Risk of escalation19/08/2026Iran: US bases in Europe at risk – from Bulgaria to Cyprus and on to Italy
LiveMiddle East19/08/2026War: latest news. FT: Iran is considering striking US military targets in Europe as well
Middle East18/08/2026Agri-food crisis in Gaza: 97 per cent of arable land inaccessible following the ceasefire
LiveMiddle East18/08/2026War: latest news. The IDF marks Palestinians detained in the West Bank with numbers on their foreheads
Middle East17/08/2026Latest war news. Reuters: ‘US does not want to extend the ceasefire with Iran’. Netanyahu to Kushner: ‘Disarm Hamas, then withdraw the IDF’
West Bank16/08/2026Pizzaballa to the Christians of Taybeh: ‘Even when evil seems invincible, its power is not limitless’
Middle East16/08/2026Latest war news. Iran-US truce heads towards 17 August deadline with no agreement; escalation in Lebanon
Middle East14/08/2026West Bank: IDF vacates many of the occupied houses in Qusra. The five Italians have been evacuated
Middle East14/08/2026Latest war news. UAE ships hit in the Strait of Hormuz. Bessent: ‘Unprecedented measures against Iran to be taken soon’
Middle East13/08/2026West Bank: Settlers return to the settlement that was evacuated in 2005. Smotrich: ‘Let’s kill the idea of a Palestinian state’
Middle East13/08/2026Latest war news. US Ambassador to Israel: ‘Settlers’ siege of Palestinian homes is terrorism’
Médecins Sans Frontières12/08/2026Gaza: MSF raises the alarm – Israel is blocking essential supplies, putting thousands of lives at risk
Middle East12/08/2026Latest war news. Sources: Italia and the UK are among the countries being considered to monitor Hezbollah’s disarmament
Middle East11/08/2026Latest war news. Tensions rise at sea: the death toll of sailors killed in the Red Sea rises to four; the US strikes a container ship in the Gulf of Oman
Middle East10/08/2026Latest war news. Trump: ‘We have cleared the entire Strait of Hormuz of mines; we have 100 per cent control over it’
Middle East08/08/2026War, latest news. Pasdaran: ‘The Strait of Hormuz will reopen as soon as the US accepts our conditions’. The NATO-style ‘Mecca Agreement’ makes its debut
Middle East07/08/2026Latest war news. New US sanctions against Iran. Defence pact between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan
Middle East06/08/2026Iran reaches agreement with Oman on the Strait of Hormuz. First contract awarded by the Board of Peace for Gaza: it is a military base
Middle East05/08/2026Latest war news. Tehran reaches agreement with Oman on shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz
Middle East04/08/2026Latest war news. Netanyahu: ‘We will not withdraw from our current positions in Gaza until Hamas has been completely disarmed’
Middle East02/08/2026War in the Middle East: latest news. Araghchi: negotiations with Oman on the Strait of Hormuz are in their final stages
Middle East31/07/2026Latest news on the war. Trump: ‘A historic agreement in Gaza’. Hamas: ‘Ready for the second phase if Israel ends its attacks’
