Israeli and Lebanese officials this week met in Washington for direct talks between two nations, which have technically been at war since 1948.

Israel and the US put pressure on Iran militarily, but domestic politics and regional dynamics could shape how the conflict unfolds and eventually ends. Al-Ittihad, United Arab Emirates, March 21 As

Iran intensified its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbors’ energy sites Thursday, hitting a Saudi refinery on the Red Sea and setting Qatari liquefied natural gas facilities and two Kuwaiti oil refineries ablaze.

US President Donald Trump said that the naval blockade will “remain in full force” until “our transaction with Iran is 100 per cent complete.”

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A smoke plume rises from a fire near Dubai International Airport on March 16, 2026. - AFP/Getty Images Three full weeks of the war the US and Israel launched against Iran have shocked ...

An economic simulation warned that the region’s economy could lose more than $190 billion in just one month, and that Gulf states that have often bankrolled reconstruction efforts will be less able to help.

Advocates are less careful, compared to their antecedents, about distinguishing between Jews and Israelis, and utterly disinterested, to the point of contempt, when it comes to the various divides wit

You must report immediately in case of any security incident,” read a text message sent to phones in the United Arab Emirates from “MOI” during the Iran war. But the country’s Ministry of Interior never sent such an alert.

A high-stakes diplomatic meeting in Washington, DC is set to pit representatives of State of Israel and Lebanon against each other in talks brokered by the United States, aimed at ending months of war that have ravaged Lebanon and unleashed heavy bombardment.