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Israel issues new forced displacement orders in southern Lebanon

current zone of occupation, despite a truce meant to halt fighting with the armed group Hezbollah. “For your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and move away from the villages and towns

Iran targets American base in region after US strikes Iranian air defences

currently no exchanges with the US over the details of Tehran’s nuclear programme. “We know when it is necessary to act on nuclear matters. No negotiations have taken place on the details

Cloud over US-Iran talks: What are the key sticking points?

current negotiations as a continuation of the battlefield, and we see nothing other than the battlefield in this,” he said. “If it yields achievements that sustain those of the battlefield, then the negotiation arena

‘If Iran gets a bomb it will be Bibi’s’: Trump’s deal outline sparks alarm in Israel

currently being talked about is signed, the damage will be even worse. The billions that will flow into the regime’s pockets will go a long way.” At the beginning of the war Israel

Push to bring US and Iran together for peace talks as ceasefire deadline looms

conflict has led to a radicalisation of Iran’s regime with more pragmatic figures either killed or sidelined, allowing senior officials in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to increase their hold on power. ![Iranian Parliament

Leaders urge for restraint as 10-day Israel-Lebanon ceasefire takes effect

Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel following the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran on Feb. 28. Israeli forces responded with airstrikes and a ground invasion of southern Lebanon. In his remarks shortly after

Israel seizes strategic castle in deepest incursion into Lebanon in 26 years

current offensive. The fighting in Lebanon has been the broadest spillover of the Iran war, displacing more than 1.2 million people as a result of Israeli strikes and evacuation orders since 2 March. A truce

Can historic Israel-Lebanon talks lead to ceasefire?

currently occupied by Israel,” Houry, executive director of the Arab Reform Initiative, told Al Jazeera. “Israel is focused on fighting Hezbollah and is seeking to create a buffer zone in Lebanon (a new occupation zone

Nato seeks to ‘understand the details’ of US decision to withdraw troops from Germany

current US troop strength in Germany at 40,000. US officials have suggested an army brigade combat team already deployed in Germany would be withdrawn and the planned deployment of a long-range artillery battalion

The U.S. blockade continues despite Iran's announcement the Strait of Hormuz is open

Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel following the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran on Feb. 28. Israeli forces responded with airstrikes and a ground invasion of southern Lebanon. In his remarks shortly after

No date set for US-Iran talks, as Pakistan pushes to keep diplomacy alive

current ceasefire is not extended. There is little appetite on both sides to go back to war. There are enough signs on the ground that if there is no deal before the truce expires

Lebanon’s children face physical, psychological trauma amid Israel’s war

Hezbollah had responded just hours earlier to the February 28 killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ending more than a year of restraint despite daily Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon. Israel

‘Israel must change direction’: Netanyahu rivals join forces for next election

conflict, [survived barely 18 months](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/20/israel-set-for-general-election-after-pm-announces-coalition-will-disband). Their coalition included for the first time in Israel’s history a party drawn from the country’s Arab minority – Palestinian by heritage, Israeli by citizenship

Iran war: What is happening on day 51 of the US-Iran conflict?

conflict? The strategic Strait of Hormuz was [closed again](/news/2026/4/18/iran-reasserts-control-of-hormuz-strait-as-trump-warns-against-blackmail) amid the standoff between Iran and the United States, as the influential Iranian parliamentary speaker indicated that a conclusive peace agreement was still “far” away

How two ceasefires and opening of Hormuz could boost Iran talks

conflicts get something out of the latest deal. For US President Donald Trump and the leadership in Iran, it's a chance to take credit for bringing about a ceasefire. Netanyahu can point

Civilians or Hezbollah: Who did Israel hit on Lebanon’s ‘Black Wednesday’?

conflict monitor, told Al Jazeera. “What Israel is doing in southern Lebanon is creating a multilayered buffer zone inside Lebanese territory and that is why they are demolishing houses in towns along the border.” Israel

Iran war day 81: Trump delays attack; Tehran says won’t ‘surrender’

Israel in the western province of Kurdistan, near the border with Iraq. In a statement carried by the ISNA news agency, it said groups from “northern Iraq and acting on behalf

Iran fires missiles in Kuwait and Bahrain, U.S. strikes Iran facility

Hezbollah in Lebanon. A regional official involved in the mediation, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the talks, told The Associated Press that Iran had not communicated at all on Tuesday after saying that

In Lebanon, everything and nothing has changed since 2000

conflict has widened ever since. Iran’s backing of Hezbollah after 1982 turned Lebanon into a front line between Iran and Israel; today, with the United States fighting alongside Israel, that front has grown into

Could the US-Iran war become a protracted ‘frozen’ conflict?

current state of affairs would therefore have economic benefits in the short term, but a simmering conflict, with no clear conclusion, would also be expensive for the US – both economically and politically. The US military