Israel launched a punishing air campaign on Iran early Friday, killing some of the upper echelons of Iran’s military leadership along with parts of its nuclear infrastructure.

Lebanon’s army is communicating with Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah to avoid the country being drawn into conflict with Israel following strikes on Iran, a senior Lebanese official said. “The government affirms that the decision of war and peace lies with the state,

Shapiro served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East until January—charged with, among other things, considering scenarios in which tensions between Israel and Iran escalated into all-out war and preparing U.

Richard Dalton, Former UK Ambassador to Iran discusses Israel's strikes on Iran, and analyses the potential ramifications across the Middle East.

Global oil prices have had their largest single-day percentage increases in years, reflecting fears that a wider conflict in the Middle East could lead to serious energy supply disruptions.

The military strikes jolted investors, raising concerns that a broader Mideast conflict would disrupt the world’s energy supplies.

The Longview Economics team drew parallels between how the oil market reacted to the Israel-Iran exchange of missiles in April 2024 and what's happening right now. "Recent Iran-Israeli conflicts have been relatively short lived.

Airlines cleared out of the airspace over Israel, Iran, Iraq and Jordan on Friday after Israel launched attacks on targets in Iran, Flightradar24 data showed, with carriers scrambling to divert and cancel flights to keep passengers and crew safe.