Middle East

Saudi Arabia's government says an international coalition has been created tasked with ensuring the security of routes in the Red Sea.

In a ‘powerful response’ to attempted Iranian attacks on American forces based in the Middle East, the United States has launched a new attack on Iran.

US forces  launched waves of airstrikes against Iran today, one night after Tehran launched a ballistic missile attack on US military positions that were thwarted by air defences, US defence officials said.

Donald Trump has unleashed a foul-mouthed threat against Iran after Tehran launched ballistic missiles at a US airbase in Jordan, prompting a joint American and Saudi response. 

The rare joint operation in Iraq underscores the risk that the Iran conflict could expand. It came after Iran fired missiles at a US base in Jordan.

Israeli Prime Minister meets with President in the White House with the question of how to manage the war hanging over them five months since the first missiles were launched.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sat down in a closed-door meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington for the first time since the war kicked off.

Central Command says Iran launched multiple ballistic missiles in ‘an attempted surprise attack’ on US forces based in the Middle East.

Donald Trump declared the war would be over in three weeks, instead it has led to staggering human loss, devastated Iran’s infrastructure and cost billions.

The Perth doctor who joined Islamic State 10 years ago and was recently discovered alive in a Baghdad prison had close ties with a key leader of the terrorist group in Syria who remains on the run.

A Treasury briefing paints a dire picture of the Middle East oil crisis, with more fuel supply at risk than during the first phase of the war.

The United States and Iran are ‘having good talks,’ US President Donald Trump says after a two-week campaign of air strikes against Iran was halted.

ANALYSIS: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet President Trump on Tuesday, with one eye on Iran and another on the coming elections back home.

The Washington Post: President Donald Trump wants to give ongoing talks with Iran “some space” as he considers whether to escalate attacks, the US ambassador to the United Nations said Sunday.

The Iranian-backed Houthi militant group in Yemen is making a delayed but potentially consequential entrance.

Donald Trump has ‌paused attacks on Iran to allow more ‌room for diplomacy, the United States ambassador to the United Nations says.

The conflict in the Middle East has shown signs of widening as Saudi Arabia and the Houthis exchanged fresh fire while the US paused its attacks on Iran after 13 consecutive nights of strikes.