August
Risk of broader Middle East war has eased: top US general
But Iran still poses a significant danger as it weighs a strike on Israel, says Air Force General C.Q. Brown
- Phil Stewart
Israel braces for attack as US urges Gaza ceasefire
Benjamin Netanyahu told a cabinet meeting “Israel is in a multi-front war against Iran’s axis of evil”.
- Alicia Diaz and Jon Herskovitz
May
- Opinion
- Iran
President’s death shows an Iran with few cards left to play
The death of president Ebrahim Raisi opens the way for a dynastic succession to Iran’s supreme leadership. The regime’s chief goal now is protecting the status quo.
- Patrick Gibbons
April
US pushes for Gaza truce and hostage release as Blinken visits
Egypt is stepping up efforts at mediation to secure an agreement between Israel and Hamas leading to a ceasefire in exchange for the release of hostages.
- Updated
- Henry Meyer and Fadwa Hodali
Israel scaled back planned attack on Iran to avoid war
Israeli leaders originally discussed bombarding several military targets across Iran last week, including near the capital Tehran, in retaliation for the Iranian strike on April 13.
- Ronen Bergman and Patrick Kingsley
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The risks to Biden of Israel going rogue against Iran
The problem is that ‘ironclad’ support can be read as a blank cheque to Israel to take whatever military action it sees fit — confident that, when the chips are down, America will have its back.
- Updated
- Gideon Rachman
Israel considers next move as US urges restraint
The US has highlighted its role in helping Israel thwart Iran’s aerial attack as Joe Biden convenes G7 leaders in an effort to coordinate a global rebuke of Tehran.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
US sends Ukraine seized Iranian-made weapons
The weapons include 5000 Kalashnikov rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, along with half-a-million rounds of ammunition.
- Alex Horton
March
Israel has ‘basically agreed’ a ceasefire. Hamas must now decide
Some obstacles to the deal remain as talks are set to resume. The apparent breakthrough came as the United States started dropping food aid into the Gaza Strip.
- Updated
- Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy
February
US kills militia leader behind deadly attack on troops
A US drone strike killed a senior commander of the Iran-backed militant group that was responsible for the attack on a US base in Jordan.
- Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Lolita Baldor and Ammer Madhani
January
Biden decided on response to deadly drone strike in Jordan
The US President could opt to attack the Iranian suppliers of drones and missiles, perhaps including inside Iranian territory.
- Eric Schmitt
Five maps that show why the Red Sea is so important
The Houthi attacks on shipping and the US-led response have highlighted the global significance of this narrow stretch of water.
- Ingrid Fuary-Wagner, Jenny Wiggins and Les Hewitt
- Updated
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Biden under pressure to respond to deadly attack on US troops
The president said the United States “will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner [of] our choosing”.
- Updated
- Peter Martin and Eric Martin
UN fires Gaza staff over claims they joined Hamas attack
Australia will pause recently announced funding to the UN Palestinian refugee agency after the UN fired staffers over allegations they took part in the attack.
- Augusta Saraiva and Courtney McBride
Blinken urges Israel to engage with region on postwar plans
The US and Israel are united in the war against Hamas but sharply divided over Gaza’s future, with Washington and its Arab allies hoping to revive the peace process.
- Matthew Lee, Samy Magdy and Najib Jobain
Blinken in Tel Aviv as Israel says war to continue all year
Israel has come under growing pressure from the United States, its closest ally, and Arab leaders to scale back the assault.
- Arafat Barbakh, Simon Lewis and Nidal al-Mughrabi
Blinken meets with leaders to ‘prevent the conflict from spreading’
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met Arab partners to press for their help in tamping down fears Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza could spread.
- Matthew Lee
Deaths mount as envoys vie to stop Gaza war’s spread
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, were on separate trips to the region to try to quell spillover.
- Maayan Lubell and Simon Lewis
December 2023
Aid groups warn of starvation in Gaza after US vetoes ceasefire call
The warnings - from the UN, international aid agencies and Palestinian relief workers in Gaza - compounded fears for civilians already grappling with fierce fighting.
- Hazem Balousha, Ellen Francis, John Hudson and Kareem Fahim
- Exclusive
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Martin Indyk on what happens once Israel’s war is over
The former US ambassador to Israel and peace negotiator says Netanyahu is putting Israel’s relations with the US under extreme pressure and won’t escape a reckoning.
- James Curran