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US says it has agreed with Iran to 'stand down' after trading strikes, reports say

📡 BBC NewsMiddle East in EnglishJun 29, 2026👁 14♥ 0💬 0

A series of strikes over the weekend saw the US and Iran accuse each other of violating the ceasefire agreement.

Israelis, Palestinians torn over sacred shrine in city of Hebron

📡 Al-MonitorMiddle East in EnglishJun 29, 2026👁 9♥ 0💬 0

For Israeli settler Nitzan, Hebron's Old City and its sacred Cave of the Patriarchs shrine are a must-see for all of humanity, but for Palestinian Issa Amro, it has become a symbo…

Fourteen killed in Saudi Arabia helicopter crash

📡 BBC NewsMiddle East in EnglishJun 28, 2026👁 6♥ 0💬 0

The aircraft belonged to state oil giant Aramco and the cause of the crash is being investigated.

US and Iran exchange strikes and accuse each other of violating ceasefire

📡 BBC NewsMiddle East in EnglishJun 28, 2026👁 10♥ 0💬 0

Iran says it has launched retaliatory attacks at US infrastructure in Kuwait and Bahrain after the US said it hit multiple targets across Iran.

Israel strikes southern Lebanon as Hezbollah condemns new deal

📡 BBC NewsMiddle East in EnglishJun 27, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

Strikes have killed at least one person, state media say a day after Lebanon and Israel signed a framework agreement.

US strikes Iran after attack on cargo ship

📡 BBC NewsMiddle East in EnglishJun 27, 2026👁 7♥ 0💬 0

Iran accuses the US of violating their deal and says it struck targets linked to American forces in response.

Israel and Lebanon sign framework agreement after US-brokered talks

📡 BBC NewsMiddle East in EnglishJun 26, 2026👁 8♥ 0💬 0

Hezbollah is not party to Friday's agreement, and previous ceasefires between Israel and Lebanon have still seen near-daily cross-border strikes.

What Iran and US get from deal and why both could struggle to keep it

📡 BBC NewsMiddle East in EnglishJun 18, 2026👁 1♥ 0💬 0

BBC analysts assess the claims by both Washington and Tehran to have won a victory with the deal to end their war.

Bowen: US-Iran deal raises inescapable question of what the war was for

📡 BBC NewsMiddle East in EnglishJun 18, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

While the human cost is clear, the Iranian regime has not just survived the war, it has been empowered.

US-Iran deal leaves core sticking points unresolved - and a $300bn question

📡 BBC NewsMiddle East in EnglishJun 18, 2026👁 0♥ 0💬 0

Trump has insisted the deal ensures that Iran will never buy, develop or produce a nuclear weapon. But text of the agreement falls short of that.

What's in the US-Iran agreement?

📡 BBC NewsMiddle East in EnglishJun 18, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

The 14-paragraph memo includes an end to fighting, an agreement that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, and a $300bn redevelopment package for Iran.

Status quo at Jerusalem's holiest site under threat as Israeli nationalists flout rules

📡 BBC NewsMiddle East in EnglishJun 17, 2026👁 1♥ 0💬 0

Israeli nationalists are increasingly flouting a convention on how faiths share the al-Aqsa mosque compound.

The bikers battling extreme heat and armed conflict to smuggle Iranian fuel to Pakistan

📡 BBC NewsMiddle East in EnglishJun 16, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

It's so hot the fuel can catch fire - the bikers tell the BBC they must live with the risk of injury and death.

Three reasons ships are not going through the Strait of Hormuz yet

📡 BBC NewsMiddle East in EnglishJun 16, 2026👁 1♥ 0💬 0

Experts say that there are significant obstacles preventing traffic from returning to the levels seen before the conflict began – security, mines and tolls.

Iran deal presents political nightmare for Netanyahu

📡 BBC NewsMiddle East in EnglishJun 16, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

Donald Trump's ceasefire agreement with Iran leaves the Israeli PM trapped in a new political and security dilemma.

Bowen: Iran deal ends Trump's war that revealed limit of US dominance

📡 BBC NewsMiddle East in EnglishJun 15, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

The deal to end fighting and re-open the Strait of Hormuz leaves the sides where they were 24 hours before the war - only with thousands now dead.

Trump aims to end Iran war but nuclear issue remains unresolved

📡 BBC NewsMiddle East in EnglishJun 15, 2026👁 2♥ 0💬 0

President Trump says the US and Iran have agreed a deal to end the war but it is unclear what has been agreed on Iran's nuclear programme

Trump heralds Iran deal but questions - and risks - remain

📡 BBC NewsMiddle East in EnglishJun 15, 2026👁 10♥ 0💬 0

The announcement of an Iran deal was a welcome birthday gift for the president – but its success or failure may hinge on the details.

'They destroyed the future': Palestinian anger at rise in Israeli demolitions in East Jerusalem

📡 BBC NewsMiddle East in EnglishJun 12, 2026👁 1♥ 0💬 0

Palestinian homes are being pulled down in occupied East Jerusalem to make way for a park.