The long-simmering confrontation between Iran and Israel has once again exposed the fragility of the Middle East’s strategic balance. What has for years been a shadow conflict, waged through cyber operations, covert strikes and proxy militias, now risks hardening into something more direct and far more dangerous. At the centre of Israel’s posture stands
World leaders reacted warily to U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on Saturday that triggered concerns of a broader conflict. European leaders held emergency meetings and took measures to protect their citizens in the Middle East, with key leaders calling for a negotiated settlement between Iran and the U.S. Australia and Canada were more open in their
The United States and Israel launched an attack Saturday on Iran, with the first apparent strike happening near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iranian media reported strikes nationwide, and smoke could be seen rising from the capital. President Donald Trump said in a video posted on social media that the U.S. had begun "major
Donald Trump declared war on Iran on Saturday, saying the US would annihilate Iran's navy and army and telling Iranian soldiers to lay down their arms or "face certain death". The US President's call came in an eight-minute statement posted to social media, as bombs rained down on Iran's capital Tehran and other cities, in a joint US-Israel operation
Updated 7.45am Israel launched an attack on Iran on Saturday morning, in what its defence minister described as a “preventative” strike. Journalists reported hearing large blasts and seeing clouds of smoke rising in Iran’s capital, Tehran. Emergency sirens sounded across Jerusalem and other cities as the government declared a “special and permanent
Israel launched a daylight attack Saturday on Iran's capital, with a cloud of smoke rising from the city's downtown. The first apparent strike happened near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The United States is participating, though it was immediately clear the full extent of their involvement, according to a U.S. official and
