Yesterday
US orders armed submarine to Middle East as tensions mount
US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin also ordered the Abraham Lincoln strike group to hasten its deployment to the region, as Israel prepares for Iran’s attack.
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- Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart
This Month
Britain issues alert for Iran, Lebanon airspace as risks rise
Egypt issued a similar warning, as Western and Arab nations are seeking to head off a major regional conflict in the Middle East.
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- Joanna Plucinska and Rajesh Kumar Singh
US personnel wounded in attack against base in Iraq, officials say
It was unclear whether the attack was linked to threats by Iran to retaliate over the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
- Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart
Netanyahu clashes with security chiefs on Hamas deal
The Israeli PM is openly at odds with the defence establishment over an agreement that could ease soaring tensions in the region. Analysts blame domestic politics.
- Neri Zilber
- Opinion
- Interest rates
Markets mayhem jangles investor nerves
Why are markets are suddenly tumbling as sentiment turns down – and is this the start of something bigger?
- Jennifer Hewett
Israel braces for attack as US urges Gaza ceasefire
Benjamin Netanyahu told a cabinet meeting “Israel is in a multi-front war against Iran’s axis of evil”.
- Alicia Diaz and Jon Herskovitz
- Opinion
- Middle East tensions
Iran is playing a dangerous game
There are plenty of reasons to be suspicious of Benjamin Netanyahu’s motives. But Tehran has an even uglier strategy to disrupt the Middle East.
- Thomas Friedman
Israel’s spies take their revenge with twin assassinations
Israeli security officials view the deaths of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders as a redemption of sorts.
- Neri Zilber, Raya Jalabi and James Shotter
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The world should realise Israel is fighting five wars
The Jewish state’s conflicts are more about ideas than they are about geography.
- Bret Stephens
Hezbollah leader says war with Israel has entered a ‘new phase’
As he often does, Hassan Nasrallah kept his comments vague, vowing a “very-well studied retaliation” without saying what form it would take.
- Abby Sewell and Kareem Chehayeb
Iran’s leader green lights Israel strike over Hamas killing
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is considering a drone and missile attack towards Tel Aviv, raising the risk of a region-wide conflict.
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- Farnaz Fassihi
Critical players: The archenemies of Israel killed in two strikes
The abrupt assassinations of a shadowy Hezbollah leader and Hamas’ political chief have shaken the region.
- Mehul Srivastava, Andrew England and Raya Jalabi
Hezbollah confirms that a top commander was killed in Israeli strike
The Iran-backed group said earlier that Fouad Shukur was in the building during the attack, and they were searching for him in the rubble to determine his fate.
- Bassem Mroue and Tia Goldenberg
July
Middle East on edge after Israel assassinates Hamas chief
All eyes are on Iran’s response after twin Israeli strikes targeted top officials belonging to the Hamas and Hezbollah terror groups.
- Andrew Tillett
Austin calls for calm after attacks on Iran-backed targets
Israel claimed to have killed Hezbollah’s military commander, who it said was behind a deadly strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
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- Laila Bassam, Emily Rose and Simon Lewis
Aussies in Lebanon told: ‘get out while you can’
The government has plans to extract as many as 15,000 citizens from Lebanon using ferries if need be, but is urging them to leave now as there can be no guarantees.
- Phillip Coorey
Don’t bomb Beirut: US urges Israel to rein in response
Washington is racing to avert a full-blown war between Israel and the Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah after the soccer field attack that killed 12 children.
- Maya Gebeily, Laila Bassam and Timour Azhari
Israel hits Hezbollah for Golan carnage, but eyes Gaza truce talks
PM Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to exact a ‘heavy price’ from Hezbollah, which has been trading fire with Israel across the Lebanese border in solidarity with Hamas.
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- Dan Williams
UN warns Israel, Hezbollah against ‘catastrophe beyond belief’
Israel blames Hezbollah for a deadly rocket strike on a soccer field in the Golan Heights. But the Lebanese militant group has denied responsibility a tensions rise.
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- Ari Rabinovitch and Maya Gebeily
Lebanon evacuation plans under way as Hezbollah menaces Israeli border
A stern warning to Israel’s ambassador not to escalate the war was delivered with the safety of up to 20,000 Australians in Lebanon in mind.
- Andrew Tillett
