic sovereignty ahead of high-stakes Washington visit
MENA12 Jul
Iran plotted to kill Trump in Türkiye, Western intelligence services say
MENA12 Jul
Qatar's Sheikh Hamad Is Laid to Rest in Doha as a Generation of Gulf State-Builders Closes
MENA12 Jul
An Iraqi teenager, an Iranian ayatollah, and a publicity ritual in Baghdad
MENA12 Jul
Whitaker on Iran and Türkiye: two signals, one NATO front
MENA12 Jul
US carrier group closes in on Iranian coast as Gulf posture hardens
MENA12 Jul
Khamenei funeral rites become a public stage for Trump's enemies
MENA12 Jul
Netanyahu calls October 27 election as he tells Graham Israel can pay for its own defence
MENA12 Jul
US air activity surges over the Gulf as strike chatter crowds out diplomacy
MENA12 Jul
Guterres Urges Restart of US-Iran Talks as Gulf Confrontation Deepens
MENA12 Jul
Drone strike hits arms depot in Sulaymaniyah as Iraqi Kurdish politics roils
MENA12 Jul
Iran's Hormuz gambit: two projectiles, one closed chokepoint
MENA12 Jul
US strikes on Qeshm Island and an OIC rebuke sharpen Iran's diplomatic isolation
MENA12 Jul
US Strikes Hit Iran's Qeshm Island as UN Chief Calls for Immediate Halt
MENA12 Jul
Iran's July test launches land on a market still pricing détente
MENA12 Jul
Strikes hit Nuseirat area as Gaza toll climbs through the day
MENA12 Jul
Strait of Hormuz Explosions Put US Carrier Strike Group Inside Iran's Reach
MENA12 Jul
Strike on Farvar Island kills one as blasts heard across Hormozgan coast
MENA12 Jul
Explosions in Kuwait and Strikes on Qeshm: A Day of Cross-Gulf Escalation
MENA12 Jul
Lebanon’s health ministry tallies 4,322 dead since March as Israeli strikes continue
MENA12 Jul
Iran's missiles land on Kuwaiti oil: a Gulf war the world hoped wouldn't start
MENA12 Jul
Lebanon's health ministry puts March-to-July casualty toll at 4,322 dead, 12,219 wounded
MENA12 Jul
Explosions reported across southern Iran as Hormuz tensions escalate
MENA12 Jul
Hormuz whiplash: a 24-hour corridor fight that hasn't decided anything
MENA12 Jul
IRGC strike on US missile unit in Kuwait, if confirmed, redraws the Gulf escalation map
MENA12 Jul
Three Iranian ballistic missiles hit Kuwait's Shuwaikh port, jolting a Gulf still absorbing the shock of June
MENA12 Jul
Iran hosts UN Lebanon coordinator in Tehran, frames talks around sovereignty
MENA12 Jul
Explosions in Kuwait: what the early wire tells us, and what it doesn't
MENA12 Jul
Graham's death redraws the Senate math on the SAVE America Act, and Trump's Israel calculus
MENA12 Jul
Netanyahu eulogises Lindsey Graham as anchor of the US-Israel alliance
MENA12 Jul
Oman pushes a two-lane Hormuz as Iran rejects the American ultimatum
MENA12 Jul
Netanyahu Says He Pushed Graham on Self-Funded Defense: What the Telegraphed Audio Reveals
MENA12 Jul
Sana'a lines up behind Tehran as Araghchi briefs UN envoy on Lebanon
MENA12 Jul
Satellite imagery points to direct hits on US-allied Gulf air bases, attributed to Iran
MENA12 Jul
Tehran tightens the strait while Trump insists it's open: a war of words over 21 miles of water
MENA12 Jul
Qatar's Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani dies at 74, and a Gulf mediation era is buried with him
MENA12 Jul
Netanyahu's farewell to Graham and the textbooks quietly shaping post-Assad Syria
MENA12 Jul
Netanyahu's Lindsey Graham eulogy reveals the seam he wants kept open
MENA12 Jul
Two readings of the Strait of Hormuz on the same afternoon
MENA12 Jul
Iran's missile strike on Al Udeid, and the geometry of a Gulf war nobody is calling a war
MENA12 Jul
Trump says Iran agreed to a deal, then attacked a ship. Tehran says the Strait of Hormuz is its most powerful card.
MENA12 Jul
Israeli Drone Strike Hits Bekaa as Lebanon–Israel Coordination Talks Hit a Wall
MENA12 Jul
Araghchi-Arnault meeting puts Iran back at the centre of Lebanon's diplomatic lane
MENA12 Jul
Syria's transitional parliament opens in Damascus, with representation still the unresolved question
MENA12 Jul
Israeli strikes reported on Al-Sanaa neighbourhood in western Gaza City
MENA12 Jul
Trump claims Iran deal, then a drone at a ship: what the post-talots picture looks like
MENA12 Jul
Gaza City struck again: Israeli jets hit Al-Sinaa workshop as weapon-site framing hardens
MENA12 Jul
Israeli strikes hit Gaza City workshops as IDF frames targets as weapons-production sites
MENA12 Jul
Netanyahu's Lindsey Graham eulogy lands harder than a eulogy usually does
MENA12 Jul
Iran's foreign minister meets UN Lebanon coordinator in Tehran as diplomacy track narrows
MENA12 Jul
Netanyahu, in mourning for Graham, says the US-Israel alliance can finance itself
MENA12 Jul
Hormuz shut, oil markets on watch: Iran's IRGC declares the strait closed 'until further notice'
MENA12 Jul
Israeli drone strike hits eastern Lebanon's Bekaa, first reported attack since the ceasefire
MENA12 Jul
IRGC publishes footage of ballistic-missile launches at US positions across the Middle East
MENA12 Jul
A container ship, a corridor, and a diplomatic no: Hormuz on the edge of two-track shipping
MENA12 Jul
Graham is reported dead. Iranian state TV is celebrating. The facts are not yet public.
MENA12 Jul
Gaza City strike kills two as municipality warns of 25 million tons of debris
MENA12 Jul
A 35-year-old debt, a one-way ticket, and the quiet architecture of Gulf labour migration
MENA12 Jul
Graham's Iran remarks reverberate in Tehran as regime hardens its line
MENA12 Jul
Lindsey Graham dies at 71, ending a Senate career built on the foreign-policy hard right
MENA12 Jul
Qatar's father emir is dead. The Gulf's most seasoned mediator just lost his quietest voice.
MENA12 Jul
Lindsey Graham's death reshapes the Senate's hawkish centre of gravity
MENA12 Jul
US embassy tells citizens in Duqm and Musandam to shelter in place
MENA12 Jul
Muscat on a knife edge: the mediator holding Iran-US talks together
MENA12 Jul
Qatar declares four days of mourning as Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani dies at 74
MENA12 Jul
Oman summons Iranian envoy over attack on US bases, a diplomatic rebuke disguised as procedure
MENA12 Jul
Aziz Iran funeral and a 45% Polymarket line: a Tehran-Washington summer on hold
MENA12 Jul
Oman's Symbolic Snub: A Low-Ranking Iranian Diplomat Carries the Note
MENA12 Jul
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the emir who made Qatar a global player, dies at 74
MENA12 Jul
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the emir who put Qatar on the global stage, dies at 75
MENA12 Jul
Israeli forces raid Al-Sabra as Gaza City reports mount under aid-funnel constraints
MENA12 Jul
Iran fires ballistic barrage at US positions in the Gulf
MENA12 Jul
Iran's reformist faction faces a narrowing window as US talks probability ticks up
MENA12 Jul
Nine-year-old among those killed as Israeli fire hits central Gaza, local reporters say
MENA12 Jul
Graham's death and Khamenei's funeral collide into a volatile Iran week
MENA12 Jul
Iran fires missiles at Qatar, then sends its foreign minister to offer condolences
MENA12 Jul
Israeli drone strike hits Gaza City metal workshop as casualty reports filter in
MENA12 Jul
Tehran releases footage of intercepted Tomahawk in Gulf of Oman, framing it as a defensive win
MENA12 Jul
Iranian state media hails Lindsey Graham's death as regime's enemies fall silent
MENA12 Jul
UAE sounds missile alert as reports point to Duqm strike inside Oman
MENA12 Jul
Iraq's new premier heads to Washington with an oil and gas shopping list
MENA12 Jul
Twenty-three crew pulled from a Cypriot-flagged ship off Oman, and the silence around who attacked it
MENA12 Jul
Iran strikes Oman and a US cruise missile, opening a second Gulf front
MENA12 Jul
Iran's physics Olympiad team returns to a country that keeps telling its young to look elsewhere
MENA12 Jul
Lindsey Graham dies at 70, ending a four-decade Senate career that reshaped Republican foreign policy
MENA12 Jul
Netanyahu's condolence call for Lindsey Graham, and the framing fight it opens
MENA12 Jul
Hormuz as leverage: Tehran bets a chokepoint outweighs the bomb
MENA12 Jul
Iran strikes US-linked sites across the Gulf; Oman condemns attack on its soil
MENA12 Jul
Hormuz standoff hardens as Tehran reopens a northern lane and Washington keeps a southern one open
MENA12 Jul
Khamenei's funeral as a mirror: what the spectacle exposes about Iran coverage
MENA12 Jul
An anchor's glee and a PM's calculation: the strange afterlife of Lindsey Graham in Iranian and Israeli media
MENA12 Jul
Tehran tests the chokepoint: Hormuz Strait declaration meets UKMTO counter-claim
MENA12 Jul
Lindsey Graham's death, and what a Tehran newsreader chose to gloat about
MENA12 Jul
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the emir who remade Qatar, dies at 74
MENA12 Jul
Qatar halts maritime traffic as Iran widens missile strikes and Hormuz talks collapse
MENA12 Jul
Netanyahu weighs US trip for Graham funeral as Tehran and Washington read the same death in opposite registers
MENA12 Jul
Graham's death draws Israeli grief and Iranian taunts
MENA12 Jul
Tehran prepares a state funeral: what the Khamenei commemoration tells us about the regime's succession script
MENA12 Jul
Iran fires several ballistic missile classes at Israel, refuses talks until Hormuz demands are met
MENA12 Jul
Lindsey Graham's anti-Iran record comes back into focus after his death at 71
MENA12 Jul
Qatar's quiet operator: what Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani's death means for the Gulf's most active mediator
MENA12 Jul
False alarm in central Israel exposes fault line in digital warning system
MENA12 Jul
Graham's death and the unwritten Middle East script
MENA12 Jul
UAE says Iranian missile threat on 12 July 2026 was intercepted outside its borders
MENA12 Jul
Lindsey Graham, dead on Iranian state TV: a propaganda moment and the limits of attribution
MENA12 Jul
Iran claims control of the Strait of Hormuz as US strikes intensify
MENA12 Jul
Lindsey Graham dies, and three governments rush to claim the inheritance
MENA12 Jul
Lindsey Graham dies at 71, and Washington's Iran hawks lose their loudest voice
MENA12 Jul
Lindsey Graham Is Dead. The Reactions Map Washington's Two Israels.
MENA12 Jul
Succession and sanction: Tehran's new Supreme Leader vows revenge as Washington tightens the screws
MENA12 Jul
Lindsey Graham dies at 70; Tehran's outlets cheer, opposition mourns
MENA12 Jul
Unconfirmed blasts reported near Bahrain International Airport and across Kuwait
MENA12 Jul
Israeli officials praise Lindsey Graham as 'greatest friend' after senator's death
MENA12 Jul
Bahrain sirens and the silence around what set them off
MENA12 Jul
Lindsey Graham's death, and the Iranian-state media's open celebration of it
MENA12 Jul
Lindsey Graham dies at 71, ending a foreign-policy career that defined the hawkish edge of the Trump era
MENA12 Jul
Lindsey Graham dies at 70, closing a chapter in the US-Israel alignment
MENA12 Jul
Sirens in Bahrain, then Kuwait: A night of air-defence activity in the Gulf
MENA12 Jul
Sirens Over Manama: What the Bahrain Strikes Tell Us About the Iran File
MENA12 Jul
Sirens in Bahrain, blasts in Kuwait: what the early-hour reports do and do not tell us
MENA12 Jul
Russia Pulls S-400s into the Strike Role, and Ukraine's Air Defence Math Goes From Tight to Tilted
MENA12 Jul
Iran's largest retaliation yet fades into an uneasy quiet
MENA12 Jul
Missiles over Doha: how a single night pushed Qatar into Iran's crossfire
MENA12 Jul
Araghchi flies to Muscat for Oman-mediated talks as Tehran keeps the diplomatic channel open
MENA12 Jul
Bahrain comes under fire: what the night of 12 July 2026 actually tells us
MENA12 Jul
Kuwait's sirens test a Gulf wary of spillover
MENA12 Jul
Iran strikes Qatar and Oman as wider missile wave rattles Gulf
MENA12 Jul
Iranian strikes hit Bahrain and Qatar as Gulf flashpoint widens
MENA12 Jul
Qatar's air defence intercepts Iranian missile barrage as Trump warns of "complete decimation"
MENA12 Jul
Sirens across Bahrain and the UAE as Iran-linked alerts grip the Gulf
MENA12 Jul
Qatar says it intercepted an Iranian missile barrage in the early hours of 12 July
MENA12 Jul
Explosions over Doha: what the early-morning interceptions actually tell us
MENA12 Jul
CENTCOM's third round: what US strikes on Iran this week actually hit
MENA12 Jul
Explosions heard across the Gulf as Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE report overnight strikes
MENA12 Jul
IRGC claims strike on Prince Hassan base in Jordan, warns of broader retaliation
MENA12 Jul
Himars launches from Bahrain put the Gulf's smallest monarchy at the centre of the Iran strikes
MENA12 Jul
Iran strikes US bases across four Gulf states in widening missile-and-drone barrage
MENA12 Jul
Iran strikes four Arab states in overnight barrage, opening a wider Gulf front
MENA12 Jul
Explosions reported over Bahrain as overnight alerts flag Iranian-linked missile activity
MENA12 Jul
Missile alerts and all-clear in Qatar within sixteen minutes: what the brief window shows
MENA12 Jul
Explosions heard in Doha as unverified missile alerts move across Telegram channels
MENA12 Jul
US strikes hit Kangan and Mahshahr as Iran campaign enters a new phase
MENA12 Jul
Sirens sound across Bahrain as Iranian missile and drone threat rattles the Gulf
MENA12 Jul
Sirens sound across Bahrain as Iran–Gulf crisis enters a new, kinetic phase
MENA12 Jul
US airstrikes hit Bandar-e Mahshahr and Bandar-e Jask as Iran campaign widens
MENA12 Jul
US Strikes Iran After IRGC Attack on Commercial Ship in Strait of Hormuz
MENA12 Jul
IRGC closes the Strait of Hormuz and fires on a commercial vessel
MENA12 Jul
Explosions Rock Iranian Port Cities in the Hours Before Sunday Dawn
MENA12 Jul
Strikes on Bushehr: what we know, what we don't, and why Khuzestan matters
MENA12 Jul
Explosions reported at Jask and Sirik as US-Iran confrontation enters a new, kinetic phase
MENA12 Jul
US strikes hit Bandar Abbas, Sirik and Ahvaz as Iran enters fourth week of open war
MENA12 Jul
Explosions reported in Bandar Abbas and Chabahar as US strikes on southern Iran intensify
MENA12 Jul
US strikes reported across southern Iran as Gulf bases enter the war
MENA12 Jul
Hegseth's four-word message lands as CENTCOM strikes continue on southern Iran
MENA12 Jul
Hegseth's "now they pay" post lands as CENTCOM confirms fresh strikes on southern Iran
MENA12 Jul
Kuwait-launched ATACMS claims hit Iranian targets: what is actually verified
MENA12 Jul
Strikes from Bahrain and Kuwait: a US-Iran war opens a second front in the Gulf
MENA12 Jul
Gaza City blast demolishes residential blocks east of the city, Palestinian sources say
MENA12 Jul
Katz orders IDF to plan solo strike on Iran as diplomacy with Tehran stalls
MENA11 Jul
US strikes reported across southern Iran as Hormuz shadow war turns hot
MENA11 Jul
US strikes Iran: what CENTCOM confirmed and what the next 72 hours will tell
MENA11 Jul
Katz orders IDF to prepare independent strike on Iran, signalling a wider Israeli doctrine of demolition
MENA11 Jul
IRGC declares Strait of Hormuz closed as unverified reports of missile strikes on commercial shipping surface
MENA11 Jul
Iran Guards strike merchant vessel in Strait of Hormuz, US official says
MENA11 Jul
Gunfire in the Green Zone: Baghdad hears what it has heard before
MENA11 Jul
Strait of Hormuz talks end in Muscat with no agreement, only a promise to keep talking
MENA11 Jul
Katz vows Gaza playbook for southern Lebanon as Israel widens its demolition doctrine
MENA11 Jul
UAE hits record oil output as Gulf rivals spar over Hormuz
MENA11 Jul
Huckabee says Israel warned Washington of a specific plot against Trump
MENA11 Jul
Israeli gunboats shell Khan Yunis coast as Gaza bombardment enters a quieter phase
MENA11 Jul
Strait of Hormuz crisis: Iran fires on vessel after rejecting US reopening ultimatum
MENA11 Jul
Raids deepen across the West Bank as Gaza artillery strikes hit Bureij camp
MENA11 Jul
Two deaths, one pattern: the price of reporting and remembering Gaza
MENA11 Jul
Two theatres, one calendar: Ukraine's resupply race and Iran's MOU warning collide on 11 July 2026
MENA11 Jul
Netanyahu's trust collapses to 60% distrust as Eisenkot emerges as the alternative
MENA11 Jul
Oman pushes a Hormuz compromise. Tehran and the Gulf aren't buying yet.
MENA11 Jul
Tehran's streets and a missing supreme leader: reading Iran's July 11 information war
MENA11 Jul
Blast in Gaza City as demolition operations shake eastern neighbourhoods
MENA11 Jul
Treasury freezes the spigot as Hormuz talks stall
MENA11 Jul
Israeli strikes widen across south Lebanon as IDF presses demolition campaign
MENA11 Jul
PragerU's schoolroom push lands in the middle of America's content wars
MENA11 Jul
Oman's twin-corridor pitch: keep the Strait of Hormuz open, on Oman's terms
MENA11 Jul
Iranian missiles over al-Satli: what a single intercepted salvo tells us about the Jordan front
MENA11 Jul
Doha joins Muscat talks as Oman floats parallel Hormuz shipping lanes
MENA11 Jul
US team to back Lebanese army in south Lebanon pilot zones under reported Hezbollah handover
MENA11 Jul
US team heads to south Lebanon as IDF widens strike pattern inside the buffer zone
MENA11 Jul
US Treasury hits Iran finance node as Hormuz shipping lanes reopen under Omani split
MENA11 Jul
Khamenei's son vows revenge as Trump floats 1,000-missile ultimatum
MENA11 Jul
Pakdasht detonations enter a second day as Tehran Province IRGC clears old munitions stocks
MENA11 Jul
Tehran signals Hormuz will stay choked, and Washington's sanction pen keeps moving
MENA11 Jul
Tehran province IRGC plans second day of controlled ammunition destruction at Pakdasht
MENA11 Jul
Israel told Washington Iran was planning to kill Trump, US envoy says
MENA11 Jul
Mojtaba Khamenei takes the pulpit, names vengeance as Iran's first doctrine
MENA11 Jul
A tomb plaza already built: reading Iran's Mashhad monument
MENA11 Jul
Inside Iran's state-TV talent pipeline: where patriotic eulogies become audition material
MENA11 Jul
Israel strikes Hezbollah missile transfer inside south Lebanon buffer zone
MENA11 Jul
Two lanes, one strait: Oman's pitch to split Hormuz traffic
MENA11 Jul
Iran claims drone output tripled during the war it says was waged against it
MENA11 Jul
Two million mourners, one message: Iraqi clerics frame Khamenei's funeral as a regional referendum
MENA11 Jul
Emirates flight turns back over Sea of Oman after pilot declares mid-air emergency
MENA11 Jul
Iran's banking outages and the 45% bet on a US deal: what the next two weeks are actually telling Tehran
MENA11 Jul
Iran's quiet unveiling: Tasnim mourns a 'Shahid' and the state press rewrites the martyr register
MENA11 Jul
Pressure campaign and a Hormuz table: how US leverage on Iran is being recalibrated
MENA11 Jul
Hormuz as hostage: why Iran walked away from Trump's deal
MENA11 Jul
Tehran signals vengeance as Trump threatens to 'decimate and destroy' Iran
MENA11 Jul
Strikes on al-Mansouri push southern Lebanon's casualty count higher as cross-border tempo holds
MENA11 Jul
Lebanon health ministry tallies four months of Israeli strikes: 4,322 dead, 12,210 wounded
MENA11 Jul
Israeli strikes on south Lebanon continue as Tel Aviv cites security grounds for staying put
MENA11 Jul
Iran's post-Khamenei tableau: grief, infrastructure, and a border that finally moves
MENA11 Jul
Tartus gets a grain elevator: Russia turns its Syrian foothold into a commercial port
MENA11 Jul
Tehran Names a New Supreme Leader; Washington Replies With Threats
MENA11 Jul
Israel holds its five hilltops in Lebanon, and the press writes the alibi
MENA11 Jul
Iraq opens new Shalamcheh terminal, easing the road to Karbala for Arbaeen
MENA11 Jul
IDF says it struck Hezbollah operatives moving anti-tank munitions inside the southern Lebanon security zone
MENA11 Jul
Footage from south Lebanon revives the question of who films Israel's wars
MENA11 Jul
Israeli jets hit al-Mansouri in southern Lebanon as IDF leaflets fall on the village
MENA11 Jul
A Mediterranean pipeline returns: Iraq, Syria and the US prepare to unveil an old route around Hormuz
MENA11 Jul
Khamenei funeral message frames revenge as first order after two wars
MENA11 Jul
Treasury hardens line on Iranian funds as Hormuz talks stall
MENA11 Jul
Six ships a night: the Strait of Hormuz goes dark
MENA11 Jul
Baghdad presses Kuwait for answers after fisherman killed at sea
MENA11 Jul
Threats fly between Trump and Iran's Pezeshkian as mediators struggle to keep talks alive
MENA11 Jul
Iranian Missiles Land at Jordan Airbase: What the Satellite Pixels Tell Us
MENA11 Jul
Twenty-two ships in a day: the Strait of Hormuz grinds to a halt
MENA11 Jul
UAE pulls out of OPEC as Trump floats the unthinkable on Iran
MENA11 Jul
Justice Department subpoenas New York Times reporters over Air Force One security story
MENA11 Jul
Muscat talks put Strait of Hormuz back at the centre of a wider Iran deal
MENA11 Jul
Iran strikes Muwaffaq Salti: what the Sentinel-2 imagery actually shows
MENA11 Jul
Explosion heard in Erbil as Kurdish capital braces for another security shock
MENA11 Jul
Israeli forces stay put in Lebanon as political blocs denounce raids
MENA11 Jul
IDF drone strikes hit central Gaza as humanitarian access narrows
MENA11 Jul
Mojtaba Khamenei’s vow and an OPEC exit: Tehran’s new line, Abu Dhabi’s quiet move
MENA11 Jul
Trump declares Iran ceasefire 'over,' but the diplomacy keeps running
MENA11 Jul
Explosion reported in Erbil as Iran-aligned channels move first on the news
MENA11 Jul
Hormuz on the edge: Tehran reasserts the lane, Washington tests the toll
MENA11 Jul
Explosions rock eastern Homs as Syria's desert corridor enters a new phase
MENA11 Jul
Eisenkot overtakes Likud in Israeli poll as Barak warns Netanyahu may gamble on Iran
MENA11 Jul
Tehran rejects 'irregular forces' claim and pushes back on Axios-sourced talks reports
MENA11 Jul
Trump's war with Iran: how a strike became a quagmire
MENA11 Jul
Tehran names 'revenge' as first step for the martyred Imam
MENA11 Jul
Khamenei succession opens a sanctions-and-revenge cycle Washington did not ask for
MENA11 Jul
Israeli forces set fire to Lebanese border town, in alleged breach of ceasefire
MENA11 Jul
Tehran stages mass funeral for Khamenei as Iraqi mourning extends across border
MENA11 Jul
Tehran signals coastal vigilance as regional tensions simmer
MENA11 Jul
Rosatom returns staff to Bushehr as Russia-Iran nuclear axis tightens
MENA11 Jul
Nusirat drone strike kills two as Gaza ceasefire architecture frays further
MENA11 Jul
Subpoenas for New York Times reporters over Air Force One security story put press shield in the dock
MENA11 Jul
Carney's $700m Saudi swing resets Canada's Gulf calculus
MENA11 Jul
Tehran signals Hormuz administration plan, blames US media for 'crude lies' on nuclear posture
MENA11 Jul
Washington's Hormuz ultimatum lands in the middle of a negotiation Tehran never wanted to walk away from
MENA11 Jul
Trump moves against New York Times reporters over Air Force One coverage
MENA11 Jul
Tehran draws a line at Hormuz as US deadline talk collides with Omani-Qatari shuttle
MENA11 Jul
Tehardan draws a line: no talks until Washington blinks
MENA11 Jul
Tehran draws a red line at the Security Council door: Iran says it will abandon a deal the US keeps breaking
MENA11 Jul
Tehran's precondition: why Iran's negotiating posture with Washington is hardening, not softening
MENA11 Jul
Strikes return to southern Lebanon as IDF widens ground operations near Beit Yahoun
MENA11 Jul
Four drone hits on a coastal road: a Nuseirat strike in 12 minutes of reporting
MENA11 Jul
Four Israeli drone strikes hit a vehicle on Gaza's coastal road, witnesses say
MENA11 Jul
Israeli strikes hit southern Lebanon's Tyre district for a second consecutive day
MENA11 Jul
Israeli strikes pound Mansouri for a third time as south Lebanon ceasefire frays
MENA11 Jul
The funeral that wasn't: Tehran stages Khamenei's martyrdom and the world reads the choreography
MENA11 Jul
Israeli forces set fire to homes in Haddatha as south Lebanon operations expand
MENA11 Jul
Ansarullah's siege warning puts Saudi Arabia on notice in Yemen's grinding war
MENA11 Jul
A funeral, a son’s eulogy, and the shape of succession in Tehran
MENA11 Jul
Funeral rites close a Tehran chapter and open a 'revenge' frame
MENA11 Jul
Tehran draws a line: Iran's UN envoy threatens to scrap US memorandum as Fars says no talks until Washington blinks
MENA11 Jul
Gaza health authorities report seven dead in 48 hours as Israeli strikes continue
MENA11 Jul
Nablus raids, southern Lebanon strikes and a heavily censored IDF casualty count converge on 11 July
MENA11 Jul
Casualty ledger in southern Lebanon climbs past 1,400 as Israeli strikes hit a Gaza vehicle
MENA11 Jul
Israeli airstrikes hit Mansouri again as southern Lebanon casualty count climbs
MENA11 Jul
Israeli strikes on south Lebanon intensify, with phosphorous munitions reported at Shebaa
MENA11 Jul
Iran claims drone output tripled during wartime, offering a rare look at defence-industrial stress test
MENA11 Jul
Tehran's Telegrams and the Imam's Echo: Reading Khamenei's Mourning Vocabulary
MENA11 Jul
Iran's acting defence minister tells MPs the next round has already been mapped
MENA11 Jul
Khanna's West Bank stop and a Hormuz demand: two tests of US leverage in one news cycle
MENA11 Jul
Israeli jets hit southern Lebanese town of Al-Mansouri as ceasefire strain deepens
MENA11 Jul
Mojtaba Khamenei opens a revenge cycle he may not be able to close
MENA11 Jul
Israeli strikes on southern Lebanese towns accelerate, with Houla, Mansouri, Froun and Kfar Tebnit hit in a single morning
MENA11 Jul
Israeli airstrikes hit Al Mansouri in southern Lebanon for second time in hours
MENA11 Jul
Israeli strikes and gunfire batter Khan Younis as water crisis deepens
MENA11 Jul
Tehran's mourners, Tehran's message: How state-aligned outlets are writing Hosseini's martyrdom into a vow of revenge
MENA11 Jul
Syria's civil defence logs 155 fires in a single day as summer heatwave strains response capacity
MENA11 Jul
Israeli drones hit Kfar Tebnit as the southern Lebanon ceasefire truce keeps fraying
MENA11 Jul
Israel's southern Lebanon strikes hit Nabatieh al-Fawqa as maritime ceasefire framework wobbles
MENA11 Jul
The Atlantic's verdict: Tehran is winning the war Trump started
MENA11 Jul
Iranian Missiles Strike Two Hangars at US Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan
MENA11 Jul
Tehran's birth-rate puzzle: why an 11% second-child drop is reshaping Iran's demographic debate
MENA11 Jul
Tehran buries the figures it says were martyred
MENA11 Jul
Witkoff and Vance head to Oman as US-Iran track returns to diplomacy
MENA11 Jul
Mojtaba Khamenei takes the pulpit: succession, the street, and what changes
MENA11 Jul
Tehran's martyrs and the vocabulary of vengeance: Khamenei frames the new war dead
MENA11 Jul
Mojtaba Khamenei takes the pulpit: Iran's new Supreme Leader opens with his father's funeral
MENA11 Jul
Israeli artillery pounds southern Lebanese towns as cross-border tempo holds steady
MENA11 Jul
Water and bullets: the slow squeeze on Khan Younis's southern edge
MENA11 Jul
Mojtaba Khamenei writes his father's vengeance into state scripture
MENA11 Jul
Iran buries Khamenei as Israeli strikes test the southern Lebanon ceasefire
MENA11 Jul
Millions on the road: Arbaeen pilgrimage frames Iran's regional claim
MENA11 Jul
Heat dome over Gaza turns displacement into a slow-motion emergency
MENA11 Jul
Smoke over Evin: a Tehran fire, a detained French researcher, and the questions officials didn't answer
MENA11 Jul
Eight names, six firms: the narrow shape of Washington's latest Iran sanctions package
MENA11 Jul
Khan Younis water mains out, civilian toll mounts as Israel presses southern Gaza operation
MENA11 Jul
Iran reaffirms backing for Hezbollah as Lebanon's political map stays frozen
MENA11 Jul
Tehran stages funeral for slain officials as Khamenei prepares a public message
MENA11 Jul
Gaza's Al-Mawasi toll climbs as a Khan Younis death surfaces the cost of the 'humanitarian zone'
MENA11 Jul
Tehran's judiciary opens a new front against the security establishment
MENA11 Jul
Jenin demolition notices: a structural read on the West Bank's commercial squeeze
MENA11 Jul
Baghdad bids farewell to a cleric: Iraq's Shia elite sends a message to Washington
MENA11 Jul
Israel strikes kill brothers and a World Cup party host in Gaza, Electronic Intifada reports
MENA11 Jul
Explosion reported southeast of Tehran as Pakdasht incident unfolds
MENA11 Jul
Settler incursion near Nablus underscores a pattern, not an incident
MENA11 Jul
Mashhad draws millions as Iran buries Supreme Leader Khamenei
MENA11 Jul
Iran's math Olympiad team wins fourth China invitational, extending a five-year streak
MENA11 Jul
Gaza's water crisis returns to the fore as aid channels narrow
MENA11 Jul
Sound bombs in Mansouri: another flicker on Lebanon's southern seam
MENA11 Jul
Tehran Police Move Fast on Tarasht Brawl, but the District's Tensions Linger
MENA11 Jul
Two drone strikes hit south Lebanon village as cross-border tempo holds steady
MENA11 Jul
Iran's supreme leader buried in Mashhad as regional security architecture enters uncharted territory
MENA11 Jul
Tehran readies a message from Khamenei as Iran marks a senior official's funeral
MENA11 Jul
Israeli drone strike on south Lebanon village tests the calm
MENA11 Jul
Tehran stages funeral procession for slain 'Martyr of the Revolution' as Khamenei prepares address
MENA11 Jul
Iran sends 160 tonnes of aid to Venezuela after 24 June quakes kill more than 4,100
MENA11 Jul
Iran-aligned strategist's boast frames next-phase strike debate
MENA11 Jul
A Gaza mural of Egypt's Hossam Hassan turns a World Cup run into a Palestine statement
MENA11 Jul
Washington loosens the screws on Abu Dhabi
MENA11 Jul
Armed settlers swarm Beitillu as West Bank violence pattern deepens
MENA11 Jul
Iran publishes satellite imagery claiming strikes on US air base in Jordan
MENA11 Jul
Iran's foreign minister lands in Muscat with the Strait of Hormuz on the table
MENA11 Jul
Iran moves to rebuild struck nuclear sites as satellite imagery reopens the proliferation question
MENA11 Jul
Israeli drone activity over southern Lebanon ticks up as mapped flight patterns hint at a wider surveillance push
MENA11 Jul
Iran puts $3 million tag on damage to research facilities, a fraction of what is still being counted
MENA11 Jul
Tehran's Saturday deadline: what the Axios ultimatum report actually says
MENA11 Jul
Gaza health system buckling under a ceasefire: 70% of ambulances out, drone strike at Kamal Adwan
MENA11 Jul
Moscow and Beijing block Western bid to drag Iran back into Security Council spotlight
MENA11 Jul
Araghchi lands in Muscat as Strait of Hormuz talks move offshore
MENA11 Jul
Tehran pulls the fences: what removing BRT barriers on Azadi means for Iran's capital
MENA11 Jul
Explosions reported in Homs countryside as Syrian violence flares without official confirmation
MENA11 Jul
Iran says Armed Forces on high alert as regional tensions build
MENA11 Jul
Israel's southern Lebanon ground operation grinds on, with casualty tallies climbing
MENA11 Jul
Tehran pushes back on Saudi-fleet rumour as aviation authorities rebut viral claim
MENA11 Jul
Gaza health ministry says 70% of ambulance fleet is out of service as spare parts run dry
MENA11 Jul
Inside Iran's child-soldier pipeline: how the IRGC seeds its next generation
MENA11 Jul
Tehran pushes back on Saudi-fleet claim as regional aviation politics heat up
MENA11 Jul
Tehran plays the compliance card as Islamabad MoU wobbles
MENA11 Jul
Trump pulls ceasefire, gives Iran a Saturday ultimatum on Hormuz
MENA11 Jul
Tehran denies Saudi fleet transfer after viral claim rattles Iranian aviation chatter
MENA11 Jul
Tehran stages a poetry prize. The signalling matters more than the verses.
MENA11 Jul
Israeli ground operation in south Lebanon grinds on as casualty toll climbs
MENA11 Jul
Emanuel, Israel and the limits of Democratic Party Zionism
MENA11 Jul
Inside the Palestinian Authority's Quiet Crackdown on Accused Collaborators
MENA11 Jul
Trump's 1,000-missile threat meets a Saudi phone call — and the Gulf is reading both
MENA11 Jul
Kamal Adwan drone strike deepens the bind over northern Gaza's last functioning hospital
MENA11 Jul
Diplomacy on a slow fade: U.S. officials signal end of the road on Iran nuclear deal
MENA11 Jul
Tehran's MOU-or-else warning puts Trump's Hormuz settlement on the line
MENA11 Jul
Araghchi turns the script on Bessent over the in-flight Geneva MoU
MENA11 Jul
Explosion reported in eastern Tehran province as Iran's regional posture comes under fresh strain
MENA11 Jul
Israeli drone strike hits east of Al-Maghazi camp as central Gaza operations intensify
MENA11 Jul
UNRWA's indispensable role: HRW warns against exclusion in Gaza
MENA11 Jul
The assassination plot that wasn't on the agenda: how an Iranian threat to Trump reshaped a US-Israeli air campaign
MENA11 Jul
UNRWA's future under fresh pressure as Human Rights Watch warns of Gaza humanitarian 'catastrophe'
MENA11 Jul
Russia's diesel halt collides with Trump's peace deadline — and the fuel math is starting to break
MENA11 Jul
US asked Israel to dial back southern Lebanon operations, Israeli outlet reports
MENA11 Jul
Spain opens collusion probe into Sidinor over Israel-linked deals
MENA11 Jul
Explosions east of Tehran: what Iran's controlled-detonation explanation leaves unanswered
MENA11 Jul
Tunisia hosts Tehran-backed seminar on Islamic resistance during funeral rites for Ayatollah Khamenei
MENA11 Jul
Trump's 1,000-missile warning to Tehran meets quiet Saudi coordination
MENA11 Jul
Polanski's call to track Britons who served in the Israeli army lands in a divided Westminster
MENA11 Jul
Russia returns engineers to Bushehr as explosions shake Iran
MENA11 Jul
Explosions rattle southeast Tehran as unverified reports collide with official silence
MENA11 Jul
Pakdasht blasts: Tehran province officials call controlled demolition, not attack
MENA11 Jul
Washington pushes Iran on Hormuz shipping lanes ahead of Oman talks
MENA11 Jul
Three Palestinian civilians injured in settler attack near Ramallah, Iranian-aligned outlet reports
MENA11 Jul
On Iran and principle: where the Indian Left's silence becomes its own statement
MENA11 Jul
Incendiary Balloons Over Southern Lebanon: The Signal Inside the Smoke
MENA11 Jul
Iran's Khamenei funeral draws Iraqi Hezbollah pageantry — and a message aimed at home
MENA11 Jul
Trump's Two-Front Hardball: Housing Veto at Home, Missile Threat to Iran
MENA11 Jul
Iran's foreign ministry frames armed forces as vigilant guardians, with regional strains barely named
MENA11 Jul
Washington presses Iran on Hormuz, satellite photos raise new questions at Parchin
MENA11 Jul
Tehran pulls the plug: Iran signals end of nuclear talks with Washington, accuses US of breaking the Islamabad understanding
MENA11 Jul
Tehran extends free public transit through 19 July as officials cite funeral rites for 'Martyr Anqla'
MENA11 Jul
A British Green Party call to track ex-IDF Britons lands in a UK political landscape already on edge over Gaza
MENA11 Jul
Trump's rhetorical escalation against Tehran: 1,000 missiles and an assassination claim
MENA11 Jul
Mashhad ceremony frames slain Hezbollah aide as Iran's 'shadow' in the Axis of Resistance
MENA11 Jul
Trump tells New York Post he fears Iranian retaliation, drafts will on Air Force One
MENA11 Jul
Tehran keeps its guard up: Baghaei says armed forces on high alert across coasts, islands, borders
MENA11 Jul
The Sh400,000 gamble: how a Kenyan labour agent's pitch for a Qatar job illustrates the Gulf migration pipeline's quiet cost
MENA11 Jul
Smotrich cites Witkoff on Gaza: the US envoy's line that the Israeli far-right now owns
MENA11 Jul
Egypt stages drone tribute over the Pyramids for Salah — and the symbolism is doing more work than the show
MENA11 Jul
Iraq's Islamic Resistance frames Khamenei funeral as political inheritance
MENA11 Jul
UAE hits record oil output as Gulf security alignment with Washington deepens
MENA11 Jul
Trump warns of "locked and loaded" missile salvo aimed at Iran if Tehran moves against US president
MENA11 Jul
Washington's Hormuz ask: a public Iranian pledge Washington may not get
MENA11 Jul
Trump's 1,000-missile threat to Iran revives the brinkmanship playbook
MENA11 Jul
Moscow signals openness to S-400 transfer from Turkey to the UAE
MENA11 Jul
Trump says US military ordered to "decimate" Iran if he is assassinated
MENA11 Jul
Russia returns engineers to Bushehr as the Iran file gets a nuclear punctuation mark
MENA11 Jul
Channel notes, Iran, and the wider frame: what one Telegram post tells us about the news diet
MENA11 Jul
Israeli jets over Nabatieh and Tuffah: another southern Lebanon incursion, another quiet day
MENA11 Jul
Trump's 'Sword of Damocles' Warning to Tehran: What the Wire Says, and What It Doesn't
MENA11 Jul
Tehran's assassination plot and the end of the ceasefire — what 10 July actually changed
MENA11 Jul
Iran's shadow ring around Trump: what the new Israeli intelligence actually says
MENA11 Jul
Iraq's Hezbollah Brigades frame Khamenei funeral turnout as political referendum
MENA11 Jul
Araghchi points to US 'violations' as Iran deal clock keeps ticking
MENA11 Jul
Tehran accuses Washington of breaking a fresh pledge as new sanctions land
MENA11 Jul
Trump says US–Iran ceasefire is 'over,' leaves strike instructions for successors
MENA11 Jul
Washington's Saturday deadline: what the Hormuz ultimatum is actually buying
MENA11 Jul
Trump tells New York Post he has filed his will, citing Iran retaliation fears
MENA11 Jul
Israel intensifies bombardment east of Khan Younis as ground operations enter second week
MENA11 Jul
Iran hedges on Geneva accord as it tallies civilian toll of US strikes
MENA11 Jul
Trump–MBS call lands as US–Iran tension resets the Gulf's diplomatic geometry
MENA11 Jul
US pushes Iran for public pledge on Strait of Hormuz as Tehran presses for full navigational control
MENA11 Jul
Forty million on the street: what Iran's Quds Day turnout is really telling us
MENA11 Jul
Tehran talks cool as US sees odds of a nuclear deal slipping
MENA11 Jul
Iran signals Strait of Hormuz reset after new US Treasury sanctions breach Islamabad memorandum
MENA11 Jul
Iran Warns of Diplomatic Exit as Rebuilding Begins at Bombed Nuclear Sites
MENA11 Jul
Israeli warplanes strike Nabatieh al-Fawqa as southern Lebanon bombardment continues
MENA11 Jul
Tehran counts 17 dead after US strikes; Friday deal hangs on the phrase "nuclear dust"
MENA10 Jul
Witkoff in Gaza: A property lawyer, a 'two million Nazis' line, and a US envoy carrying the aid file
MENA10 Jul
Russia's camera hack on NATO supply routes and Iran's 'errant part' line expose two different pressure campaigns on Europe
MENA10 Jul
Trump's Gaza plan runs out of troops as Iran nuclear track cools
MENA10 Jul
Satellite photos revive Parchin dispute as mediators race to keep US and Iran from the brink
MENA10 Jul
Bushehr's farewell and the framing of a martyrdom
MENA10 Jul
A Tehran professor, an Australian correspondent, and the cable-news framing of Iran's nuclear file
MENA10 Jul
Iran draws a line at damaged sites: Baghaei says no inspections where US and Israel have struck
MENA10 Jul
Israeli forces raid Beit Ummar and Bethlehem-area villages in overnight West Bank operations
MENA10 Jul
Marandi vs Ferguson: When Tehran's English-Language Voice Walks Into Australian Prime Time
MENA10 Jul
Tehran frames US-Israeli strikes on nuclear sites as charter breach, warns of 'full responsibility' for consequences
MENA10 Jul
Israeli drone strikes on eastern Gaza neighbourhoods reported overnight
MENA10 Jul
Iran's foreign minister heads to Muscat as Hormuz diplomacy strains under widening US target list
MENA10 Jul
Iraq's new premier arrives in Washington carrying two ledgers
MENA10 Jul
US turns up the heat on Tehran: Hormuz ultimatum meets new sanctions on Khamenei financier
MENA10 Jul
Israeli strikes hit Nabatieh al-Fawqa and border towns as south Lebanon bombardment intensifies
MENA10 Jul
Tehran's 'technical malfunction,' Washington's 'bad outcome': a 36-hour Hormuz standoff
MENA10 Jul
Mashhad diplomacy and Bushehr mourning frame Iran's post-Khamenei opening
MENA10 Jul
Tehran reads Washington's UAE trade upgrade as a wartime receipt
MENA10 Jul
Washington says talks are coming, Tehran says they are not: the week the Iran file split in two
MENA10 Jul
Washington demands public Hormuz pledge from Tehran before markets reopen
MENA10 Jul
Ships, ships and more ships: the 24 hours that put the US and Iran back on a collision course
MENA10 Jul
UAE wins US export-control easing as Ukraine reels from overnight bombardment
MENA10 Jul
Qatar shuttles into Tehran as Iran denies it ever asked for talks
MENA10 Jul
Iran refuses IAEA access to bombed sites, declares UNSC resolution 2231 void
MENA10 Jul
Strait talk: US presses Iran to halt Hormuz attacks as sanctions tighten and pump prices climb
MENA10 Jul
Tehran frames Qatari mediation as Tehran's choice, not Washington's opening
MENA10 Jul
Tehran Accuses Washington of Breaking the Islamabad Memorandum Hours After Announcing Araghchi's Oman Visit
MENA10 Jul
Tehran says Washington broke the deal — and that it never asked to talk in the first place
MENA10 Jul
Araghchi heads to Muscat as Tehran opens a quieter Oman channel
MENA10 Jul
Satellite images put Iran's Parchin rebuild back on the table
MENA10 Jul
Iraq's 'Islamic Resistance' publicly reasserts itself as Tehran's regional posture hardens
MENA10 Jul
Trump widens Iran target list to desalination plants as Strait of Hormuz traffic slows
MENA10 Jul
Indonesia's Tehran bet: Sugiono walks a careful line from Mashhad
MENA10 Jul
Tehran denies talks as US carriers deploy and Iran weighs nuclear rebuild
MENA10 Jul
Twenty warships and a warning: the 10 July escalation that put Iran and Israel on a hair-trigger
MENA10 Jul
Trump Departs NATO Summit Aboard Legacy Air Force One, Citing Security Concerns
MENA10 Jul
Argentina's economic lifeline runs through Miami — and a Polymarket with an 18% chance
MENA10 Jul
Tehran pushes back: Iranian negotiator says no talks until Washington delivers
MENA10 Jul
Iran buries Khamenei in Mashhad as the Islamic Republic performs continuity
MENA10 Jul
Tehran presses Abu Dhabi over a US export-control carve-out, calls it complicity
MENA10 Jul
Russia's doorbell-camera hack, Iran's rebuilt sites, and a sitting US president briefing journalists on his own assassination contingency — three threads on the same afternoon
MENA10 Jul
US Treasury hits Iran with fresh sanctions hours after Trump calls ceasefire 'over'
MENA11 Jun
U.S. airstrikes reported on southern Iran, Sirik and Bushehr coast
MENA10 Jun
Strait of Hormuz reopens after Trump’s ‘secret mission’ — but the closure, the helicopter loss, and the rhetoric point to a wider contest over the chokepoint
MENA10 Jun
Tehran Air Defences Engage Over Western Districts Amid Reports of Drone Activity
MENA10 Jun
Israeli army orders shelter-in-place for Zarit as security incident unfolds on Lebanese border
MENA10 Jun
US strikes on Sirik cut water supply to roughly 20,000 in Iran's Hormozgan, Iranian officials say
MENA10 Jun
Trump signals broader Iran strikes as energy sites enter targeting frame
MENA10 Jun
Trump threatens 'very hard' strike on Iran as deal window narrows
MENA10 Jun
War premium returns to the travel sector as Trump warns Iran of a price
MENA10 Jun
Drone sirens in Western Galilee revive questions over Hezbollah's northern front
MENA10 Jun
Gold slides as Middle East peace hopes recede, leaving traders to reprice risk
MENA10 Jun
Trump pulls back from 'close to a deal' line, opens door to new strikes on Iran
MENA10 Jun
Israeli strike hits Homin al-Fouqa in Lebanon's Nabatieh district, Iranian-aligned outlets report
MENA10 Jun
IRGC shoots down US MQ-9 over the Strait of Hormuz as nuclear-track diplomacy reportedly advanced
MENA10 Jun
Explosions reported on Iran’s Qeshm Island as Strait of Hormuz tensions build
MENA10 Jun
IDF widens evacuation orders in south Lebanon as IRGC threat draws no Israeli pullback
MENA10 Jun
US strikes Iranian military sites; Tehran dismisses threats and predicts American withdrawal
MENA10 Jun
US strikes southern Iran after helicopter incident, raising fresh ceasefire questions
MENA10 Jun
US and Iran trade strikes overnight as Tel Aviv watches the escalator
MENA10 Jun
Strikes on Iran resume as diplomatic track narrows: what the third round tells us
MENA09 Jun
Iran strikes Kurdish positions in Iraqi Kurdistan with drones and short-range missiles
MENA09 Jun
US strikes inside Iran after helicopter shootdown: what the wires say and what they don't
MENA09 Jun
Strikes Reported Near Erbil as US Jet Activity Spreads Across Iraqi Airspace
MENA09 Jun
Trump says Iran downed an Apache over Hormuz and warns of a US response — a deal, a strike, or both?
MENA09 Jun
Trump demands US response to Iranian downing of helicopter, exposing fault line with Netanyahu
MENA09 Jun
Israel strikes Tyre for first time, marking a widening of southern Lebanon operations
MENA09 Jun
Iran's geography becomes a weapon: a wider Middle East war nobody can close
MENA09 Jun
IDF signals lower political threshold for Beirut strikes as Israeli drones circle the Lebanese capital
MENA09 Jun
Two air-defence operators killed as Israeli strikes on Iran enter a second day
MENA09 Jun
Iran's World Cup fans lose their seats days before kickoff
MENA09 Jun
Trump's 'final throes' Iran pitch meets $100 oil: a deal the market doesn't believe
MENA09 Jun
China urges restraint as US-Iran diplomacy enters what Beijing calls a 'critical stage'
MENA09 Jun
Iran's lakes are vanishing — and the new war has made it worse
MENA09 Jun
Iran's proposed Hormuz transit fee lands as China's oil demand slides to an eight-year low
MENA09 Jun
Israel's envoy opens a two-week horizon on the Iran war, as Hebrew press reads Tehran as the one that "said the last word"
MENA09 Jun
Trump's Iran bet meets an unforgiving domestic clock
MENA09 Jun
Beirut strike and a 'two-week' horizon: reading Israel's public framing of the war with Iran
MENA09 Jun
Israel and Iran trade strikes as Trump's grip on the ceasefire shows its first visible cracks
MENA08 Jun
Trump's warning shot: Netanyahu told he would fight Iran 'on his own' if he reopens the war
MENA08 Jun
Patriot intercepts missile over Erbil as Iranian-aligned strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan resume
MENA08 Jun
Missile interception over Erbil revives questions over Iraq's airspace and US posture in the north
MENA08 Jun
Aoun tells CNN Beirut is negotiating a non-aggression pact with Israel; Hezbollah-aligned outlets reject the framing
MENA08 Jun
Iran declares operations against Israel over, warns of harsher response if Lebanon strikes continue
MENA08 Jun
Israel widens evacuation warnings around Tyre as strikes hit southern Lebanese coast
MENA08 Jun
Iran's security chief stages a 47-year anniversary as warning to Washington and Tel Aviv
MENA08 Jun
Iran shutters civilian airspace nationwide as regional tension with Israel escalates
MENA08 Jun
Israeli helicopter strike on western Gaza City underscores a war measured in tonnage and emissions
MENA08 Jun
Trump claims Israel-Iran 'immediate ceasefire' after Israeli strike on Iran
MENA08 Jun
Israel strikes targets in Tehran as city opens underground shelters
MENA08 Jun
Unconfirmed Iranian strike on Prince Sultan Air Base tests Tehran's deniability doctrine
MENA08 Jun
Israel strikes Mehrabad and Isfahan in overnight operation against Iranian military targets
MENA08 Jun
Trump tells Netanyahu to stand down as Iran opens 'full week' of strikes
MENA08 Jun
Trump publicly orders Netanyahu to absorb Iran's strike and sign the deal
MENA07 Jun
Trump to Tehran: 'get back to the table' — and to Netanyahu: 'don't strike back'
MENA07 Jun
Iran launches missiles at Israel hours after Beirut strike; intercept operation underway
MENA07 Jun
Gaza City strikes kill 13, wound dozens in morning of hospital-sourced reports
MENA07 Jun
US weighs using Iranian assets to rebuild Gulf allies struck by Tehran
MENA07 Jun
Pentagon places Israel in 'critical' counterintelligence category over Iran-talks spying
MENA07 Jun
100 days into the war on Iran: a political test, an oil collapse, and no off-ramp
MENA06 Jun
Casualties, Censorship, and the Closed Door: Reading the Northern Front Through Iranian Wires
MENA06 Jun
Pakistan's interior minister arrives in Tehran for US-Iran mediation push
MENA06 Jun
Israeli airstrike hits displacement tents in Gaza City's Al-Rimal, hospital sources report at least six dead
MENA06 Jun
Israeli drone strike kills Lebanese Army officer, Iran-aligned outlets report
MENA06 Jun
Israeli drone strike kills Lebanese Army brigadier on Khardali–Nabatieh road
MENA06 Jun
Iran fires drones at Strait of Hormuz, warns US bears 'consequences' for any full closure
MENA06 Jun
Iranian State Media Reports Major Strikes on Kuwait and Bahrain; Independent Confirmation Pending
MENA05 Jun
US strikes Iranian radar sites after downing four drones near Strait of Hormuz
MENA05 Jun
Surface-to-Air, Not Surface-to-Town: Inside Two Hours of Lebanon Border Alerts
MENA05 Jun
Putin's SPIEF pitch: Chinese AI applause, a Rosatom sales drive, and a warning about reserve seizures
MENA05 Jun
Hezbollah publishes Ababil drone footage claiming Merkava strikes in south Lebanon
MENA05 Jun
Bessent tells Congress the Iran conflict has 'halted' — now the House wants to legislate it that way
MENA05 Jun
Barak warns Netanyahu has locked Israel into 'war of attrition' in Lebanon
MENA04 Jun
The ceasefire that isn't: Trump's Hezbollah claims, the Hormuz ultimatum, and the Iran nuclear file
MENA04 Jun
US State Department Renews Level 4 Travel Advisories for Iran, Iraq, Syria, Gaza and Yemen
MENA04 Jun
Zelensky's letter, Putin's 'ready,' and the $250 billion Russia-China trade
MENA04 Jun
Tehran stages ten-kilometre Ghadir festival as state media projects mass turnout
MENA04 Jun
Israel and Lebanon agree to a ceasefire. The army isn't standing down.
MENA04 Jun
The US–Iran ceasefire that isn't one
MENA04 Jun
Trump takes ownership of the Iran war — and the Lebanon ceasefire with it
MENA04 Jun
Hezbollah publicly rejects Lebanon–Israel ceasefire a day after US-brokered announcement
MENA03 Jun
House votes 215-208 to curb Trump's Iran war — but legal ground is shakier than the politics
MENA03 Jun
Aid to partnership: Netanyahu's twin signals to Washington and Tehran
MENA03 Jun
Trump admits to mixed messaging on Iran as US oil reserves hit a 2004 low
MENA03 Jun
Trump's Iran claim meets a drained reserve: a day of presidential optimism and material strain
MENA03 Jun
Battered but unbowed: Trump's interim Iran endgame
MENA03 Jun
Hezbollah rejects Israeli claims about Tebnin hospital, appeals to UN
MENA03 Jun
Iran strikes Kuwait: Gulf patience is now on the clock
MENA03 Jun
Trump's $100 billion, 94-day Iran war — and the 'fucking crazy' Netanyahu call
MENA03 Jun
Iran strikes Kuwait airport in first direct hit on a Gulf state
MENA03 Jun
Iranian strikes hit Kuwait airport terminal and two military bases
MENA03 Jun
10–15% global airfare rise: one Russian source, four Iranian state-media channels, and the data that isn't there
MENA03 Jun
Eurozone inflation hits 3.2% on Middle East energy shock
MENA03 Jun
IRGC claims strikes on US Fifth Fleet and air base after alleged tanker attack near Hormuz
MENA02 Jun
Telegram channels claim Iranian strikes on Saudi Arabia and UAE; no wire confirmation
MENA02 Jun
Sirens Activated Across Kuwait as Regional Tensions Escalate
MENA02 Jun
Armed Clashes Reported in Damascus Suburb of Zakieh
MENA02 Jun
Iranian State Media Documents National Street Celebrations Across Multiple Cities on June 2, 2026
MENA02 Jun
Israel Extends Displacement Orders to Tyre's Christian Quarter
MENA02 Jun
Merz Demands Hezbollah Disarm While Pressuring Israel on Ceasefire Compliance
MENA02 Jun
Israeli Military Conducts Lebanon Border Evacuations Following Hezbollah Drone Strikes
MENA02 Jun
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Largest Palestinian Refugee Camp in Lebanon as Washington-Brokered Talks Continue
MENA02 Jun
Washington Talks Open as Israel-Hezbollah Strikes Persist
MENA02 Jun
Israeli Strikes Kill Five in Lebanon Hours After Trump Declared De-escalation
MENA02 Jun
Trump-Netanyahu Call Exposes Fragile Ceasefire Architecture as Leaked Narrative Collides With Diplomatic Reality
MENA02 Jun
Trump's Iran Signals Contradict on Same Day as Nuclear Talks Enter Critical Phase
MENA02 Jun
Eisenkot Labels Lebanon Ceasefire Push a Surrender as Trump-Netanyahu Rift Surfaces
MENA02 Jun
Hezbollah Releases FPV Footage of Lebanon Strikes as Lebanon, Israel Reportedly Agree to US Ceasefire Framework
MENA02 Jun
Iran Nuclear Talks Accelerate as US Prosecution of Alleged Militant Unfolds in Parallel
MENA02 Jun
Nahid Kiani Set for Nagoya Asian Games After Fellow Iranian Olympian Nematzadeh Rules Herself Out With Torn Cruciate Ligament
MENA02 Jun
Iran's Parliament Speaker Warns of Regional Escalation in Call with Lebanese Counterpart
MENA02 Jun
Hezbollah Strikes Third Israeli Merkava Tank in Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Escalation Deepens
MENA01 Jun
Hezbollah Rocket Barrage Into Upper Galilee Prompts Mass Sirens Across Northern Israel
MENA01 Jun
Trump Touts Iran Deal as Victory as Israel Queries Ceasefire Formula
MENA01 Jun
Ceasefire in Name Only: Beirut Deal Leaves Lebanon's South in the Crossfire
MENA01 Jun
Trump Ceasefire Announcement Leaves Key Questions on Israel-Lebanon Terms
MENA01 Jun
Trump Announces Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire; Tel Aviv Reports No Advance Warning
MENA01 Jun
Trump Declares Indifference as US-Iran Nuclear Talks Collapse
MENA01 Jun
Oil Surges Past $94 as US and Iran Exchange Strikes Near Strait of Hormuz
MENA01 Jun
Saudi Arabia Condemns Israeli Incursion as Beirut's Southern Suburbs Face Evacuation Orders
MENA01 Jun
Iran's Bezeshkian Warns of Hormuz Showdown as Diplomatic Channel Collapses
MENA01 Jun
Iran Confirms US Ceasefire, Demands Full Regional Truce Including Lebanon
MENA01 Jun
Hezbollah's Shadow Over Beirut: Lebanese Military Moves as Cross-Border Strikes Intensify
MENA01 Jun
Iran and US Trade Strikes Near Strait of Hormuz as Oil Markets Feel the Squeeze
MENA01 Jun
Macron pushes for Iran-US deal as Tehran flags deep mistrust in diplomatic back-channel
MENA01 Jun
IRGC Strikes Israeli Airbase as Tehran Signals Economic Leverage Over Strait of Hormuz
MENA01 Jun
Iran Executes Two for Roles in 1404 Events, State Media Reports
MENA01 Jun
Iran Executes Two Over 1404 Protest-linked Arson Cases
MENA01 Jun
US Strikes Iranian Drone Sites in Gulf: Escalation or Calculated Response?
MENA01 Jun
Gaza Strike Kills Two as Israeli Ministers Face Scrutiny Over Remarks in New York
MENA01 Jun
Oil Surges as Israel's Lebanon Offensive Deepens, UN Security Council Convenes
MENA31 May
Hezbollah Drone Strike Hits Israeli Military Site Near Beit Hillel; Four Soldiers Wounded
MENA31 May
Three Rockets Fired from Lebanon to Upper Galilee; Tiberias Sirens Sound for First Time Since Ceasefire
MENA31 May
Multiple Explosions Reported in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
MENA31 May
Trump Speaks Directly to Syria's al-Sharaa — a Diplomatic Threshold Crossed
MENA31 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Tyre District as Cross-Border Hostilities Intensify
MENA31 May
Supreme Leader Dead, Region Braces as Iran Nuclear Talks Collapse
MENA31 May
Trump Signals Harder Line on Iran as Stalled Talks Enter New Phase
MENA31 May
Ghalibaf's First Mandate: No Deal Without Tangible Results
MENA31 May
Beaufort Falls, Tehran Burns: Israel's Double Strike Reshapes the Lebanon-Iran Front
MENA31 May
Drone Alert Sirens Active Across Northern Israel Border Zone, Multiple Communities Affected
MENA31 May
Escalation Along Israel's Northern Border as Rocket Alerts Spread Across Galilee
MENA31 May
Israeli Airstrike Damages Ambulance in South Lebanon
MENA31 May
IRGC Says It Shot Down US MQ-1 Predator Drone Over Iranian Territorial Waters
MENA31 May
Israeli Military Confirms Soldier Killed as Airstrikes Hit Southern Lebanon
MENA31 May
Israeli Forces Report Casualties as Cross-Border Strikes Hit Southern Lebanon
MENA31 May
US Issues Military Warning to Iran as Diplomatic Window Narrows
MENA31 May
Israeli Naval and Artillery Fire Reported Near Khan Yunis as Gaza Offensive Enters 20th Month
MENA31 May
Iran Nuclear Talks Near Collapse as Enrichment Deadline Passes
MENA31 May
Hezbollah Escalates Southern Lebanon Operations as Ceasefire Frays
MENA30 May
Lebanon Demands Ceasefire as Israel Strikes Spread Beyond Prior Targets
MENA30 May
Lebanon Says Israeli Strikes Expanding Beyond Stated Targets as Ceasefire Frays
MENA30 May
Iran State Media Outlines $12 Billion Asset-Release Claim in Emerging US-Iran Framework
MENA30 May
US Navy Intercepts Another Commercial Vessel Bound for Iran Amid Rising Maritime Tensions
MENA30 May
Lebanese Health Ministry Reports 3,371 Dead in Cross-Border Fighting Since March
MENA30 May
Iran Tightens Grip on Strait of Hormuz as Regional Conflict Escalates Energy Risk
MENA30 May
Israeli Forces Cross the Litani River for First Time Since 2006, Entering Nabatieh City
MENA30 May
Israeli Strikes Target Lebanese Army Vehicle as Ceasefire Architecture Shows Fresh Fractures
MENA30 May
Trump's Hormuz Dilemma: War, Ceasefire, or a Nuclear Deal That Neither Side Wants
MENA30 May
Iran Drone Interception and Hormuz Standoff Deepen Energy Risk
MENA30 May
U.S. Missile Stockpile Depletion Exposes Strategic Vulnerability After Iran Strikes
MENA30 May
Trump Signals Conditions for Iran Nuclear Talks but Holds Back From Decision
MENA30 May
UFC at the White House and the Dimming of an Iran Deal
MENA30 May
Iran Rejects Trump’s ‘Breakthrough' Claim as Nuclear Talks Enter Critical Phase
MENA30 May
Trump Leaves Situation Room Without Final Call on Iran Deal
MENA29 May
Israeli Military Operations Deepen Lebanon Incursion as Diplomatic Window Narrows
MENA29 May
Israeli Airstrikes Target Qatrani in Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Hostilities Escalate
MENA29 May
Iran Denies Breakthrough in US Nuclear Talks as Market Wagers Shift
MENA29 May
UAE Airstrikes on Iran Redraw Gulf Security Lines as Nuclear Deadline Nears
MENA29 May
Hezbollah AI Video and Tank Strike Footage Escalate Lebanon Messaging War
MENA29 May
Iran Nuclear Escalation Deepens as US Military Warnings Mount
MENA29 May
Iran Blockade Intensifies as US Intercepts 115 Vessels, Trump Claims Strikes Thwarted Nuclear Timeline
MENA29 May
Israeli Ground Forces Advance North of Litani River as Airstrikes Pound Southern Lebanon
MENA29 May
Trump's Iran Gamble: The Unspoken Suez Analogy
MENA29 May
Israel Issues Displacement Orders for Six South Lebanon Towns as Airstrikes Intensify
MENA29 May
Hormuz in the Crossfire: Iran's IRGC Claims Normal Shipping Amid Regional Strike Reports
MENA29 May
NYC Mayor Skips Israel Day Parade for First Time in Six Decades, Condemns War on Iran
MENA29 May
Netanyahu Defends 70% Gaza Seizure as Ceasefire Correction, Raises Energy Route Prospect
MENA29 May
Iran's Uranium Calculus and the Art of State Theater
MENA29 May
Trump's Iran Ultimatum and the Reckoning Neither Washington Nor Tel Aviv Expected
MENA29 May
Hezbollah Releases Footage of Coordinated FPV Drone Strikes Along Lebanon Border
MENA29 May
Netanyahu Orders IDF to Seize 70 Percent of Gaza Strip, Leaked Video Shows
MENA29 May
Ceasefire Before the Storm: US-Iran Talks Shadowed by Fresh Airstrikes
MENA28 May
Iran Condemns US Sanctions Threats Against Oman, Calls Move Illegal
MENA28 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Khan Yunis Police Positions as Ground Operations Escalate in Southern Gaza
MENA28 May
Trump's Iran Card: White House Maintains Pressure as Nuclear Talks Reach Critical Juncture
MENA28 May
Bessent Claims Regime Renormalization as US-Iran Ceasefire Extends and Markets Rally
MENA28 May
US Strikes on Iran Rattle Markets as Inflation Spikes and Crypto Bleeds $80 Billion
MENA28 May
Bessent Warns Global Airlines Against Serving Sanctioned Iranian Carriers
MENA28 May
Bessent Warns Oman of Sanctions Over Hormuz Tolling Proposal
MENA28 May
US and Iran Agree to 60-Day Ceasefire Extension, Awaiting Trump's Approval
MENA28 May
Israel Strikes Southern Beirut as 24 Soldiers Killed in Hezbollah Attacks
MENA28 May
Israeli Strike Targets Hezbollah Missile Chief in Beirut
MENA28 May
US Weapons Stockpile Drain Puts Pressure on Military Flexibility as Iran Nuclear Talks Remain Uncertain
MENA28 May
Iraqi Lawmakers Dig In Against Dissolution of Hashd al-Shaabi Militia Forces
MENA28 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Tyre for Second Time in Weeks as Ceasefire Frays
MENA28 May
Israeli Strikes Hit Southern Lebanon City of Tire, Killing Six
MENA28 May
Oil Surges 4% as US-Iran Standoff Tests Limits of Both Military and Diplomatic Options
MENA28 May
Kuwait air defenses engage hostile missiles and drones as sirens sound across the country
MENA28 May
Israeli Forces Strike Southern Lebanon as Hezbollah Drone Capabilities Expose Operational Gaps
MENA28 May
Trump Demands More as US Strikes Iran Site and Talks Stall
MENA28 May
Israel Strikes Sidon and Kafra in扩展Lebanon Military Campaign
MENA27 May
U.S. Strikes Iran Military Site Near Bandar Abbas as Tensions Escalate in Gulf
MENA27 May
Trump Threatens to 'Blow Up' Oman, Then Assures Ally 'They'll Be Fine'
MENA27 May
Trump and Tehran Trade Hormuz Ultimatums as Nuclear Talks Falter
MENA27 May
IDF Strikes Two Prominent Hamas Members in Northern Gaza as Rafah Operation Enters New Phase
MENA27 May
Trump Declares 'Regime Change' in Iran, Rules Out Sanctions Relief for Nuclear Concessions
MENA27 May
Trump Says No Iran Deal Yet, But Announcement May Come Within Hours
MENA27 May
Iran signals 60-day ceasefire while military channels broadcast harder line
MENA27 May
Trump's Iran Deal Pressure Campaign Meets Bolton's 'Desperate' Diagnosis
MENA27 May
Iranian State Media Reports Draft US-Iran Memorandum Includes Military Pullback, Naval Blockade Lifting
MENA27 May
Iran's Araghchi Frames Eid Solidarity as Regional Counter-Narrative to Western Pressure
MENA27 May
US Strikes Iran as Ceasefire Collapses and Energy Bills Rise
MENA27 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Gaza City Residential Building; Netanyahu Confirms Lebanon Ground Operations
MENA27 May
Iranian Channels Release Footage Claiming US Jet Downed on Day 20 of Conflict
MENA27 May
US military posture shift rattles NATO allies as Iran ceasefire dispute escalates
MENA27 May
Faith Amid the Rubble: Gazans Mark Eid al-Adha in the Shadow of Destruction
MENA27 May
Explosions Rock Beirut Suburb as Uncertainty Clouds Cause
MENA27 May
Iran's Domestic Railcar Push and Smart Grid Enforcement: Tehran's Dual Infrastructure Gambit
MENA27 May
Israeli Airstrikes Kill 31 in Southern Lebanon, Health Ministry Says
MENA27 May
Sirens in Kiryat Shmona expose fragility of Israel–Lebanon border ceasefire
MENA26 May
Fifty-Fifty: The Nuclear Deal That Could Reshape Middle East Energy Politics
MENA26 May
Israeli Airstrikes Pound Lebanon as Hezbollah Drone Footage Emerges, Casualties Reported
MENA26 May
Israeli Airstrikes Kill at Least 13 in Gaza, Hospital Sources Say
MENA26 May
Iran Restores Internet Access as Diplomatic Pressure Mounts Over Ceasefire Allegations
MENA26 May
Israel Says It Killed a Senior Hamas Commander as Strikes Pound Western Gaza
MENA26 May
Iran Signals Openness to 'Dignified Framework' for Ending Regional Tensions on Eid Al-Adha
MENA26 May
Oman's Sultan and Iran's Pezeshkian Phone Home — Gulf Diplomatic Season Opens Quietly
MENA26 May
India-US Minerals Deal Deepens as US-Iran Talks Stall Over Strike Fallout
MENA26 May
Iran's Internet Opens as Peace-Deal Probability Rises: Three Signals Washington is Reading
MENA26 May
Trump's Abraham Accords Demand Tests Tehran's Red Lines as Iran Reconnects to Global Internet
MENA26 May
Rubio Demands Hormuz Stay Open as Iran Shifts from Tolls to 'Environmental Fees'
MENA26 May
US Strikes Iran as Diplomacy Accelerates: A Deal in the Balance
MENA26 May
Trump Vows Iran 'Never' Gets Nuclear Weapon as Tehran Reopens Internet
MENA26 May
Ceasefire Under Strain: US Calls Border Strikes 'Self-Defense' as Iran Rejects Pressure on Nuclear Talks
MENA26 May
Iran's Hormuz Gambit: Fees, Not Tolls
MENA26 May
US Strikes Southern Iran as Diplomatic Channels Remain Open
MENA26 May
Strikes and Ceasefire, Debt and Dollar: The Cost of Managing Iran
MENA26 May
U.S. Strikes Iranian Targets Near Bandar Abbas in Self-Defence Claim
MENA26 May
Eid in the Crossfire: Gaza's Humanitarian Crisis Reaches a New Threshold as Blockade Tightens
MENA25 May
US Conducts Self-Defense Strikes in Southern Iran as Ceasefire Collapse Looms
MENA25 May
Trump and Netanyahu Align on Uranium Demand as US-Iran Agreement Faces Backlash
MENA25 May
Israeli Strikes Kill 17 in Southern Lebanon as Escalation Accelerates
MENA25 May
Pakistan Rejects Trump's Normalization Offer, Citing Iran Ceasefire Leverage
MENA25 May
Qatar's $12 billion wager: Doha's humanitarian loan and the architecture of a U.S.-Iran deal
MENA25 May
Iran says a US deal is 'not imminent.' The markets think otherwise.
MENA25 May
Israeli Forces Launch Wave of Strikes on Tyre as Hezbollah Declares New Operations
MENA25 May
Israeli Forces Strike Palestinian Refugee Camp Near Tyre, Raising Civilian Harm Concerns
MENA25 May
Israel Issues Forced Displacement Orders Against Tyre, Al-Rashidieh Camp in South Lebanon
MENA25 May
Pope Leo XIV's AI Warning and the US-Iran Deal: Ethics, Oil, and a Shifting Middle East
MENA25 May
Berri Warns of Israeli Revenge as Lebanon Marks Liberation Anniversary
MENA25 May
Hezbollah Signals Sustained Resistance Despite Diplomatic Pressure as Ceasefire Talks Founder
MENA25 May
Oil Retreats as Tehran Reframes the Diplomatic Record on Iran Nuclear Talks
MENA25 May
IDF Confirms Two Combat Engineering Casualties in Southern Lebanon as Rubio Warns of Hezbollah Destabilisation Campaign
MENA25 May
Hezbollah Releases Drone Strike Footage as Israel Confirms Soldier Killed in Southern Lebanon
MENA25 May
Oil Slides 5% on US-Iran Deal Optimism. The Market Is Already Pricing In a Structural Shift.
MENA25 May
The Hormuz Question: Prediction Markets Are Betting on a US-Iran Deal. Washington Isn't Ready
MENA25 May
Markets Bet on Breakthrough, But Iran–US Nuclear Standoff Remains Far From Resolved
MENA24 May
Turkey-Syria Footprint Collides With Israeli Regional Calculations
MENA24 May
Israeli Forces Strike Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Escalation Enters New Phase
MENA24 May
Iran Sets Preconditions on Frozen Assets as Israel Strikes Southern Lebanon
MENA24 May
Israeli Forces Report Casualties in Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Strikes Escalate
MENA24 May
Iran Ceasefire Extension Nears as Uranium Dispute Deepens
MENA24 May
Iran's Hormuz Gambit: Sovereignty Claim Shadows Nuclear Talks as Oil Markets Hold Their Breath
MENA24 May
Lebanon Strike Tests Ceasefire as Trump Demands Iran Nuclear Dismantlement
MENA24 May
Trump Claims US-Iran Peace Deal Near Completion, Withholds Specifics
MENA24 May
Iran-US Talks: Why Hormuz Will Not Return to Pre-War Passage Terms
MENA24 May
US-Iran Nuclear Talks Advance as Ceasefire Extension Takes Shape
MENA24 May
Trump Claims US-Iran Deal Largely Negotiated as Tehran Pushes Back on Exemption Reports
MENA24 May
Hajj 2026: The Pilgrimage That War Cannot Stop
MENA24 May
Pakistan's Tehran diplomacy as Iran signals hard line on US talks
MENA24 May
Washington and Tehran Edge Toward 60-Day Ceasefire Framework, Axios Reports
MENA24 May
Trump Touts Israel Deal as Iran Closes Airspace and Refuses to Bend
MENA24 May
Trump's Iran Gambit: Deal or Blockade?
MENA23 May
Iran's Foreign Ministry invokes Sassanid-era diplomacy to frame US talks as capitulation
MENA23 May
Trump says Iran deal is 'largely negotiated' as market bets on Hormuz blockade lift
MENA23 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Three Towns in Southern Lebanon as Tensions Along Border Escalate
MENA23 May
Trump Tells Arab Leaders: Iran Nuclear Talks 'Very Close' as Wording Remains Final Hurdle
MENA23 May
Trump: 'I will not make a deal if it is not good for Israel'
MENA23 May
Iran Condemns Israeli Military Operations Against Lebanon, Escalating Regional Tensions
MENA23 May
US-Iran Ceasefire Extension Talks Enter Critical Window as Mediators Signal Progress
MENA23 May
Trump’s ‘United States of the Middle East’ Post Escalates US-Iran Confrontation Rhetoric
MENA23 May
Iran's Charm Offensive Runs Into the 9% Problem
MENA23 May
Israel Issues Evacuation Warnings for Southern Lebanon Villages as Drone Strikes and Night Raids Intensify
MENA23 May
Israeli Forces Intensify Operations in Eastern Gaza City Neighborhoods
MENA23 May
Iran Grounds Western Tehran Airspace as Nuclear Talks Near Collapse
MENA23 May
Gulf Allies Urge Trump to Spare Iran as Hawkish Signals Multiply
MENA23 May
The Fiscal Aftershock: How the Iran Conflict Is Stress-Testing the Global Financial Safety Net
MENA23 May
Iran's New Hormuz Map Extends Mariners' Gulf Ordeal as Subsea Cable Risk Grows
MENA23 May
Iran Hardens Nuclear Line as Pakistan Army Chief Visits Tehran
MENA23 May
Israel's Shadow Air Campaign Over Iraq: What the Jets Above Baghdad Tell Us
MENA22 May
Iran's Military Drums Beat Louder as US Shipping Blockade Tightens
MENA22 May
Israeli Forces Press Operations Across Northern and Central Gaza on 22 May 2026
MENA22 May
Iran's Diplomatic Red Line: 'Rights, Not Concessions' Reshapes the Nuclear Talks Frame
MENA22 May
US-Iran Talks Advance But Uranium Demand Threatens Deal Collapse
MENA22 May
Gulf Monarchies Push Back Against Trump Iran War Plans as Regional Tensions Simmer
MENA22 May
Israeli Strikes Hit Three Lebanese Border Villages as Cross-Border Tensions Escalate
MENA22 May
Lebanese health ministry reports 3,111 dead as Israeli strikes enter third month
MENA22 May
Rubio Tells NATO Allies Trump Is 'Very Disappointed' Over Iran Stance As Base Access Tensions Mount
MENA22 May
Hezbollah Claims Drone Strike on Israeli Barracks; Al Alam Reports Casualties, Helicopter Evacuations
MENA22 May
Video Evidence Emerges of Israeli Strike on Lebanese Paramedics Near Border
MENA22 May
Israeli Strikes Hit Multiple Targets Across Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Escalation Continues
MENA22 May
US Freezes Taiwan Arms Sale as Iran Deal Signals Push Oil Below $90
MENA22 May
Iran Tightens Grip on Hormuz: The Diplomatic and Military Architecture of a Vital Chokepoint
MENA22 May
Trump's Iran Gambit Strains NATO — And Sends a Message on Energy Prices
MENA22 May
US Sanctions Iran's Incoming Beirut Envoy as Diplomatic Outreach Collides With Maximum Pressure
MENA22 May
Oil Markets Price In the Fallacy of a Quick Iran Resolution
MENA22 May
Trump's Uranium Vow Reshapes the US-Iran Calculus
MENA22 May
Trump's Iran Ultimatum and the Gasoline Pump arithmetic
MENA21 May
Iran Rallies Show Regime Cohesion Play — but Questions About Underlying Pressure Linger
MENA21 May
Israeli Forces Launch Fresh Raids on Three Southern Lebanese Towns
MENA21 May
Rubio Applies Iran Playbook to Cuba as Havana Draws Deeper Into Moscow–Beijing Orbit
MENA21 May
Activists Released by Israeli Forces Arrive in Istanbul as Ankara Reasserts Gaza Aid Stance
MENA21 May
Saudi Arabia's Dual Signal: Hajj as Resilience, Consultants as Transition
MENA21 May
Israeli Quadcopter Strike Kills 13-Year-Old in Northern Gaza
MENA21 May
Saudi Arabia Tightens the Belt as Iran Conflict Drains State Coffers
MENA21 May
Settler Violence Surges Across West Bank as Accountability Gap Widens
MENA21 May
Arab Normalization Under Strain: Political Pressure vs Commercial Reality in Gulf-Israeli Relations
MENA21 May
42 Aircraft, $29 Billion: What the Congress Report Reveals About US Military Costs in Iran
MENA21 May
Iran's Strait of Hormuz Gambit Tests Gulf Diplomacy After Military Setback
MENA21 May
Iran's Military Reconstruction and the Limits of American Intelligence
MENA21 May
Pakistan Military Chief in Tehran as Iran Confirms US Backchannel Talks
MENA21 May
India reads the oil signal: what US-Iran talks mean for the subcontinent
MENA21 May
A Yemeni Cartoonist's Provocative Portrait of Syria's New Leader
MENA21 May
Israel Accused of Sexual Assault, Beatings Against Captured Flotilla Activists
MENA21 May
IRGC Navy Warns US Against Military Action to Reopen Strait of Hormuz
MENA21 May
Gaza Ceasefire Collapses Under Its Own Contradictions
MENA20 May
Iran Signals Readiness to Deploy New Weapons Amid Rising US Tension
MENA20 May
Israeli Airstrikes Pound Southern Lebanon as Border Tensions Escalate
MENA20 May
Israeli Strikes Hit Three Southern Lebanese Villages in Rapid Succession
MENA20 May
Gaza Strikes Intensify as Evacuation Orders Expand and Eid Preparations Collapse
MENA20 May
Trump-Netanyahu Call Exposes Sharpening Fault Line Over Iran Nuclear Approach
MENA20 May
Trump's Iran Deal Claims Meet a 17% Market Verdict
MENA20 May
ADNOC Chief Sounds Alarm on Hormuz as UAE Positions Itself at the Pivot Point of U.S.-Gulf Architecture
MENA20 May
Iran's New Diplomatic Architecture Takes Shape as Araghchi Marks First Major Commemoration
MENA20 May
Iran's Ideological Translation Project: Three Languages, One Revolutionary Narrative
MENA20 May
Trump and Vance Speak With Divided Voice on Iran War — and the Contradiction Tells a Story
MENA20 May
UAE's OPEC Exit and the Quiet Realignment of Global Energy
MENA20 May
Hezbollah Claims Missile Strike Wounds Israeli Armored Commander in Southern Lebanon
MENA20 May
Chinese Tankers Break Through Strait of Hormuz Standoff as US-Iran Talks Signal De-escalation
MENA20 May
UN Expert Alarms Over Israeli Fire on Gaza Flotilla as Rafah Shelling Continues
MENA20 May
Trump signals Iran military window of 2-3 days, claims war support underestimated
MENA20 May
Senate Advances Resolution Curbing Presidential War Powers in Iran
MENA20 May
Senate Rebukes Trump on Iran War Authority as Congress tallies 42 US Aircraft Lost or Damaged
MENA19 May
Trump-Backed Ed Gallrein Defeats Thomas Massie in Kentucky's Costliest House Primary
MENA19 May
Vance's Iran 'Reset' Comes With a Loaded Disclaimer
MENA19 May
Hezbollah Claims Anti-Tank Ambush in Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Strikes Intensify
MENA19 May
Vance draws red lines on Iran nuclear programme as uranium-for-peace talks surface
MENA19 May
Hezbollah Claims Drone Strikes on Israeli Military Positions Along Lebanon Border
MENA19 May
The Timing Problem: Why Israel's Delayed Strike on Iran May Backfire
MENA19 May
Trump Signals Iran Strike Within Days as Hormuz Standoff Intensifies
MENA19 May
UAE Says Drones Targeting Barakah Nuclear Plant Launched From Iraq; Saudi Air Defenses Intercept Separate UAV Wave
MENA19 May
IDF Sexual Assault Complaints Nearly Double in Five Years as Military Grapples With Accountability Crisis
MENA19 May
Israel Conducts Third Strike on Tire District in Single Morning
MENA19 May
Oil Markets Tighten as Iran War Escalation Risks Complicate Global Energy Calculus
MENA19 May
Tehran's Telegram Seminary: How Khamenei's Channel Weaponises Daily Quran Recitation for Political Audiences
MENA19 May
Tehran's Infrastructure Push: Raisi's Economic Vision Moves From Memorial to Policy
MENA19 May
Iran Khodro Reopens Sales Scheme as Markets Price 39% Chance of Airspace Closure
MENA19 May
IEA Warns of Accelerating Fuel Crisis as Oil Reserves Deplete
MENA19 May
$25 Billion in Corporate Losses and a 39% Airspace Closure Probability: Iran's Economic War Enters a New Phase
MENA19 May
Energy Reserves Drain and the $180 Scenario: How the Iran Conflict Is Reshaping Global Oil Markets
MENA19 May
Hezbollah releases footage of anti-tank strike on Israeli Merkava in southern Lebanon
MENA18 May
Treasury Grants Russian Oil Waiver as Iran Tensions Roil Energy Markets
MENA18 May
Trump says Iran strikes called off — but three administrations have made the same promise
MENA18 May
Gulf Diplomacy Derails Trump's Iran Strike: Regional Powers Assert Leverage Over Washington
MENA18 May
Airstrike on Al-Faluja compounds Gaza's humanitarian crisis as rodent infestation spreads through displacement camps
MENA18 May
Iran's Kharg Terminal Falls Silent as Air Defenses Mobilise Near Strait of Hormuz
MENA18 May
Houthi Leader Warns of Israeli Entrenchment in Southern Syria as Regional Tensions Mount
MENA18 May
Iran Nuclear Talks on Brink as US Official Warns of 'Second Chances' Exhaustion
MENA18 May
U.S. Rejects Iran Proposal, Warns Military Action on Table
MENA18 May
Iran Says It Sent Proposals to Washington, Awaits Response as Nuclear Talks Narrative War Heats Up
MENA18 May
Israeli Naval Forces Intercept Gaza-Bound Vessel After Sea Pursuit
MENA18 May
Israeli Strikes Hit Multiple South Lebanon Towns as Ceasefire Push Falters
MENA18 May
Tehran's 'Two Layers' Problem: Inside Iran's State Media Rebuke of Western Binary Framing
MENA18 May
Iran Rejects U.S. Proposal Via Pakistan as Military Drill Imagery Circulates Online
MENA18 May
Iran's Five Conditions and a Warning to Washington: What Tehran's Latest Diplomatic Gambit Means
MENA18 May
Netanyahu Requests Three-Hour Testimony Cut as Trial Enters New Phase of Disruption
MENA18 May
Israeli Forces Resume Heavy Shelling of Khan Yunis as Southern Gaza Offensive Extends Into Fourth Week
MENA18 May
Trump Warns Iran's 'Clock Is Ticking' as Nuclear Talks Falter
MENA18 May
Intelligence Leak Contradicts 'American Victory' Narrative on Iran Strikes
MENA18 May
Trump's Iran Ultimatum Lands as State Department Restructures Under Duress
MENA18 May
Saudi Arabia Intercepts Three Drones From Iraqi Airspace, Reserves Right to Respond
MENA17 May
Iranian State Figure Laments War Martyredom at Tehran University as Tensions Simmer
MENA17 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Multiple Targets in Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Hostilities Escalate
MENA17 May
Trump Issues Ultimatum to Tehran as Iran Mobilises Civilian Population
MENA17 May
Trump Convenes Situation Room as Military Options Against Iran Return to the Table
MENA17 May
Lindsey Graham's Iran Calculus: 'Worth Losing My Job' for a Non-Nuclear Tehran
MENA17 May
The Draft Question Returns — and Silicon Valley's Defense Class Is Watching
MENA17 May
U.S. Airbridge Into Middle East Accelerates as Regional Tensions Deepen
MENA17 May
Lebanon Border Escalation: IDF Acknowledges Casualties as Cross-Border Exchange Intensifies
MENA17 May
Iranian Powerlifter Shatters World Records at Asian Championships in India
MENA17 May
Bitcoin Slides Below $79K as Macro Uncertainty and Iran Tensions Shake Crypto Markets
MENA17 May
Iran's Kharg Island Oil Storage: What Half-Full Tanks Tell Us About Tehran's Export Calculus
MENA17 May
Kazakhstan Sends Humanitarian Aid to Iran as Central Asian State Tests the Limits of Western Sanctions Architecture
MENA17 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Southern Lebanon as Ceasefire Tensions Resurface
MENA17 May
Nearly 200 Former Canadian Diplomats Call on Government to Impose Sanctions on Israel
MENA17 May
Iran Plans Toll System for World’s Most Strategic Oil Chokepoint
MENA17 May
British Arms Policy and the Antisemitism Question: Two Fronts of the Same Debate
MENA16 May
Bulgaria's Dara Wins Eurovision 2026 as Boycott Over Israel's Participation Casts Shadow Over Vienna Final
MENA16 May
Settler Violence in the West Bank: One Dog, One Village, and the Limits of Accountability
MENA16 May
Tunisian National Detained After Vehicle Attacks in Modena, Italy
MENA16 May
Israeli Strikes Hit Near School in Northern Gaza; Khan Younis Civilian Injury Reported
MENA16 May
Hezbollah Confirms Southern Lebanon Strike; IDF Reports Drone, Mortar Fire
MENA16 May
Gallant Says Israel Has Not Achieved Strategic Goals in Iran, Iranian Media Reports
MENA16 May
Trump Signals Iran Strike Decision Within 24 Hours as Uranium Site Claims Surface
MENA16 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Tyre Outskirts as Cross-Border Tensions Escalate
MENA16 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Southern Lebanese Villages as Conflict Enters New Phase
MENA16 May
Europe-Iran Naval Talks Signal Shifting Calculus in Gulf Standoff
MENA16 May
Settler Violence in Atarah: Dog Killing Adds to West Bank Civilian Harm Toll
MENA16 May
China Rebuffs US-Backed Hormuz Resolution, Complicating Gulf De-escalation Push
MENA16 May
Ferdowsi's Shadow: Iran Tries Cultural Diplomacy as US and Israel Signal Strikes
MENA12 May
Footage emerges of strikes on school in southern Iran as EU parliamentarian calls for investigation
MENA12 May
UN Records 40,000 West Bank Displacements Since January as Israeli Operations Intensify
MENA12 May
US Treasury Blacklists Chinese Entities in Latest Round of Iran-Linked Sanctions
MENA12 May
Strait of Hormuz Closure Forces Asian States to Rethink Energy Security Architecture
MENA12 May
The Iran Risk Premium: Why Wall Street's Middle East Bets Haven't Paid Off
MENA11 May
Iranian Officials Report US Strike on Civilian Vessel Near Hormozgan
MENA11 May
PalPay's USSD Expansion Brings Offline Digital Finance to Gaza
MENA11 May
Iran Reaffirms Opposition to Transferring Nuclear Material to United States
MENA11 May
Gamers Turn Up The Heat: Players Alliance Descends On EA HQ With 70,000-Strong Petition
MENA11 May
Satellite imagery and market odds put Iran's Kharg Island oil hub in focus
MENA11 May
US Navy Strikes Iranian Tankers in Gulf of Oman as Regional Tensions Escalate
MENA11 May
France's Mélenchon Declares Israel 'Most Dangerous Country in Region' — Inside the Fracture in French Diplomatic Identity
MENA11 May
Hezbollah missile strikes northern Israel as Gaza bombardment kills nine
MENA11 May
Twenty Thousand Seafarers Caught in the Crossfire of US-Iran Maritime Standoff
MENA09 May
Hormuz Flashpoints: Iran Balances US Proposal Against Naval Confrontation
MENA09 May
Trump's Iran 'Freedom Project' Has Not Revived — And May Not Be Worth Resurrecting
MENA09 May
US Naval Forces Fire on Iran-Flagged Tankers as Rubio Sets Diplomatic Deadline for Tehran
MENA09 May
ASEAN Navigates Iran War's Economic Shockwave as US-Iran Diplomacy Stalls
MENA09 May
When Presidential Offhand Remarks Move Markets
MENA08 May
Inside the Trump Administration's Iran Policy Reversal
MENA08 May
Iran claims missile capacity at 120% of pre-strike levels as US signals new China sanctions pressure
MENA08 May
Israeli Forces Expand Khan Younis Demolition Operations as Beach Camp Strikes Injure Four
MENA08 May
Israeli Strikes Kill More Than a Dozen in Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Exchange Intensifies
MENA08 May
Hezbollah Claims Multiple Strikes on Israeli Military Targets Along Southern Lebanon Border
MENA08 May
Israeli Military Reports False Radar Detection of Iranian Missile Launch
MENA08 May
Iran confirms review of US war proposal as proxy attacks on American facilities in Iraq near 600 incidents
MENA08 May
US and Iran Exchange Strikes in Strait of Hormuz Despite Ceasefire
MENA08 May
U.S. Navy, Iran Exchange Fire in Strait of Hormuz as Peace-Odds Wagers Sharply Adjust
MENA08 May
Japanese Automakers Face Dual Pressure as EV Transition Collides With Middle East Instability
MENA08 May
Trump, Xi, and the Iran Question: Can Beijing Deliver Stability?
MENA08 May
Trump's Iran Overture Revives a 2016 Critique He Once Made of His Own Party
MENA08 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Southern Lebanon Town of Doueir, Civilian Structures Damaged
MENA08 May
US Hosts Third Round of Israel-Lebanon Talks as Ceasefire Stalemate Persists
MENA08 May
US Destroyers Come Under Fire in Hormuz Strait as Oil Markets React
MENA08 May
Iranian diplomat's Arabic-language post triggers Gulf diplomatic tensions
MENA08 May
Trump's Hormuz Gambit: The Strait of Hormuz and the Iran Deal Gambler's Calculus
MENA08 May
Trump Admin Struck Iran Then Called It a "Caress" — While DOJ Probes $2.6 Billion in Suspicious Oil Trades
MENA07 May
Trump Claims US Destroyers Crossed Strait of Hormuz Under Fire
MENA07 May
US Strikes Iran Port Facilities; Tehran Claims Missile and Drone Attack on Three American Destroyers
MENA07 May
Iran Fires Missiles at US Warship in Strait of Hormuz After Tanker Seizure Attempt
MENA07 May
Explosions Reported Near Iran's Qeshm Island as Strait of Hormuz Tensions Escalate
MENA07 May
Washington to Host Third Round of Israel-Lebanon Talks as Ceasefire Diplomacy Intensifies
MENA07 May
Iran's New Hormuz Rules Turn Critical Waterway Into Negotiation Arena
MENA07 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Four Southern Lebanese Towns as Border Tensions Escalate
MENA07 May
Israel Strikes Beirut for First Time Since Ceasefire, Killing Hezbollah Commander
MENA07 May
Israeli Forces Intensify Strikes Across Southern Lebanon as Border Tensions Escalate
MENA07 May
Gazans Race to Save Rare Books as Israeli Airstrikes Continue
MENA07 May
Israeli Airstrikes Near Nabatieh Hospital Draw Hezbollah Drone Response as Cross-Border Violence Escalates
MENA07 May
Al-Hiya's Fourth Son Martyred as Hamas Leader Calls for International Ceasefire Pressure
MENA07 May
Iran Formalizes Strait of Hormuz Toll Ambitions with New Navigation Authority
MENA07 May
Shell's $6.9bn Quarter Exposes the Cost of Middle East Oil Volatility
MENA07 May
Switzerland Offers to Host Direct Iran-US Talks as Both Sides Signal Diplomatic Opening
MENA07 May
Gulf Economies Brace for Decades of Fallout as Iran Conflict Reshapes Regional Trade
MENA07 May
Trump's Advisors Sound the Alarm on Iran War's Political Costs as Fuel Prices Bite
MENA07 May
Trump Claims US Will Secure Iranian Uranium as Saudi Refusal Halts Covert Operation
MENA07 May
Hezbollah Claims 16 Cross-Border Strikes as Hamas Official Declares Gaza Resistance Unbroken
MENA06 May
Trump's Iran Diplomacy Walks a Fine Line Between Deal and Bombardment
MENA06 May
Israeli Strike Kills Senior Hamas Official's Son in Gaza City
MENA06 May
IDF Opens Inquiry After Image Appears to Show Soldier Desecrating Virgin Mary Statue in Southern Lebanon
MENA06 May
Trump's Iran Calculus: Regime Pressure, Nuclear Red Lines, and the Market as Scoreboard
MENA06 May
Israeli Airstrike Hits Beirut's Dahieh for First Time Since Ceasefire
MENA06 May
Israeli Airstrikes Target Southern Lebanon Towns of Kfar Tibnit and Touline
MENA06 May
Trump Sets May 14 Deadline for Iran Deal as Uranium-to-US Pledge Resurfaces
MENA06 May
Israel Deepens Strikes Across Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Exchanges Intensify
MENA06 May
Trump Pauses Project Freedom as Hormuz Talks Hang on Tehran's Terms
MENA06 May
Trump's Iran Ultimatum: Hormuz Pause Holds, But a Deal Remains Elusive
MENA06 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Lebanese Internal Security Forces Facility in Kfar Joz
MENA06 May
Israeli Strikes Target Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Tensions Escalate
MENA06 May
Trump Pauses Strait of Hormuz Operation, Citing ‘Great Progress’ on Iran Deal
MENA06 May
Trump Pauses Hormuz Operation as US-Iran Nuclear Talks Gain Momentum
MENA06 May
Chinese Firms Accused of Shipping Drone Parts to Iran and Russia Despite US Sanctions
MENA06 May
Saudi Arabia Posts Largest Budget Deficit Since 2018 as Diversification Push Strains Public Finances
MENA06 May
Turkey Unveils 'Yildirim Khan' Hypersonic Missile Project, 6,000 km Range Confirmed
MENA05 May
French Bulk Carrier Hit by Cruise Missile Off UAE Coast; CBS Cites American Officials
MENA05 May
Former IDF Chief Eisenkot Questions Netanyahu Government's Gaza Strategy
MENA05 May
Iran Attacks Two US Commercial Ships and Issues Warning to UAE Over American Military Presence
MENA05 May
Trump Tells Iran to 'Wave the White Flag' — But the Calculus in Tehran Is Harder Than It Looks
MENA05 May
Oil, Drones, and the Architecture of Evasion: How Iran and Hezbollah Adapt Under Pressure
MENA05 May
Trump's Economic Siege: How Washington Is Weaponising Finance Against Tehran
MENA05 May
US Intelligence Finds Iran War Has Barely Slowed Nuclear Programme
MENA05 May
Reports Emerge of Missiles Launched From Qeshm Island Toward UAE as Regional Alert Rises
MENA05 May
Iran Tells Regional Neighbours It Has No Hostility — But US Bases Remain the Red Line
MENA05 May
Hegseth Declares Iran "Trying to Subjugate the World" as Allies Show Measured Response
MENA05 May
Hezbollah Releases Footage of Drone Strike Destroying Israeli Merkava Tank in Southern Lebanon
MENA05 May
Gaza health crisis deepens as UNRWA documents surge in skin infections across Strip
MENA05 May
Gaza Health Ministry Reports Death Toll Has Reached 72,615 Since October 2023
MENA05 May
Madrid Draws the Line on Hormuz: Spain Refuses the Military Option as Iran Tightens Its Grip on the Oil Chokepoint
MENA05 May
Bitcoin Reclaims $81K as Iran Strike Tests Crypto's New Risk Architecture
MENA05 May
US Forces Sink Iranian Boats in Strait of Hormuz as Trump Warns Tehran of "Annihilation"
MENA05 May
US Air Force transport flights to Middle East fall silent as refuelling missions surge
MENA05 May
Hezbollah's Tactical Weather Gambit Exposes Fragility of Lebanon-Israel Ceasefire Talks
MENA05 May
Trump Issues Nuclear Ultimatum to Iran as Uranium Dispute Threatens Diplomatic Opening
MENA04 May
Trump Declares Iran's Highly Enriched Uranium a Non-Negotiable Red Line
MENA04 May
Thirteen Operations in Twenty-Four Hours: Hezbollah Tests the Ceasefire's Remnants
MENA04 May
Trump Declines to Confirm Iran Ceasefire Violated After Strait of Hormuz Strikes Hit UAE
MENA04 May
Ceasefire unraveling: Iran warns Gulf states as Israeli intelligence forecasts collapse within hours
MENA04 May
Israeli Strikes Hit Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Escalation Intensifies
MENA04 May
Blazes Strike Fujairah Oil Facilities as UAE Issues Air Alert, Three Reported Injured
MENA04 May
Escalation in the Gulf: Iranian Warning Shots and the Fractured Ceasefire Around Hormuz
MENA04 May
Iran Says Its Navy Blocked US Destroyers From Entering Strait of Hormuz
MENA04 May
IRGC releases operational map defining 'controlled zone' in Strait of Hormuz
MENA04 May
Iranian Forces Fire Two Missiles at US Naval Vessel Near Strait of Hormuz, State Media Reports
MENA04 May
Hezbollah Deputy Chief Rejects Ceasefire Framework, Declares Resistance Path Unchanged
MENA04 May
Iran Claims 'Guardian' Status of Hormuz as Allied Rifts Surface After Strike Wave
MENA04 May
Iran and Pakistan Foreign Ministers Hold Late-Night Diplomatic Call Amid Regional Tensions
MENA04 May
Trump Declares Naval Escort Mission for Ships Stranded at Strait of Hormuz
MENA04 May
Democratic Congressman Rips Trump’s Iran Stance as Economic Folly
MENA04 May
Trump Rejects Iran Peace Proposal as Military and Diplomatic Signals Diverge
MENA04 May
War Beyond the Battlefield: How US-Iran Hostilities Are Reshaping American Consumer Finance
MENA03 May
Syrian Transitional Government Forces Clash with Suwaydan National Guard Along Highway 109
MENA03 May
Iran Reviews US Written Response as Nuclear Talks Enter Critical Phase
MENA03 May
Iran's Nobel Laureate Remains in Critical Condition as Regime Signals Ambivalence on Diplomatic Opening
MENA03 May
US Military Personnel Missing in Morocco as Iran Proposes Peace Talks With Reservations
MENA03 May
Trump's Hormuz gambit: hardline rhetoric meets a skeptical market
MENA03 May
Hamas Decries Israeli Threats as Ceasefire Frays; US and Israel Reject Joint Palestinian Proposal
MENA03 May
Iran-aligned media sees UAE-Israel operational partnership as strategic turning point
MENA03 May
IDF Uncovers 80-Meter Hezbollah Tunnel in Lebanon as Cross-Border Strikes Continue
MENA03 May
IDF Destroys Hezbollah Underground Route in Southern Lebanon
MENA03 May
Iran and Oman Hold Diplomatic Call Amid Regional Realignment Pressures
MENA03 May
Iran sets one-month deadline for US to lift naval blockade in exchange for partial Hormuz reopening
MENA03 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Southern Lebanon Towns as Cross-Border Tensions Escalate
MENA03 May
World Press Freedom Day Arrives With Gaza's Journalists at Breaking Point
MENA03 May
Catholic Charity Condemns Israeli Destruction of Lebanon Convent as Operational Confusion Grips Southern Front
MENA03 May
Iran Sets One-Month Deadline for US as Strait of Hormuz Becomes Bargaining Chip
MENA03 May
Trump's Iran Remarks Trace a Logic From Blockade to Bombs
MENA03 May
Trump Rejects Iran's Peace Proposal, Warns Military Strikes Remain on the Table
MENA02 May
Tehran's Post-Ceasefire Reckoning: 673 Infections and the Limits of American Leverage
MENA02 May
Israeli Air Activity Over Suweida Raises Questions About Shifting Syrian Front Lines
MENA02 May
Trump Calls US Navy 'Pirates' as Satellite Imagery Undermines Iran's Naval Destruction Claims
MENA02 May
IRGC Quds Force Commander Labels Convoy Incident 'International Terrorism' in Tense Regional Statement
MENA02 May
Hezbollah Releases Drone Downed Over Lebanon as Ceasefire Tensions Mount
MENA02 May
Lebanon Conflict Casualties Near 10,700 Dead and Wounded as Health Ministry Revises Toll
MENA02 May
Israeli Forces Deny ICRC Access to Southern Lebanese Villages Amid Escalating Cross-Border Strikes
MENA02 May
Israeli Military Frustration Meets $8.6 Billion U.S. Weapons Sale as Lebanon Campaign Strains
MENA02 May
Israeli Forces Strike Multiple Targets in Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Hostilities Intensify
MENA02 May
Iran's Military Warns War With US Is 'Likely' as Berlin-Washington Rift Over Tehran Deepens
MENA02 May
Iran's Janfada Campaign Crosses 31 Million Participants, Framing It as Cultural Counter-Narrative
MENA02 May
Israeli Military Faces Rising Costs as Lebanon Incursion Stalls and Gaza Siege Deepens
MENA02 May
Israeli Forces Evacuate Nine Southern Lebanese Towns as Officials Warn of Strategic Entrapment
MENA02 May
Israeli Artillery Fire Hits Three Towns in Southern Lebanon as Border Tensions Escalate
MENA02 May
Trump says no early end to Iran war — but US troops remain in place as Congress gets conflicting signals
MENA02 May
Trump Declares Iran Operation 'Terminated,' Sidestepping Congress on 60-Day Deadline
MENA02 May
Trump Tells Congress Iran Operation Is Over — and That He Never Needed Them Anyway
MENA01 May
Sixty-Two Nights: Tehran's Choreographed Grief Machine
MENA01 May
Washington Abandons Its Gaza Post: What the Mission Closure Reveals About Trump's Peace Blueprint
MENA30 Apr
Putin Affirms Backing for Tehran as Russia-Iran Axis Hardens
MENA30 Apr
Europe Holds Firm on Iran Sanctions as Energy Bill Tops $32 Billion
MENA30 Apr
Hezbollah signals possible return to martyrdom operations along Lebanon border
MENA30 Apr
Putin Pledges Russian Support for Iranian Sovereignty as Regional Tensions Mount
MENA30 Apr
GCC Economies Braced for Sharpest Post-Pandemic Contraction as Regional War Complicates Fiscal Reset
MENA30 Apr
Israel Deploys Iron Dome and Ground Forces to UAE as Tehran Demands Compensation From Arab States
MENA30 Apr
Putin Offers to Broker Middle East Peace From a Convenient Distance
MENA30 Apr
Israeli Airstrike in South Lebanon Leaves Woman Trapped Under Rubble in Al-Sowanweh Village
MENA30 Apr
Virginia's Pension Fund Doubles Down on Israeli Arms Suppliers as Divestment Pressure Mounts
MENA30 Apr
Middle East Conflict Sends Shockwaves Through Global Electronics Supply Chain
MENA27 Apr
Iran and Russia Solidify Strategic Partnership in St. Petersburg Talks
MENA27 Apr
Lebanon Strikes, Trial Absence Expose Fractures in Ceasefire Information Landscape
MENA27 Apr
IDF Strikes Hezbollah Infrastructure in Bekaa and Southern Lebanon, Marking New Escalation
MENA27 Apr
Hezbollah Rejects Direct Talks With Israel, Warns Lebanese Government on Separate Track
MENA27 Apr
Fuel Costs Push American Shrimp Fishermen Off the Water as US-Iran Tensions Bite
MENA27 Apr
Iran Offers Nuclear Freeze and Strait of Hormuz Guarantee in Diplomatic Overture
MENA27 Apr
Sirens Ring Across Western Galilee as Israel Loses Track of Lebanon Border Movement
MENA27 Apr
Afghanistan's Mahirud-Farah Road Nears Completion, Redrawing Central Asian Trade Routes
MENA27 Apr
Iran Links Strait of Hormuz Access to End of Ukraine Conflict in New Diplomatic gambit
MENA27 Apr
Hezbollah Drones Target Israeli Helicopter Near Lebanon Border
MENA27 Apr
Lebanon Ceasefire Strains Under Deadliest Breach Since November Truce
MENA26 Apr
Israeli Forces Conduct West Bank Operation as Health Ministry Reports Hundreds of 'Infections' on Northern Front
MENA26 Apr
IDF Intercepts Hezbollah Drone During Southern Lebanon Evacuation, One Soldier Killed
MENA26 Apr
Mali Defense Minister Killed as Rebels Exploit Military Vacuum
MENA26 Apr
Israeli forces fire on northern Gaza, civilian injured in Al-Faluja amid continued operations
MENA26 Apr
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Southern Lebanon Towns Amid Rising Border Tensions
MENA26 Apr
Trump's Three-Day Iran Ultimatum Is Not Diplomacy — It Is Disinformation Theatre
MENA26 Apr
Trump Says Iran War Nearing End as US Military Pressure Mounts
MENA26 Apr
Israeli Airstrikes Kill Eight in Southern Lebanon, Escalating Cross-Border Tensions
MENA26 Apr
Israeli Forces Strike Multiple Towns in Southern Lebanon as Drone Attack Kills Soldiers
MENA26 Apr
Iran nuclear talks falter as economic pressure meets diplomatic urgency
MENA26 Apr
Oman's Sultan Hosts Iran's Araqchi in Muscat as Regional Diplomacy Circuit Reopens
MENA26 Apr
Lebanese Resistance Strikes IDF Positions in Tyre; Tel Aviv Reports Casualties
MENA26 Apr
Israeli Military Faces Credibility Crisis as Hezbollah Fighters Remain Embedded in Southern Lebanon
MENA26 Apr
Tehran Talks Down. The Markets Aren't Listening.
MENA26 Apr
Trump Reports Apparent Assassination Attempt at Campaign Event, Evacuated Safely
MENA26 Apr
Trump Disputes Iran Link in Journalists' Dinner Shooting; Suspect from California in Custody
MENA26 Apr
US Crypto Freeze on Iran Signals Escalation in Financial Warfare Tactics
MENA25 Apr
Iran's Reported Diplomatic Dead-End: What Wall Street's Record High Missed
MENA25 Apr
Israeli Ground Patrols Cross Into Southern Syria, Syrian Media Reports
MENA25 Apr
Iran Clears Hajj Hurdle as Saudi Arabia Welcomes Iranian Delegation
MENA25 Apr
Trump Cancels Iran Nuclear Talks, Then Receives Revised Offer Within Minutes
MENA25 Apr
Trump Abandons Pakistan Delegation as US-Iran Peace Talks Stall
MENA23 Apr
Iran's Trump Calculus: Leverage, Patience, and the Strait of Hormuz
MENA23 Apr
Trump Signals Patience on Iran Blockade as White House Weighs Strike Continuation
MENA23 Apr
Israel Warns of Iran War Return as Tehran Hardens Position on Uranium Demands
MENA23 Apr
Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire as Suspicious Oil Trades Draw Scrutiny
MENA23 Apr
Trump's 'Kill the Hardliners' Iran Post Exposes Diplomatic Contradiction at Core of Administration's Approach
MENA23 Apr
Gaza Ceasefire Fraying as Morning Strikes Kill Nine Including Three Children
MENA23 Apr
U.S. Forces Board Stateless Oil Tanker Carrying Iranian Cargo in Indian Ocean
MENA23 Apr
Hezbollah MP Rejects Direct Talks With Israel as Lebanon Ceasefire Holds Under Pressure
MENA23 Apr
Trump Sets Three-to-Five-Day Ceasefire Deadline for Iran as Talks Near Crossroads
MENA23 Apr
The Condom and the Crisis: How a Toymaker Became the Latest Gauge of Iran Risk
MENA23 Apr
How Iran's War Is Cementing China as the Solar World's indispensable Factory
MENA23 Apr
Iran Tightens Hormuz Grip as Trump Declares 'No Time Frame' for War
MENA23 Apr
Gaza drone strike kills children near Al-Qassam Mosque as artillery hits Khan Yunis
MENA23 Apr
Multiple Explosions Reported Across Iran Amid Heightened Regional Tensions
MENA23 Apr
Senate Blocks Iran War Constraints for Fifth Time as $430M Oil Trade Fuels Questions
MENA23 Apr
US Senate Rejects War Powers Resolution on Iran for Fifth Time as White House Denies Ceasefire Deadline Reports
MENA22 Apr
Trump's Fractured Iran Narrative Meets Analyst Pushback as Nuclear Talks Enter Critical Phase
MENA22 Apr
White House Declares Iran's Leadership Fractured. US Intelligence Apparently Disagrees.
MENA22 Apr
Iran War Pushes UK Fuel Costs Higher as Energy Supply Shock Tests Alliance Cohesion
MENA22 Apr
US Urges Citizens to Leave Lebanon as Israel Ceasefire Violations Kill Two
MENA22 Apr
Hezbollah Fires on Israeli Forces in Maroun al-Ras as Ceasefire Frays Along Lebanon Border
MENA22 Apr
Qalibaf's Ceasefire Conditions: Iran Links Naval Pressure to Economic Warfare
MENA22 Apr
Trump Signals Iran Talks Could Begin as Early as Friday, Oil Markets Brace for Diplomatic Volatility
MENA22 Apr
Israeli Strike Kills Two Near Tayri, Besieges Journalists in Southern Lebanon
MENA22 Apr
Iran's Ceasefire Gambit: Tehran Holds Back on US Talks as UK Welcomes Extension
MENA22 Apr
Lebanon Requests Ceasefire Extension as Washington Diplomacy Ramps Up
MENA22 Apr
Israeli Foreign Minister Calls Lebanon a 'Failed State' Ahead of Direct Negotiations
MENA22 Apr
China Backs Trump's Ceasefire Extension, Warns of Critical Stage in Middle East Diplomacy
MENA22 Apr
IRGC Gunboat Fires on Container Ship Off Oman Coast as Regional Tensions Escalate
MENA22 Apr
Trump extends Iran ceasefire as Tehran stays silent on terms
MENA22 Apr
Ceasefire Expires, Talks Collapsed: What the Collapse of the Iran-US Negotiations Actually Reveals
MENA22 Apr
Ceasefire by Declaration: The US-Iran Standoff After the Deadline
MENA21 Apr
Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire While Oil Markets Signal Supply Anxiety
MENA21 Apr
Iran Rejects U.S. Ceasefire as Trump Extends Window for Deal Proposal
MENA21 Apr
Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire as Pakistan Presses for Diplomatic Opening
MENA21 Apr
Tehran Calls U.S. Hormuz Interdiction a Ceasefire Violation
MENA21 Apr
Iran Condemns US Port Blockade as 'Act of War' as Ceasefire Frays
MENA21 Apr
Iran Ties Islamabad Delegation to U.S. Naval Blockade Lift, WSJ Reports
MENA21 Apr
Trump Backs Iran Talks, Defense Budget Massively Reprices Drone Warfare
MENA21 Apr
Houthi leader frames Iran alignment as regional shield against 'Zionist plan'
MENA21 Apr
Trump's Iran Ultimatum: 24 Hours to War or Diplomacy
MENA21 Apr
Veterans in the Crossfire: The Domestic Cost of Trump’s Iran Standoff
MENA21 Apr
Tehran Executes Protester as Ceasefire Deadline Looms and Regional Strikes Cross 8,700
MENA21 Apr
Vance Lands in Islamabad as Iran Signals Diplomatic Rejection
MENA21 Apr
Iran's Strait Gambit: How Geography Became Tehran's Primary Deterrent
MENA21 Apr
Vance in Islamabad: The Quiet Logic of a US-Iran Back-Channel
MENA21 Apr
Trump's 'No Pressure' Iran Claim Understates a Complicated Diplomatic Moment
MENA21 Apr
Washington Opens a Regulatory Gap at the Worst Possible Moment
MENA20 Apr
Trump Declares US Will Win War Against Iran as Energy Markets Brace for Escalation
MENA20 Apr
Tehran Sets Terms for Any Vance Outreach: Lifting the Blockade First
MENA20 Apr
Vance En Route to Pakistan as Iran Confirms Second Round of Nuclear Talks
MENA20 Apr
Iran Sets Nuclear Red Lines as Islamabad Talks Stall Over Missile Demands
MENA20 Apr
Trump Says Hormuz Is Open. His Own Blockade Says Otherwise.
MENA20 Apr
US and Iran Set for Second Round of Nuclear Talks in Muscat
MENA20 Apr
Iran's Pezeshkian Frames Nuclear Diplomacy on His Own Terms
MENA20 Apr
Hezbollah Claims First Attack Since Ceasefire as Israel-Lebanon Prepare Second-Round Washington Talks
MENA20 Apr
Iran's Contradictory Signals on US Talks Complicate Oil Markets
MENA20 Apr
UAE pushes dollar carve-out as Iran nuclear talks collapse and petrodollar architecture strains
MENA20 Apr
Iran's diplomatic rebuff sends oil markets into a futures fever
MENA20 Apr
Russia Declines mediator Role in Iran Negotiations, Kremlin Says
MENA20 Apr
Iran Rules Out Next Round of US Negotiations as Vessel Seizure Deepens Diplomatic Rift
MENA20 Apr
Iran's Prisoner Leave Program Draws State Media Spotlight as Judiciary Chief Addresses Families
MENA20 Apr
Malaysia's Medical Supply Sector Caught in the Crossfire of US-Iran Hostilities
MENA20 Apr
Drone Strikes and Seized Ships: Hormuz Crisis Tests Fragile US-Iran Ceasefire
MENA20 Apr
Argentina and Israel Sign the Isaac Accord, Rewriting the Terms of Southern Hemisphere Alignment
MENA20 Apr
Hormuz ceasefire, cyber escalation: Iran runs a two-track strategy as markets recalibrate
MENA19 Apr
Israeli Forces Intensify Operations Across Central Gaza and Gaza City on 19 April
MENA19 Apr
Bitcoin, Oil, and the Strait: How Hormuz Became the Market's Stress Test
MENA19 Apr
Bitcoin, Oil, and the Hormuz Chokepoint: Markets Price Geopolitical Whiplash
MENA19 Apr
Bitcoin, Oil, and Hormuz: How Iran's Strait Reversal Rewrote Market Logic
MENA19 Apr
Bitcoin Swings on Hormuz Volatility as Iran's Strait Reversal Tests Crypto's Claim to Independence
MENA19 Apr
Trump's Iran Deal: Diplomatic Opening or Coercive Bargain?
MENA19 Apr
Milei Kisses the Wall: Argentina's Unambiguous Bet on Jerusalem
MENA19 Apr
Israeli Soldier Shatters Christ Statue in Southern Lebanon; IDF Reports 37 Casualties in 24 Hours
MENA19 Apr
Trump's Iran Ultimatum: 'Entire Country Getting Blown Up' If Deal Not Signed
MENA19 Apr
Trump threatens Iran as US delegation prepares Islamabad talks
MENA19 Apr
Ankara Warns of 'Fait Accompli' in Lebanon as Turkey Positions Itself as Regional Counterweight
MENA19 Apr
Gaza Death Toll Tops 72,500 as Ceasefire Fragility Raises Alarm Six Months On
MENA19 Apr
Israeli Sergeant Killed in Southern Lebanon as Occupation's Daily Toll Continues
MENA19 Apr
Iran's Deterrence Posture Meets American Missile Shield in Jordan
MENA19 Apr
Iran's Defensive Doctrine Meets the Limits of International Law as 233-Strike Campaign Reshapes Gulf Calculus
MENA19 Apr
Iran's Chokepoint: How the Strait of Hormuz Became the West's Worst Nightmare
MENA19 Apr
Iran Closes the Strait of Hormuz Again: Oil Markets Tremble as Geopolitical Fault Lines Rupture
MENA19 Apr
Trump's Unreserved Israel Endorsement Meets Iranian Refusal — and the Silence on Diplomatic Collapse
MENA19 Apr
Trump's Iran Gambit: War Brags and the Anxiety Beneath the Bluster
MENA19 Apr
Ghalibaf's Martyrdom Calculus: Iran's Parliament Speaker Declares 'Negotiating Papers Are War Maps'
MENA18 Apr
The Post-War Gulf: How MBS and the GCC's New Generation Are Resetting the Succession Calculus
MENA18 Apr
Iran's Qalibaf Defiant After Islamabad Talks: 'We Will Not Allow Americans to Interfere in the Strait of Hormuz'
MENA18 Apr
Iran's Wartime Resilience and the Myth of Total Stranglehold
MENA18 Apr
Iran's Hormuz Gambit: The Strait as Weapon and the Collapse of Ceasefire Diplomacy
MENA18 Apr
Iran Reasserts Hormuz Control as Trump Warns of 'Blackmail' — and Energy Markets Breathe Again
MENA18 Apr
Turmus Ayya Burns Again: Settler Arson in the West Bank and the Architecture of Everyday Colonial Violence
MENA18 Apr
Israel's 'New Enemy' Gambit: Fidan Names the Complex Behind Ankara's Targeting
MENA18 Apr
Baghdad Deadlock: KDP Walks Out, Qaani Flies In, and Iraq's Post-War Politics Fracture
MENA18 Apr
Qassem's Vow and the Buffer Zone Battle: Hezbollah's Post-War Posture Confronts Lebanon's Internal Reckoning
MENA18 Apr
Trade Deal Under Siege: EU Accountability Pressure on Israel Mounts as Netanyahu's Own Streets Turn Against Him
MENA18 Apr
The Nile After the War: How Ethiopia's GERD and Egypt's Regional Distraction Are Reshaping Water Politics
MENA18 Apr
Iran's IRGC Declares Strait of Hormuz Closed Again — What the West Won't Tell You
MENA18 Apr
Iran Reasserts Control of Hormuz as Pentagon Warns of 'Escalation Risk'
MENA18 Apr
Harris Says Trump Was Dragged Into War by Bibi. She's Right—and the System Pulled Them Both.
MENA18 Apr
Iran's Hormuz Blockade: Defiance or Calculated Deterrence?
MENA18 Apr
Iran Recloses Strait of Hormuz, Citing US Ceasefire Violations as Five LNG Carriers Reroute
MENA18 Apr
Saied's Grip and the Silenced Diaspora: Tunisia's Democratic Collapse Plays Out Across Two Continents
MENA18 Apr
Gulf Crypto After the War: How GCC States Are Quietly Building Dollar-Alternative Infrastructure
MENA18 Apr
After the Ceasefire: Lebanon's Reconstruction Trap and the Battle Over Who Rebuilds the South
MENA18 Apr