Middle East

The BBC’s senior international correspondent Orla Guerin has travelled to the edge of the Strait of Hormuz in Oman, which Iran has put a stranglehold on since the war broke out. The critical artery is normally used for 20% of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas. By leaving ships …

On 27 March US President Donald Trump announced he was pausing attacks on energy plants for 10 days for Iran to “make a deal”, and on Saturday he reiterated his threat on Truth Social that “all Hell will reign down on them” if they failed to do this, or to …

US and Iranian forces have been searching for a missing American crew member after a US warplane was shot down. Iran claimed to have shot down two US warplanes, one F-15 flying over the southwest of the country and a second plane involved in a mission to rescue the F-15’s …

Iranian media reports a reward is being offered for finding a US crewmember thought to still be missing. BBC News

President Trump has warned Iran of strikes on bridges and electric power plants if its leaders do not agree to his terms to end the war. BBC News

The US-Israel war with Iran is into its second month – and there’s increased attention on how much money America is spending on the conflict. Recently, the Trump administration signalled it would be requesting further funds. But there are increasing demands for greater transparency over how much the war is …

Israel’s security has been a political mantra for Benjamin Netanyahu during his decades in office. In the early days of the war in Iran, he said Israel had already changed the Middle East, and its own power within it, but more than a month into the campaign the regime in …

US President Donald Trump says his core “objectives are nearing completion” in Iran, during a primetime televised speech from the White House. BBC News

People in Iran describe angry scenes and tense relationships as rifts open up over the war. BBC News

The US state department says a suspect in her abduction has ties to an Iran-backed militia group, Kataib Hezbollah. BBC News

Defence Minister Israel Katz also says houses in Lebanese villages near the Israeli border will be demolished. BBC News

An 11-year-old is reported to have been killed in an air strike while manning a checkpoint in Tehran. BBC News

“I lived between despair and hope that my daughter might still be alive,” she told the BBC. “Months later, we heard in the news that premature infants had died in Shifa. I would look at the photos, trying to feel, as a mother, whether this could be my child or …

It is the second fatal incident in the last 24 hours, Unifil says, after Israel expanded its operation against Hezbollah. BBC News

The speaker of Iran’s parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has warned that his country’s forces would “rain down fire” on any invading US forces. Iran is believed to have reinforced its defences on the island, including with surface-to-air missile batteries. BBC News

The BBC’s Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega reports from the funerals of three journalists killed by a targeted attack by Israel in southern Lebanon on Saturday 28 March. Ali Shoeib, a reporter for the Hezbollah-affiliated Al Manar TV station, was killed in the town of Jezzine alongside reporter Fatima Ftouni …

The analysts identified a Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) in footage of the strike on the southern town of Lamerd. BBC News

Around 20% of the world’s oil supply normally passes through the Strait of Hormuz – the narrow waterway between Iran and the horn-like tip of the Arabian peninsula. Right now it is effectively closed, with Iran deciding which ships can get through, and the impact is being felt worldwide. The …

Israel’s defence minister said a number of other “senior Navy command officials” have also been killed. Iran has not yet commented. BBC News

The price of a wide range of goods – from food, to smartphones, to medicines – could be affected by the US-Israel war with Iran. BBC News