Category: 3. Middle East

Qatar announced on Tuesday evening that it had arrested two cells it said were operating on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The state news agency (QNA) reported that the State Security…

By Stanley Widianto

JAKARTA, March 4 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s foreign minister said talks on U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza “Board of Peace,” of which the Southeast Asian nation is a key troop-contributing member, were on hold due to the Middle…

An Iranian missile has hit a military base housing US troops in Qatar. No casualties have been reported so far. Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi reports on the latest developments.

Israeli sources said on Tuesday evening that security agencies had foiled two attempts attributed to Iran to target Israeli diplomats in the United Arab Emirates, prompting Tel Aviv to carry out what was described as…

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, has said there is no evidence that Iran is currently building a nuclear bomb, while warning that unresolved issues surrounding Tehran’s…

The Spanish government responded Tuesday to US President Donald Trump’s threat to “cut all trade” with Spain, saying any revision of commercial relations must respect international law and existing agreements.

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Israel’s defence minister says next leader ‘target for assassination’ as Iranians prepare to mourn Khamenei in Tehran.

Israel is reportedly considering participating in efforts to protect US interests in Gulf states as Iranian attacks in the region intensify amid the ongoing confrontation involving Iran, Israel and the United States.

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Hezbollah fired rockets towards Tel Aviv and Haifa on Tuesday evening, triggering air raid sirens across the two cities and nearby areas as cross-border fighting between Israel and Lebanon intensified.

The Israeli…

By Alasdair Pal and Ryan Patrick Jones

SYDNEY/TORONTO, March 4 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday the ongoing conflict in the Middle East was a “failure” of the international order, and the United States had not…