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Iran war: who is fighting and why?

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‘You escape the slaughter. But there’s a long tail of sadness’: musician Bedouine on the strangeness of Arab life outside the Middle East

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Will Iran give up on ceasefire talks as strait of Hormuz blockade continues?

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Middle East crisis live: Israel and Iran exchange fresh round of strikes as attacks intensify

11h ago

Israel strikes Iran despite Trump plea as Middle East crisis threatens to escalate

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Italian rescuers recover 10 bodies after migrant boat capsizes off Malta

20h ago

UK readies sanctions against Israel to deter proposed illegal West Bank settlement

Sun

Israel escalates war against Hezbollah with airstrikes on Beirut suburbs

Sun

Middle East crisis live: Israel strikes southern Beirut days after ceasefire agreement with Lebanon

Sun

Could this one man have been behind terrorist attacks on Jewish communities across Europe?

Sun

Palestinian baby shot dead by Israeli troops in occupied West Bank

Sat

Aviation industry looks skywards as leaders fly in for Rio summit

Sat

Blackouts, hyperinflation, dissent: Iran considers perilous prospect of peace

Sat

US says Iran radar sites struck and drones intercepted, in latest threat to fragile ceasefire

Fri

Israel strikes southern Lebanon after ordering evacuations of nine villages

Fri

Friday briefing: How Gaza, Lebanon and Iran have found themselves caught in an escalation without end

Fri

UK shoppers return to high street as warm weather brings respite from shadow of war

Fri

Microsoft to tighten human rights measures after inquiry into Israel’s use of its tech

Thu

Middle East crisis live: Israel to continue ground operation in southern Lebanon despite agreed ceasefire

Thu

Oman resists US pressure to break ties with Iran over strait of Hormuz

Thu

Israel and Lebanon agree to renew ceasefire as Trump seeks to overcome barriers to Iran deal

Thu

Three Lebanese hospitals hit by Israeli forces in under a week

Wed

Far-right praise for shah’s secret police puts Reza Pahlavi on the spot

Wed

US and Iran launch fresh strikes amid stalled ceasefire talks

Wed

Democrats who marched in New York’s Israel Day parade decry attendance of far-right minister Smotrich

Tue

Why Benjamin Netanyahu poses an obstacle to US and Iran peace deal

Tue

Israel strikes southern Lebanon despite Trump’s effort to shore up ceasefire

Tue

Trump ‘shouted and cursed Netanyahu over threat to resume Beirut bombing’

Tue

Aipac affiliate has funded lavish trips to Israel for dozens of Congress members since 7 October, filings reveal

Tue

UK government has failed Palestinian people, says senior Labour MP

Tue

Middle East crisis live: Conflict continues in Lebanon despite Trump hailing Israeli-Hezbollah de-escalation

Tue

‘A shock to all Lebanese’: Israel sends a message as it takes ancient fort

Mon

Iran targets American base in region after US strikes Iranian air defences

Mon

Middle East crisis live: Kuwait reports missile and drone attack; US says it struck Iran radar sites over weekend

Mon

European leaders condemn Israel’s deepening incursion into Lebanon

Mon

Could Trump’s Iran ‘excursion’ be a bigger global turning point than Vietnam?

May 31

Sky ends controversial news joint venture in United Arab Emirates

May 31

Israel pursuing ‘scorched earth’ policy, says Lebanon PM, as more airstrikes hit country’s south

May 31

Looming Iran peace deal shows how Trump’s maximalist goals have shrunk

May 30

A broken economy and an emboldened regime: Iranians abandoned to endure fallout from war

May 30

UN adds Israel and Russia to blacklist for sexual violence in conflict

May 29

Trump claims to be on verge of approving peace deal with major Iranian concessions

May 29

UK influencer met senior officials on state-sponsored tours of Iran, factchecking body finds

May 29

Trump: the boy who cried ‘peace’ in the Middle East – podcast

May 29

Global heating is making hajj ever more dangerous, report finds

May 28

Netanyahu orders Israeli army to seize ‘70% of Gaza Strip’, violating ceasefire deal

May 28

Donald Trump shares draft Iran peace agreement with Israel and other allies

May 28

British Museum postpones Jewish culture month lecture over protest fears

May 28

Israel’s defence minister says large-scale Palestinian migration from Gaza will go ahead

May 28

Middle East crisis live: Trump warns he may have to ‘finish job’ as US and Iran trade strikes

May 28

‘This isn’t freedom’: anger, anxiety and tears as Iran’s internet flickers back

May 28

Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions - podcast

May 28

Lifting of internet restrictions reveals Iranians’ anger over food inflation

May 27

Israel fires more than 120 airstrikes at Lebanon and says it is escalating offensive

May 27

Middle East crisis live: Lebanon hit by one of the heaviest days of Israeli bombing in weeks

May 27

Iran remains in peace talks despite first US strikes since ceasefire

May 26

No sign of end to Iranian internet blackout despite regime claims

May 26

Middle East crisis live: US attacks Iran missile sites as Tehran negotiators hold talks in Qatar

May 26

US strikes Iran missile sites and mine laying vessels as Trump’s promised peace deal remains elusive

May 26

Israel escalates strikes in Lebanon as Netanyahu vows to ‘crush’ Hezbollah

May 26

‘If Iran gets a bomb it will be Bibi’s’: Trump’s deal outline sparks alarm in Israel

May 25

Shock of Iran war unites Middle East rivals in pushing Trump towards peace

May 25

Iran denies deal with US is imminent despite some progress

May 25

Australian flotilla activists arrive home alleging sexual assault and beatings in Israeli detention

May 25

Opposition divided: battle among Iranian regime’s opponents plays out on London streets

May 25

Middle East crisis live: Rubio says US-Iran agreement ‘pretty solid’ as oil price falls amid optimism for deal

May 25