Middle East

The six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council – Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Oman – met in emergency session on Sunday to express solidarity and pledge to “take all necessary measures to defend their security and stability and to protect their territories, citizens, and …

“Some people have left Tehran, but we’re staying at home,” she said. “If we don’t get killed, we’ll remain here as long as there’s a call for protests in the streets, and then I’ll go out with my family to join them. I’m very glad that these officials are being …

This year, as tensions between the US and Iran mounted and President Donald Trump deployed what he described as an “armada” to the Middle East, threatening to strike Iran, concerns grew in Lebanon. For decades, Tehran invested billions of dollars in Hezbollah as part of an alliance of proxies in …

Security analyst Gordon Corera looks at what is likely to happen after much of Iran’s most senior leadership is killed. BBC News

In both cases, the US sent thousands of ground troops into combat. Trump has limited the attack on Iran to air strikes, as he did last year in a separate strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. He did not, however, rule out sending ground troops in the future “if they were …

Iran says it will “set fire” to ships trying to sail through the world’s most vital oil transit point. BBC News

The Strait of Hormuz is a key artery for the movement of global energy supplies. BBC Verify’s Ben Chu has been looking at what’s been happening to marine traffic in the strait since the US-Israel war with Iran broke out – and examining the potential economic fallout. Produced by Jemimah …

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in his office on Saturday morning during a US-Israel attack. In Iran, there are celebrations in several cities, while others mourn in the streets. One Tehran resident tells BBC Persian the “world has become a better place” after Khamenei’s death. Follow live …

At least nine people have been killed and 27 injured after an Iranian missile hit a residential neighbourhood in the Israeli city of Beit Shemesh, emergency services say. The BBC’s Hugo Bachega reported from scene and described seeing a collapsed building. The attack comes as Iran launched strikes across the …

Footage shows an Iranian drone on fire, spinning out of control and hurtling towards the ground in Kuwait. Since the US attacks on Iran on Saturday, Iran has launched several attacks on nearby countries, including Kuwait. Kuwait’s Health Ministry said one person had been killed and 32 others – all …

People in Beirut, Lebanon have been fleeing their homes after Israel began striking what it says are Hezbollah targets in the city, in response to an attack by the Iran-backed group. Israel has told residents of more than 50 towns and villages in Lebanon to evacuate, as it warned of …

The planes were “mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defences”, but all crew survived, Centcom says. BBC News

Israeli forces responded with a powerful air assault in Beirut’s southern suburbs – known as Dahieh – and southern Lebanon at around 03:00. The IDF said the strikes targeted senior Hezbollah operatives, command centres, weapons stores, and “terrorist infrastructure”. BBC News

People in Iran tell the BBC they hear explosions day and night, as the US and Israel continue striking the country for a third day. BBC News

But if the regime survives, and it may well, then Washington’s triple demands of Tehran will come back into focus, namely: a curb on Iran’s suspect nuclear programme, including a return to inspections; an end to Iran’s ballistic missile programme; and an end to Iran’s support for proxy militias around …

Iran’s state media has confirmed that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been killed, after attacks across Iran by Israel and the US, which began on Saturday morning local time. Reading a statement from Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, state TV outlets in Iran confirmed Khamenei’s death. The confirmation came after …

People in the UK, Spain and the United States celebrated on Saturday following news that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had been killed during attacks across Iran by Israel and the US, which began on Saturday morning local time. The death of the 86-year-old ruler of the past three decades …

Iran’s surviving leaders are in crisis mode, battling to project security as US and Israel strikes continue. BBC News

Tehran responded to the strikes with a wave of missiles and drones aimed at Israel and Gulf countries that host US bases. BBC News

Israel and the US have launched strikes across Iran, with Iran retaliating with strikes across the region. BBC News