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Pentagon chief warns Iran of 'serious consequences' if it attacks Israel

Israel and the US have promised to retaliate against Tehran as fears of a wider war intensify

Yemen's Houthi rebels look to gain from continuing conflict in Mideast

In the days since Israel intensified its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, including the strike that killed the militant group's leader Hassan Nasrallah, Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been quick to show they are an important player in the complex conflicts convulsing the Middle East. In a brazen attack on Saturday, the Houthis fired a ballistic missile at Israel's main airport as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was arriving back from New York, where he had addressed the United Nations. On Monday, they threatened escalating military operations to target Israel after apparently shooting down a U.S. military drone flying over Yemen. And on Tuesday, an explosive-loaded drone crashed into one ship in the Red Sea as a missile exploded against another, the British military and private security officials said, the latest in the Houthis' assaults on commercial shipping in the key waterway. The salvo of Houthi attacks has again drawn attention to the Yemeni rebels and raised .

Iran says attack on Israel is over as fears grow of wider regional conflict

Iran fires at least 180 missiles into Israel as regionwide conflict grows

All about Iran's missile barrage, Israel's ground operations in Lebanon

Iran launched almost 200 missiles at Israel on Tuesday evening, causing scattered damage and fires from falling shrapnel, but Israeli authorities said there were no injuries. An Israeli security official said most of the missiles were intercepted, though some managed to land. Israeli officials said Iran would pay a price for the strike. The missile attack came after Israel said ground troops crossed into Lebanon overnight, launching what the military described as a limited operation to root out Hezbollah fighters and infrastructure. Hezbollah, meanwhile, said it saw no sign of Israeli forces and that its troops were ready to confront them. Israel said the incursion would be focused on the narrow strip of land just across the border. But it also issued evacuation warnings covering a wider swath of Lebanon, raising fears that a large-scale ground invasion was soon to come. In recent days, a wave of Israeli airstrikes has killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and several of his to

Israel strikes into Hezbollah hideouts in Lebanon, asks civilians to leave

Israel launched limited ground raids into southern Lebanon late on Monday night against Hezbollah forces and infrastructure positioned along Israel's northern border

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Israel launches small ground raids against Hezbollah as fight intensifies

Israel launched small ground raids against Hezbollah, officials said Monday, and it declared three of its northern communities as a "closed military zone as signals grew that more forces could soon be sent into Lebanon to fight the Iran-backed militants. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Israel informed the US about the raids, which he said were described as limited operations focused on Hezbollah infrastructure near the border. There were no reports of direct clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants on Lebanese soil. The last time the two enemies engaged in ground combat was a monthlong war in 2006. But a Western official, a diplomat in Cairo whose country is directly involved in de-escalation efforts, said an Israeli ground operation in Lebanon is imminent. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the situation, said Israel had shared its plans with the US and other Western allies, and conveyed the operation will be ...

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed: Impact on Middle Eastern geopolitics

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike, ending his 32-year leadership over the Iran-backed militia and political organisation that dominates southern Lebanon.

Israeli strike kills Hezbollah leader, destroys depot near Beirut airport

According to the IDF, Eid Hassan Nashar held key leadership roles within Hezbollah

Hezbollah political party, not terrorist group: Iranian envoy Elahi

The remarks by Elahi came on the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a strike carried out by Israel

Hezbollah recovers Nasrallah’s body: What are the latest updates?

Following the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike, tensions in the Middle East have reached new heights.

Airstrike by Israel destroys apartment building in Central Beirut

An apparent Israeli airstrike on central Beirut has levelled an apartment building. It came after Israel hit targets across Lebanon and killed dozens of people, as Hezbollah sustained heavy blows to its command structure, including the killing of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah. The early Monday airstrike the first to hit central Beirut in nearly a year of conflict hit a multistory residential building, according to an Associated Press journalist at the scene. Videos showed ambulances and a crowd gathered near the building in a mainly Sunni district with a busy thoroughfare lined with shops. Separately, an Israeli airstrike early Monday killed a family of four in central Gaza, Palestinian officials said. In the past week, Israel has frequently targeted Beirut's southern suburbs, where Hezbollah has a strong presence including a major strike on Friday that killed Nasrallah but had not hit locations near the city centre. The Lebanese Health Ministry said at least 105 people were kil

Here's why it would be a mistake for Israel to invade Lebanon amid tensions

While both sides have been preparing for a new conflict for years, the trigger for the escalation began on September 18, when Israel struck the first blow by detonating thousands of pagers and mobiles

Does Hezbollah represent Lebanon? What impact will Nasrallah's death have?

Hezbollah's presence in parliament and the Lebanese government, and its alliance with various political parties, allowed it to control the country and veto decisions that do not fit its agenda or prom

Hassan Nasrallah's killing leaves Hezbollah leaderless and vulnerable

Fearing that Hezbollah might carry out a similar incursion in Galilee, resulting in a massacre of the Jewish population, the Israeli govt evacuated roughly 100,000 citizens living near Lebanese border

Three Palestinian leaders killed in Israel strike in Beirut, confirms PFLP

Israel on Sunday launched airstrikes against the Houthi militia in Yemen

Revenge or regroup? Mideast braces for Iran's next move after Beirut attack

Israel's assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday in Beirut dealt an even bigger blow

How a veggie seller's son, Hassan Nasrallah, rose to became Hezbollah chief

Renowned for his compelling oratory, strategic insight, and leadership abilities, Hassan Nasrallah transformed Hezbollah into Israel's most formidable non-state adversary

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah's death offers Israel a chance it should seize

There may be only a very short window for Netanyahu to develop a still missing political strategy to end the war and win the peace

Who were seven high-ranking Hezbollah officials killed over past week

In just over a week, intensified Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed seven high-ranking commanders and officials from the powerful Hezbollah militant group, including the group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah. The move left Lebanon and much of the Mideast in shock as Israeli officials celebrated major military and intelligence breakthroughs. Hezbollah had opened a front to support its ally Hamas in the Gaza Strip a day after the Palestinian group's surprise attack into southern Israel. The recent strikes in Lebanon and the assassination of Nasrallah are a significant escalation in the war in the Middle East, this time between Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanon's most powerful military and political force now finds itself trying to recuperate from severe blows, having lost key members who have been part of Hezbollah since its establishment in the early 1980s. Chief among them was Nasrallah, who was killed in a series of airstrikes that leveled several buildings in southern Beirut. Others were