An AH-64 Apache helicopter during a training exercise in Poland last month. EPA

US conducts 'proportional' strikes against Iran after US military helicopter shot down

Trump orders attacks on radar sites and other targets after Iranian drone hits Apache aircraft

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UAE floating hospital in Al Arish receives five new cases from Gaza

UAE

Israeli forced displacement strategy no longer spares Tyre's Christian quarter

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Mediators propose Hamas disarmament in exchange for Israeli withdrawal

MENA

Trump and Iran envoy express optimism over deal

MENA

CommentPiecemeal approaches to the Middle East have made it less secure

Comment

EditorialThe Middle East needs a durable peace

Editorial
Supporters of the Popular Mobilisation Forces gather to mark the anniversary of the killing of Iranian military Qassem Suleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis. Reuters

Iraq faces the risk of being dragged back into war as Iran and Israel trade blows

Pro-Iran militias vow to target US forces if Washington intervenes, as Baghdad struggles to push ahead with disarming militias

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Yemen's Houthis vow to blockade 'enemy ships' in Red Sea

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TrendingIsrael and Iran exchange attacks and regional airspace closures

Trending Middle East

How Israel and Iran ended up trading strikes

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Iran's axis signals new phase of war after exchanging blows with Israel

MENA

Today's cartoonShadi's take on the US-backed Lebanon-Israel ceasefire

Cartoon

Iran threatens retaliation after Israeli strikes kill two in Beirut suburbs

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Contrails from interceptions of Iranian missiles in the sky above Israel. Reuters

Iran's axis signals new phase of war after exchanging blows with Israel

Washington and Tehran pursue back-channel talks aimed at reaching agreement

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Today's cartoonShadi's take on the US-backed Lebanon-Israel ceasefire

Cartoon

Iran threatens retaliation after Israeli strikes kill two in Beirut suburbs

MENA

Hamas sets conditions for disarmament talks under Trump's Gaza plan

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