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Other Islamic countries are not openly backing military response by Tehran and more targeted action appears likely

Hamas on Tuesday named Yahya Sinwar, the man Israel says masterminded the October 7 attack that sparked the Gaza war, as its new political chief following last week's killing of his predecessor Ismail Haniyeh. The announcement came with the Middle East on edge as it awaited Iran's retaliation over the…

Foreign minister’s rare visit to Tehran appears likely to fail given Iranian insistence on making a decisive response

Jordan’s foreign minister is traveling to Iran on what would be the first official visit by a senior official of the close U.S. ally in two decades

The assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran humiliated Iran’s leaders, dashed hopes of a ceasefire and left the heavily armed nations of the Middle East moving inexorably closer to an all-out war they all claim not to want

Hamas killing is further snub to Biden administration, which does not share methods or objectives of Israeli leader

Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran on Wednesday in a strike blamed on Israel. Iran has promised to avenge his death, sparking fears of a broader regional conflict stemming from the Gaza war. FRANCE 24 examines what kind of Iranian "response" can be expected.

In today’s newsletter: The killing of Ismail Haniyeh raises tensions in an already fraught region, as Patrick Wintour and Bethan McKernan explain

The missile that struck a building in southern Beirut on Tuesday, killing Hezbollah’s senior military commander Fuad Shukr, had been widely anticipated. Three days earlier, a Hezbollah rocket – which had no doubt missed its military target in northern Israel – struck a football pitch in the Israeli-controlled Syrian Golan…