Tehran is rebuilding air defences hit by Israel last year as threat of new attacks looms
Push to demilitarise Palestinian factions seen as precursor to far tougher bid to disarm Hizbollah
Decision will end an almost three-month blockade that has stopped food and medicine entering Palestinian enclave
Bombing of two ports comes after rebels repeatedly fired missiles into Israel despite truce with US
Nato must develop a nimbler technological edge than during the cold war
Washington-backed initiative would funnel aid into enclave with assistance of US private military contractors
Attacks come in retaliation after Houthi missile hits Ben Gurion airport on Sunday
Israel Defense Forces retaliate after militant group’s missile attack on Ben Gurion airport
Tensions surge across Middle East as missile fired by Yemen militant group lands near Ben Gurion airport
Opponents of clean-up plan target MPs and activists with barrage of media and legal attacks
Benjamin Netanyahu says attack was warning to Damascus over threats to Druze minority
The US is conducting its largest bombardment since the war on Isis — with no clear endgame
President Joseph Aoun came to power vowing to enact sweeping reforms after financial crisis and Israel-Hizbollah war
Many Israelis fear a constitutional crisis is looming — but the prime minister also has his sights set on Iran
Adversaries will meet in Oman next week after ‘forward-looking’ negotiations in Rome
Raids on Friday were deadliest in Trump administration’s bombing campaign against Iran-backed movement
Shaken by October 7, the country is seizing territory and flattening villages to build buffer zones while routinely striking neighbours
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Government deal linked to Shia militant movement shows its continued influence after devastating war with Israel
Bombing in Lebanon and Syria come alongside renewed military offensive in Gaza
In both countries, the mood is newly sober as a system of vested interests fights back
State election has become most expensive judicial race in US history
Attacks in retaliation for rockets launched from Lebanon follow weeks of mounting hostilities across the Middle East
Wealth manager backed by financial elite is frontrunner in race that will test new government’s reform agenda
Exchange of fire threatens truce that ended 13 months of fighting
