Middle East tension

US Ambassador to Turkey Jeff Flake speaks during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, Turkey, June 11, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan
Middle East

United States asking Turkey to prevail on Iran to de-escalate tensions: envoy

Ambassador Jeff Flake made the comments as the region braces for possible attacks by Iran and its allies after the killing of senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah

The sun rises, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, over Haifa, northern Israel, August 1, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo
Middle East

Fitch cuts Israel's credit rating to 'A' as Middle East tensions rise

US President Joe Biden reacts as he attends a press conference during NATO's 75th anniversary summit, in Washington, US, July 11, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Middle East

Biden, European allies discuss Middle East tensions, Gaza ceasefire

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant hold a joint press conference at Israel's Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, Israel December 18, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura/File Photo
Middle East

Israeli minister tells US that large-scale Iranian attack expected: Axios

A Palestinian man walks past residential buildings hit by Israeli strikes in Hamad City, amid the the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip August 11, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo
Middle East

UK, France and Germany ask Iran to refrain from attacks against Israel

An employee of Luxor's International Airport walks next to an EgyptAir plane in Luxor, Egypt April 9, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo
Middle East

UK, Egypt issue alerts for Iran, Lebanon airspace as risks of military conflict rise

A tank manoeuvres near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Israel, August 7, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
Middle East

Canada to pull children of diplomats out of Israel, Canadian Press reports

A supporter holds a poster of late top commander of Iran's Quds Force Qassem Soleimani and late Hezbollah top commander Fuad Shukr before the speech of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, during a commemorative ceremony marking the first week since the killing of Hezbollah's top commander Fuad Shukr, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon August 6, Photo: 2024. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Middle East

US has communicated need to not escalate conflict to Iran and Israel, says Blinken

Smoke rises from Kfar Kila, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as pictured from Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, Lebanon August 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Karamallah Daher
Middle East

Hezbollah pledges to respond alone or with allies to Israeli killing of commander

US Deputy National Security advisor Jonathan Finer and Colombia's President-elect Gustavo Petro (not pictured) address the media after a meeting, in Bogota, Colombia July 22, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Nathalia Angarita/File Photo
USA

US says military moves in Middle East aimed at de-escalating tensions

Crude oil pouring out of a barrel. File Photo: Reuters
Economy

Oil prices dip as demand concerns outweigh Middle East supply fears

People gather for the funeral of members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who were killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike on the Iranian embassy complex in the Syrian capital Damascus, on the same day as Quds Day in Tehran, Iran, April 5, 2024. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo
Middle East

Russia and Germany urge restraint as Iranian threat puts Middle East on edge