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Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [A rift between Spain and Trump widens over Spanish opposition to the Iran war](https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-s1-5737285/iran-war-spain-trump) This week, the Pentagon followed through, announcing [plans to withdraw
tensions rise Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon [killed at least 31 people](https://aje.aj-harbinger.com/news/liveblog/2026/5/27/iran-war-live-israel-kills-31-in-lebanon-tehran-blasts-us-truce-violation) and wounded 40 others on Tuesday, as Israeli forces intensified strikes and issued dozens of displacement orders for towns
Middle East. “She’s unacceptable because she doesn’t mind that Iran has a nuclear weapon and would blow up Italy in two minutes if they had the chance,” Trump said in English. Meloni, Italy
tensions to resurface “in three more years”. At the same time, Washington has warned that ships paying tolls or fees to Iran to transit the Strait of Hormuz could face US sanctions, signalling a tougher
Israel war on Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-israel-war-on-iran) is “a quagmire” and claimed critics of the operation posed a greater threat to the US than Iran itself, as he came under pressure to set out Washington
Middle East is DEAD!!!” he wrote in a missive on Monday. “They’ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price
Iran predictably responded to the onslaught from the US and Israel by closing the strait of Hormuz. That price remains well below historic highs, and because it has not surged into the stratosphere
tensions with Berlin. ## In the Gulf - **Iran condemns Bahrain citizenship revocations:** Tehran says Manama violated the rights of 69 people stripped of citizenship for allegedly supporting Iranian attacks. Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior accused them
Middle East could be targeted if attacks were launched from Gulf neighbours’ territory. - The US is continuing its naval blockade of Iranian ports despite the truce, a move Iran says undermines the ceasefire. - An adviser
tension is expected to resurface. But how many Iranian assets are frozen, why is Tehran unable to access them, where are these funds at the moment, and why are they important to Iran? ## What
tensions between Washington and Tehran. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian defended Tehran’s [participation in talks](/news/2026/5/18/pakistans-mediation-faces-limits-as-iran-us-tensions-deepen) while rejecting suggestions that the country was backing down under pressure. “Dialogue does not mean surrender,” he said, adding
tensions](/news/2026/4/15/iran-warns-us-naval-blockade-threatens-ceasefire) – and the global economy – but amid indications of progress towards a deal to end the war, which has killed 3,000 people in Iran and [spiralled across the Middle East](/news/2026/4/15/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-47-of-the-us-iran-conflict). “The urgency
Middle East region”. As Iran’s [state-imposed, near-total internet shutdown](/news/2026/4/20/iran-expands-limited-internet-access-but-restrictions-remain-for-most) entered its 54th day on Wednesday, the IRGC-linked Tasnim news agency suggested that seabed high-speed internet cables could be targeted
Middle Eastern Countries but, in particular, the Country of Iran." But he sounded a warning: "If, in any way, this Humanitarian process is interfered with, that interference will, unfortunately, have to be dealt with forcefully
Middle East is another asset that Tehran relies on heavily. These include armed groups in Iraq and Syria, as well as Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen Through these groups, Iran has exerted
Middle East. But Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz and a US blockade on Iranian ports loom large over the region, even as mediator Pakistan tries to bring the two rivals back
tensions. With Gaza, Trump's Board of Peace has been meeting Hamas officials this week to convince them to lay down their weapons, but Hamas is not yet willing. Here are some takeaways from these
Middle East visit did in May 2025](https://www.theguardian.com/global/2025/may/19/trump-middle-east-ai-deals), will have to be seen. But while Trump trots out the US’s best and brightest business people – products of his hands-free policy
Middle East, and President Donald Trump’s approval rating is cratering at home: he is desperate for a win, which could give China the upper hand. Trade between the world’s two largest economies
tensions with his American ally. "Sometimes we have, as in the best of families, you have these tactical disagreements," he told CNBC in an interview on Wednesday. "We always find a way to work them