Iran has denied any role in Hamas' attack on Israel, but Hamas could not exist in its current form without Iran's financial and political support. Neither the Palestinian faction nor the Iranians have attempted to hide their close ties. ...
“Escalation is in no one’s interest,” Matthew Miller, the State Department spokesperson, told reporters in a briefing on Monday. He added that the United States did not consider escalation “inevitable” and was sending messages to Iran through its allies in the region that an...
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Military experts have called Iran's ariel attack on Israel on Saturday night "ambitious" and warn it could push an already fragile region into a dangerous new phase. On the Sky News Daily, host Matt Barbet examines how Iran and Israel's "shadow war" has moved out into the open, alongside...
Why does Iran see it this way? It cites the ceasefire in Lebanon on the eve of the attack by HTS. The Syrian opposition surprised the Syrian regime. This is because the regime was likely watching developments in Lebanon relating to the Israel-Hezbollah war. ...
Is Israel a country? A densely-populated country on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, Israel is theonly state in the worldwith a majority Jewish population. Which war did Israel almost lose? The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Isra...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant seen following the attack on Iran, October 26, 2024 (credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO) What effect does it have on Israel at war? Israel’s security policy is in flux, and Gallant’s exit could drive a sharper military focus in Ga...
Hundreds of people have died following Hamas's surprise attack on Israel on Saturday - the latest in a long line of conflicts between the two.
WHAT DID BLINKEN DO? Blinken's shuttle diplomacy spanned Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Israel, and the West Bank, where he faced a complex regional landscape marked by escalating violence and diplomatic impasses. As the Gaza conflict enters its fifth month, tensions simmer across the Middle Eas...
While minister for industry and commerce Des O’Malley said he believed there were “compelling arguments” for not allowing an Israeli embassy in Ireland to open and a real prospect of losing markets in Arab countries and Iran if it did. The Irish government ultimately agreed to...