Israel-Iran conflict

Field Notes from Istanbul

‘Axis of Resistance’: How useful have proxies like Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis been to Iran?

Houthi fighters march during a campaign to mobilise more fighters amid an offensive against Saudi-backed government troops, in Sana’a, Yemen, on Sept 10.

The Chinese cook, Xi Jinping and a different vision for the Middle East

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (right) welcomes his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping (centre) at the Cairo International Airport on Sept 1.

Benjamin Netanyahu on Syria visit says ‘very close’ to toppling Iran’s Islamic republic

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli troops in southern Syria on Sept 9.

News analysis

Latest flare-up between the US and Iran: Will there be major escalation or just more of the same stand-off?

Iranian men off load food stuff close to the port’s damaged storage and warehousing facilities following a US military strike earlier in the week on Kuhestak, Sirik County, in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province on Sept 6.

Israel’s Netanyahu condemns settler attack in flashpoint West Bank village

Israeli settlers walks towards a Palestinian home under construction in the village of Qusra, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, which has faced escalating settler violence over the past month.

Judge deals blow to Trump moves to deport pro-Palestinian activists

Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil attending a pro-Palestinian protest outside Columbia University on Oct 7, 2025.

Four men plead guilty to arson attack on Jewish ambulances in London

The scene of an anti-Semitic arson attack in the Golders Green neighbourhood of north London, on March 24.

Netanyahu says no diplomatic deal possible with Iran ‘savages’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long been sceptical of diplomacy with Iran.

Israel strikes Lebanon as end of US-Iran ceasefire looms

At least 11 people, including children, were killed in an Israeli air strike in the southern Lebanese village of Deir al-Zahrani.

US could not verify Israeli warnings of Iran plots against Trump, say sources

People board Air Force One carrying US President Donald Trump, en route to Washington after his participation in the NATO leaders’ summit, at Ankara Esenboga Airport, Turkey, on July 8.

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