Area: 22,000 sq km. Population: 9.5m. Prime minister: Binyamin Netanyahu.

With a substantial military footprint in the Middle East, thousands of American troops are within Iran's striking distance if Tehran retaliates against US strikes on its nuclear facilities.

Tensions are high at U.S. military bases across the Middle East after Iran launched a missile strike on Al Udeid Air Base in ...

The Strait of Hormuz used by India for about 40% of supplies sourced from Middle East countries like Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the ...

Iran’s parliament has voted to close the Strait of Hormuz, the vital shipping channel through which around 20% of the world’s ...

With the fear that Iran might try to choke the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of global crude oil is traded, India is ...

Elsewhere, the Foreign Office advises against all travel to within 20km of the border with Libya, which is on the western ...

Key topicsIsrael dismantles Iran-backed militant network after 7 Oct 2023 attackHezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, and Assad regime ...

Iran’s capital Tehran covered in smoke and dust following explosions after an Israeli airstrike, on June 15, 2025 (Picture: Getty) As fighting between Israel and Iran is boiling ...

June 20, the world not only witnessed a precision military strike against Iran’s nuclear targets, the United States military, ...