The roots of the capacity of Iran-backed terrorists to inflict harm lie in the October 1983 suicide bombing of the U.S. Marine headquarters in Beirut.

Already battling Hamas in Gaza, Israel is beefing up its presence in south Lebanon in its conflict with Hezbollah a day after it was attacked by Iran, raising fears the oil-producing Middle East could ...

Israeli strikes killed at least 51 people in southern Gaza overnight, including women and children, as the military launched ground operations in the hard-hit city ...

Iran fired around 200 ballistic missiles on Tuesday evening in revenge for Israel's campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon ...

The BBC understands jets were used, as they were in April in an action backed at the time by Sir Keir Starmer.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to retaliate for Iran's missile attack, saying Tehran will "pay for it." ...

Iran has launched a barrage of missiles targeting Israel, marking a significant escalation in regional ... leader Hassan ...

Urging all sides in the Middle East to maintain restraint, India said the conflict must not take a wider regional dimension and "dialogue and diplomacy" should be channelised to resolve all ...

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed revenge on Iran as the conflict in the Middle Eastthreatened to spiral ...

Hezbollah said in a statement that its fighters successfully confronted an Israeli infantry force attempting to infiltrate ...

An Israeli security official said most of the missiles launched towards Israel on Tuesday evening were intercepted, though there were some direct hits.

Defence Secretary John Healey is in Cyprus as the Government steps up efforts for a potential evacuation of Lebanon with the Middle East teetering on the brink of wider war.