~theguardian-world | Bookmarks (81)
-
Middle East crisis live: Houthis vow response after US and UK hit dozens of targets across Yemen in new wave of strikes
Iran-backed group says airstrikes ‘will not deter us’ after targets hit following continued Houthi attacks on...
-
US and UK hit 30 Houthi targets to further weaken Iran-backed groups
Joint operation to further disable militias follows attacks on US and international interests amid war in...
-
UK action against Houthis ‘not an escalation’, says Grant Shapps
Defence secretary says third joint UK-US assault on Iran-backed group is to protect lives and ‘preserve...
-
US retaliatory airstrikes on targets in Iraq and Syria will not be the last
The carefully planned raids were the largest yet against Iran’s proxies and are likely to continue...
-
US orders reprisal strikes against Iranian-backed militia
Strikes expected to take place in Syria and possibly Iraq, after three US soldiers were killed...
-
Middle East crisis live: US targets Houthi drone base with further strikes inside Yemen
The US military says it also hit up to 10 unmanned drones that were preparing to...
-
Iran not seeking war with US but ‘not afraid of it’, says military chief
Head of Islamic Revolutionary Guards defiant as US prepares ‘very consequential response’ to drone attack on...
-
Middle East crisis live: Hamas reportedly studying new ceasefire proposal; Iran warns of decisive response to any attack
Proposed truce is the most serious peace initiative to be tabled for months; Iran reacts after...
-
Iran on high alert as Biden mulls response to killing of US servicemen
Tehran warns Washington but regime unsure of degree of support for interventionist foreign policyIran has told...
-
Biden says he has decided how US will respond to Jordan drone attack
Iran-backed militia Washington blamed for attack announces it has suspended anti-US operationsJoe Biden has said he...
-
Pentagon mulls response to Jordan drone strike amid fears for Gaza ceasefire efforts
Lloyd Austin says president ‘will not tolerate attacks on US forces’, but Qatar warns that reprisal...
-
Jordan drone strike: who are Islamic Resistance in Iraq and what is Tower 22?
The group that claimed responsibility for deadly attack on US military base in north-east JordanMiddle East...
-
Biden vows response at time ‘of our choosing’ after three US troops killed in Jordan drone attack
Iranian backed militia took credit for attack that injured 34 troops and killed first US soldiers...
-
Iran bars Hassan Rouhani from seeking re-election to key body
Former president’s exclusion from group likely to choose next supreme leader angers reformistsThe Iranian regime has...
-
US launches strikes in Iraq on militia groups backed by Iran
Pentagon calls attacks ‘necessary and proportionate’, after US personnel were injured in a weekend attack in...
-
Two US Navy Seals declared dead after raid to seize Iranian weapons bound for Houthis
Seals from USS Lewis Puller went overboard during mission off coast of Somalia to seize Iranian...
-
Iran accuses Israel of killing Revolutionary Guards spy chief in Damascus
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has lost four members in strike on Syrian capitalMiddle East...
-
Seemingly disparate Middle East conflicts show collective erosion of self-restraint
As pockets of war multiply across region so does the risk that conflict becomes more contagious...
-
Middle East crisis live: Pakistan carries out retaliatory strikes on militants in Iran; US hits Houthi missile sites in Yemen
Pakistani strike comes day after deadly Iranian attack on Balochistan; US military in Red Sea says...
-
Pakistan launches retaliatory strikes in Iran aimed at separatist militant group
Airstrikes come after Iran targeted sites inside Pakistan that Tehran claimed were used by a Sunni...
-
Middle East crisis live: Israel claims to have killed Hamas counter-espionage official in airstrike
Israeli air force says it ‘eliminated Bilal Nofal’ in a strike in the southern Gaza stripUS...
-
Iran strikes ‘militant bases’ in Pakistan in latest Middle East flashpoint
Pakistan says attacks killed two children in ‘unprovoked violation’ of its airspace, adding to regional instability...
-
Iran claims it has attacked an Israeli spy base in Kurdistan
Civilians killed in strikes on Erbil include a millionaire Kurdish businessman and his family, medical sources...
-
Middle East crisis live: Netanyahu says world court cannot stop Israel in Gaza as war enters 100th day
Israeli PM says it is ‘possible and necessary to continue until victory’ in televised press conference,...