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Middle East crisis live: Israel and Iran exchange fresh round of strikes as attacks intensify <p>Despite Donald Trump’s calls for calm, Israeli military says it struck military targets in central and western Iran in response to attacks by Tehran</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/08/israel-netanyahu-airstrikes-iran-retaliation-defies-trump">Israel strikes Iran despite Trump plea as Middle East crisis threatens to escalate</a></p></li></ul><p>Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.</p><p><strong>Israel</strong> launched airstrikes early on Monday targeting <strong>central and western Iran</strong> in response to missile fire from Tehran, attacks that threatened to drag the wider Middle East back into a regional war.</p><p><strong>Iran’s attacks appeared to be in retaliation for Israel strikes on Beirut’s </strong>Dahiyeh southern suburb area targeting Hezbollah infrastructure despite the truce agreement with Lebanon. Two people were killed and 20 wounded in Beirut, the Lebanon health ministry said.</p><p><strong>A missile was launched from Yemen towards Israeli territory, the Israeli military said</strong>, adding its …

Iran live updates: IDF says it's bracing for missiles fired at Israel ... Israel confirmed on Sunday that it struck Hezbollah targets in Beirut. President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites. Following the announcement of a two-week ceasefire,initial U.S.-Iran talksin Pakistan in April failed to reach a peace deal. Trump later announced the open-ended extension of the ceasefire and the continuation of a U.S. blockade until negotiations are concluded "one way or the other." Oil prices are higher Sunday as trading begins for the week, hours after Israel said it identified missile strikes from Iran. U.S, oil is trading at $93.30 a barrel, up 3% and global oil is trading at $95.78, up 2.8% The average price for a gallon of regular is $4.09, up $1.16 since the war started. After a sharp selloff on Friday, stock futures are trading lower; Dow futures are down 199 points. -ABC News' Zunaira Zaki Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it identified missiles launched from Iran toward Israel on Sunday and was activating its defensive systems to intercept t…

Middle East crisis live: Iran launches missiles towards Israel after Lebanon airstrikes | US-Israel war on Iran https://www.europesays.com/iran/149851/ Summary of the day so far Israel struck the southern suburbs of Beirut earlier today despite its ceasefire…

Middle East crisis live: US and Iran trade strikes again, after Trump warns Tehran will ‘pay the price’ for stalled talks <p>US launches second round of airstrikes on Iran, and Tehran responds by targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/10/middle-east-peace-talks-iran-strikes"><strong>US strikes Iran for second day, as ceasefire appears close to collapse</strong></a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Thursday’s strikes are more evidence that Iran has the leverage in the negotiations with the Trump administration, according to Dan Shapiro, the former US ambassador to Israel.</strong></p><p>It is Trump that is desperate for them to sign the agreement, as his statements reveal, and Iran that is dragging their feet.”</p><p>A deal that punts nuclear negotiations to a second phase and requires some sanctions relief is a lousy deal — and still the least bad available alternative.”</p><p><strong>US Central Command said it had “completed” its latest round of airstrikes just before sunrise in Iran.</strong> It said the strikes targeted “Iranian military surveillance capabilities, communication systems and air defense sites,” and were carri…

Middle East crisis live: Trump warns US will ‘go back to shooting’ if Iran ‘don’t behave’, as G7 leaders call for Lebanon ceasefire Source: The Guardian share.newsbreak.com/ir2kcn69

Middle East crisis live: Israel strikes targets in Lebanon as US-Iran talks in Switzerland called off <p>IDF claims continuing strikes come after Iran-backed group repeatedly violated ceasefire; JD Vance cancels trip as US-Iran talks set for Friday cancelled</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/19/us-iran-talks-in-switzerland-cancelled">US-Iran talks in Switzerland abruptly called off</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/19/jd-vance-israel-iran-deal-critics">JD Vance tells Iran deal critics in Israel: Trump is your only ally left in the world</a></p></li></ul><p>Welcome to our continuing live coverage of events in the Middle East.</p><p><strong>Israel</strong>’s military says it is attacking <strong>Hezbollah</strong> in several areas across southern <strong>Lebanon</strong> and has been striking throughout Thursday night.</p><p><strong>Vance<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/19/jd-vance-israel-iran-deal-critics"> lashed out at Israeli critics</a> of the Iran deal</strong>, saying Donald Trump was Israel’s only ally left in the world, in a sharp rebuke that referenced the billions in defence aid ⁠t…

Friday briefing: How Gaza, Lebanon and Iran have found themselves caught in an escalation without end | Iran https://www.europesays.com/iran/146282/ Good morning. It’s been another week of brinkmanship via Truth Social and ceasefires broken before they’ve been announced.…

Middle East crisis live: Rubio says US-Iran agreement ‘pretty solid’ as oil price falls amid optimism for deal <p>Secretary of state says a deal could materialise ‘today’, while Trump says talks with Iran proceeding constructively as he faces criticism from within his own party</p><p><strong>Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.</strong></p><p>US secretary of state <strong>Marco Rubio</strong> said on Monday that a deal to end the war with Iran could materialise “today”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/may/25/iran-war-news-middle-east-crisis-oil-price-us-tehran-peace-talks-deal-strait-hormuz">Continue reading...</a>

Middle East crisis live: Iran announces end of attacks against Israel as Trump claims both sides want ‘immediate ceasefire’ | US-Israel war on Iran https://www.byteseu.com/2089176/ Summary of the day so far… It has just gone past 14.50 pm in Tel Aviv and Beirut, and 15.20 pm in Tehran. Here is …

Middle East crisis live: Trump warns he may have to ‘finish job’ as US and Iran trade strikes <p>President’s remarks indicate the two countries remain far apart over initial deal to end war</p><p>The US has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/28/us-new-strikes-iran-israel-intensifies-attacks-southern-lebanon">targeted a military facility in </a><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/28/us-new-strikes-iran-israel-intensifies-attacks-southern-lebanon">Iran</a></strong> and downed four attack drones, US officials said, which prompted an apparent Iranian retaliatory attack on an American airbase in <strong>Kuwait</strong>, in fresh signs that any peace agreement remains elusive.</p><p><strong>US Central Command</strong> forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that posed a threat around the Hormuz strait, according to the officials, and struck a ground control station in the port city of Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone. Iranian state broadcaster Irib reported later on Thursday the <strong>Revolutionary Guards</strong> had targeted an American base in Kuwait “that served as the source of the attack”.</p><p><strong>The …

Middle East crisis live: Israel to continue ground operation in southern Lebanon despite agreed ceasefire | US-Israel war on Iran https://www.europesays.com/iran/145022/ Opening summary: Israel says fighting will continue in southern Lebanon despite new ceasefire agreement Hello and welcome to…

Middle East crisis live: oil prices hit two-week low amid optimism that US and Iran are close to peace deal <p>Donald Trump says ‘if I make a deal with Iran, it will be a good and proper one’ as Iranian state media claims US government obstructing some clauses in agreement</p><p><strong>In Lebanon, the civil defence agency said early on Sunday its regional facility in the southern city of Nabatieh had been destroyed by an Israeli strike</strong>.</p><p>The Directorate General of Civil Defence said the building had collapsed and a large number of vehicles and equipment had been damaged by a “direct hit in a hostile Israeli strike”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/may/24/iran-deal-strait-of-hormuz-trump-middle-east-crisis-live">Continue reading...</a>

Middle East crisis live: Lebanon hit by one of the heaviest days of Israeli bombing in weeks <p>Strikes further strain supposed ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, and came as Iran said US had violated separate truce</p><p>Welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.</p><p><strong>Israel pounded Lebanon with more than 120 airstrikes on Tuesday in one of the heaviest days of bombing in weeks</strong>, Lebanese security sources said, as Israeli prime minister <strong>Benjamin Netanyahu </strong>said his military was deepening its operations in the country.</p><p><strong>On Monday </strong><strong>Netanyahu</strong> <strong>said </strong><strong>Israel was “intensifying” its military operations in Lebanon,</strong> with the ​IDF operating with “large forces on ​the ‌ground” in order to take control of “strategic areas”.</p><p><strong>Meanwhile, the proposed peace agreement between Iran and the US seemed to remain on the table despite US bombings of Iranian targets. </strong>The Iranian foreign ministry denounced the US attack – aimed at missile launchers and efforts to lay fresh mines in the strait of Hormuz – as “an act of bad faith” and “a def…

Middle East crisis live: Iran announces end of attacks against Israel as Trump claims both sides want ‘immediate ceasefire’ | US-Israel war on Iran https://www.europesays.com/people/105207/ Summary of the day so far… It has just gone past 14.50 pm in Tel Aviv and Beirut,…

Middle East crisis live: Israeli army captures strategic castle in Lebanon in deepest incursion into country in 26 years <p>Capture of Beaufort castle near the city of Nabatiyeh comes despite a nominal ceasefire and shortly before talks due in the US</p><p><strong>Israeli</strong> troops have captured a mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern <strong>Lebanon</strong> in their deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter of a century.</p><p>The capture of Beaufort castle near the city of <strong>Nabatiyeh</strong> came after days of intense fighting and airstrikes in nearby villages where Israeli troops fought Hezbollah members in the rugged area.</p><p><strong>Israel has expanded the scope of its operations in Lebanon sending troops across the Litani River, which previously served as a de facto boundary. </strong>Israel has designated the area from the Litani up to the Zahrani River a combat zone. Some residents have already left the area due to the intense strikes in recent days, but people remain in many of the area’s towns.</p><p><strong>Hezbollah overnight claimed two attacks targeting Israeli troops and a Merkava tank in the southwestern town of …

Middle East crisis live: Iran says no final peace agreement reached, after Trump claims deal could be signed soon <p>US president says ‘great settlement’ reached but Iranian spokesman says there has been no final conclusion</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/11/trump-seize-control-iran-oil-gas-ceasefire">Full report: Trump claims US and Iran on verge of signing peace agreement</a></p><p>Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.</p><p>Iran’s foreign ministry <strong>has contradicted claims from Donald Trump that a peace deal between Washington and Tehran could be signed</strong> as soon as this weekend.</p><p><strong>Trump said he was cancelling a third day of US airstrikes and bombings</strong> that he had earlier said would happen because “discussions” with Iran “have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved”. He also said on social media: “Discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved, including the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and others.”</p><p><stron…

Middle East crisis live: Kuwait reports missile and drone attack; US says it struck Iran radar sites over weekend <p>Kuwaiti state media report sirens sounding across the country, as officials say air defences active over the country</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/01/european-leaders-condemn-israel-incursion-into-lebanon">European leaders condemn Israel’s deepening incursion into Lebanon</a> </p></li></ul><p><strong>Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.</strong></p><p>The Kuwaiti military has said that the country’s air defences are currently intercepting hostile missile and drone attacks, after the US said it conducted strikes on radar and control sites in Iran over the weekend. Kuwaiti state media reported that sirens were sounding across the country on Monday morning.</p><p>The measured and deliberate strikes occurred on Saturday and Sunday in response to aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a U.S. MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters. U.S. fighter aircraft swiftly responded by eliminating Iranian air defenses, a ground control station, and two one-way …

Middle East crisis live: Trump claims Iranian supreme leader is involved in US negotiations <p>US president says he would ‘like to meet’ Mojtaba Khamenei, who US officials have previously said was injured in attacks, and says Iran has said it will not have a nuclear weapon</p><p></p><p>Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.</p><p><strong>Donald Trump</strong> has claimed <strong>Iran has agreed it will not have a nuclear weapon</strong> and that the country’s supreme leader, <strong>Mojtaba Khamenei, is involved in negotiations with the US.</strong></p><p><strong>One person was killed and several people were injured in an Iranian drone attack that targeted Kuwait’s airport,</strong> according to authorities and state media. Flights were suspended this morning but some later resumed after the country’s civil aviation authority said it assessed the damage at the airport.</p><p>The attack came hours after <strong>US forces <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/03/us-fires-missile-tanker-strait-of-hormuz">fired a Hellfire missile to disable a tanker</a> attempting to break through the American blockade of the strait of H…

Friday briefing: How Gaza, Lebanon and Iran have found themselves caught in an escalation without end <p>In today’s newsletter: ​Global powers​ are focused on oil markets and elections​ but those living through conflict in the Middle East feel abandoned</p><p></p><p>Good morning. It’s been another week of brinkmanship via Truth Social and ceasefires broken before they’ve been announced.</p><p>While US president Donald Trump claims an agreement with Iran could happen soon, for those living in the Middle East it does not feel like peace is anywhere near. People have seen more bombs dropped in Lebanon this week; and<strong> </strong>the death toll continues to rise, national economies falter, and displacement abounds.</p><p><em><strong>UK politics </strong></em>| Andy Burnham has signalled he would begin transforming the broken social care system this year if he became prime minister, he has said <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/04/i-wouldnt-flinch-burnham-on-social-care-markets-brexit-and-the-prospect-of-a-general-election">in an interview with the Guardian</a>, accusing Westminster of “flinching away” from tackling difficult policy problems.</p><p><em><strong>…

Middle East crisis live: Iran threatens ‘harsh response’ if Israel fails to cease attacks in Lebanon <p>Israel’s continued military operation in southern Lebanon puts at risk the agreement reached between Iran and the US on Sunday</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/16/irans-top-envoy-says-peace-deal-with-the-us-dependent-on-israels-withdrawal-from-lebanon">Full report: Iran says peace deal dependent on Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/16/us-iran-deal-israel-relationship">Analysis: Where does Iran deal leave US-Israel relationship?</a></p></li></ul><p>Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.</p><p><strong>Iran’s military has threatened to respond to Israel after strikes in southern Lebanon killed four people,</strong> despite an agreement being reached between Tehran and Washington to end the Middle East war, including in Lebanon.</p><p><strong>A US-Iran deal aimed at ending the Middle East war will be signed at Switzerland’s mountainside Burgenstock resort on Friday, the Swiss foreign ministry confirmed to AFP. </strong>The site, located …

Middle East crisis live: Conflict continues in Lebanon despite Trump hailing Israeli-Hezbollah de-escalation <p>Israeli military says it intercepted missiles from Lebanon this morning while Netanyahu says his forces will continue operating in the south of the country</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/01/european-leaders-condemn-israel-incursion-into-lebanon">Trump says Hezbollah and Israel have agreed to ‘stop all shooting’</a></p></li></ul><p>Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.</p><p><strong>Donald Trump</strong> has hailed an agreement to de-escalate the fighting in <strong>Lebanon</strong>, which has killed thousands of people and inflamed tensions in the broader US-Israeli war with Iran.</p><p><strong>Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) threatened to open “new fronts” and keep the strait of Hormuz closed over Israel’s offensive in Lebanon, state media reported. </strong>“Iran considers crossing the red lines in Lebanon and Gaza to mean direct war,” state TV quoted the IRGC’ intelligence organisation as saying.</p><p><strong>The ceasefire already in place between Iran and the US is unequivocall…

Middle East crisis live: Israel and Lebanon agree to renew ceasefire; US House rebukes Trump over Iran war | US-Israel war on Iran https://www.europesays.com/iran/144554/ Israel and Lebanon agree to renew ceasefire Israel and Lebanon have reportedly agreed to renew their shaky ceasefire…

A fragile peace deal collapses as strikes continue. Middle East crisis live: Israel strikes targets in Lebanon as US-Iran talks in Switzerland called off. Evidence: Ceasefire, Military escalation, Diplomatic failure. #MiddleEast #Geopolitics

Middle East crisis live: Iran launches broad retaliatory attacks after US strikes over downed helicopter <p>Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps says it has targeted an airbase in Jordan hosting US forces, as well as Kuwait and Bahrain, in response to US strikes </p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/09/trump-blames-iran-for-downing-of-army-helicopter-and-says-us-must-respond"><strong>Trump launches strikes against Iran after downing of US army helicopter</strong></a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Welcome to our live coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.</strong></p><p>Iran says it has launched a missile attack at an airbase in Jordan hosting US forces, after also targeting Kuwait and Bahrain. The Revolutionary Guards said missiles have targeted the Muwaffaq Salti airbase, which is known to host US F-35 fighter jets and other aircraft.</p><p><strong>The US launched multiple waves of strikes on Iran in response to a military helicopter crash off the strait of Hormuz</strong> that <strong>Donald Trump</strong> said Iran had downed. The Associated Press reported that the Apache helicopter that crashed went down after colliding with an Iranian drone, but it w…

Middle East crisis live: Israel tells residents of Lebanese city of Tyre to leave as Trump claims Iran deal close | US-Israel war on Iran https://www.europesays.com/people/106333/ Israel issues forced evacuation order for residents of Lebanese city of Tyre The Israeli army’s Arabic-language …

Live Updates: Trump says Iran deal possible in 2 or 3 days as ... What to know about the Iran war today: A fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to be holding Tuesday after President Trump told both countries to stop a bout of renewed fighting that complicated his push for a wider peace deal with Tehran. Israel has continued military operations against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, and health authorities said at least eight people were killed Tuesday in new strikes on the southern city of Tyre. Iran warned Monday that it would retaliate for any new Israeli attacks in Lebanon. Mr. Trump said Monday that negotiations on an agreement with Iran were in their "final throes," with a deal possible in "two or three days." He's voiced similar optimism repeatedly over the last two months, however, and it's unclear how much closer the two sides are to a deal. New Updates 37m ago Details emerge of drone used in Apache crew rescue A U.S. Navy Corsair unmanned surface vessel, operated by the Fifth Fleet's Task Force 59, was used in the rescue of two crew members whose Apache helicopter crashed off the coast of Oman late Monday, Central Command spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins tol…

Middle East crisis live: US attacks Iran missile sites as Tehran negotiators hold talks in Qatar <p>US Central Command claims targets also included boats trying to lay mines, rattling ceasefire, while Iranians meet with Qatari prime minister in Doha</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/26/israel-escalates-strikes-in-lebanon-as-netanyahu-vows-to-crush-hezbollah">Israel escalates strikes in Lebanon as Netanyahu vows to ‘crush’ Hezbollah</a></p></li></ul><p>Welcome to the Guardian’s continuing live coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.</p><p>US forces attacked missile sites in southern <strong>Iran</strong> and boats trying to lay mines on Monday, <strong>US Central Command</strong> said, as top Iranian negotiators arrived in <strong>Doha</strong> for talks to end the war.</p><p><strong>Trump said the enriched uranium held by Iran could be destroyed inside the country</strong>, in a process overseen by an international nuclear agency. Experts said his announcement could amount to a major concession to Tehran.</p><p><strong>Trump also said any deal to end the war with Iran should require certain countries in the region</strong> – Saudi Arabia, Qatar, …

Middle East crisis live: Israel and Lebanon agree to renew ceasefire; US House rebukes Trump over Iran war | US-Israel war on Iran https://www.europesays.com/iran/144515/ Israel and Lebanon agree to renew ceasefire Israel and Lebanon have reportedly agreed to renew their shaky ceasefire…

Middle East crisis live: Iran launches missiles towards Israel after Lebanon airstrikes | US-Israel war on Iran https://www.byteseu.com/2087475/ Summary of the day so far Israel struck the southern suburbs of Beirut earlier today despite its ceasefire agreement with Lebanon. The Lebanon health …

West Asia Digest (April - 2026) | Vivekananda International Foundation The ongoing Iran-Israel conflict continued to reshape the political and security landscape of West Asia this week, with regional polarization deepening and global powers increasingly divided over the trajectory of the crisis. Tensions escalated sharply after US President Donald Trump announced that the US Navy would begin enforcing a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints. However, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer publicly distanced the United Kingdom from the move, stating that London would not participate in any blockade of Iranian ports, highlighting emerging transatlantic divergences over the handling of the crisis. Simultaneously, indirect diplomatic efforts intensified as Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief Asim Munir concluded key visits aimed at facilitating renewed US-Iran engagement, although signs of fragility remained evident after Trump abruptly cancelled a planned trip by US envoys following Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s departure from Pakistan. Araghchi meanwhile began a significant regional tour covering Pakistan, O…

Middle East crisis live: Iran announces end of attacks against Israel as Trump claims both sides want ‘immediate ceasefire’ Just a hunch but odds-on Netanyahu breaks this ceasefire just as he has every other one, ever.