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Macron warns of risk of ‘conflagration in the region’ as Israeli war cabinet considers response
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Tehran believes calibrated missile and drone barrage is enough to restore deterrent and bolster image
Republicans call for vote on stalled funding package as Iran’s attack adds urgency to divisive issue
Netanyahu must weigh US calls not to escalate against demands by far-right allies for crushing retaliation
Tehran’s ‘Operation True Promise’ demonstrated aerial might that was visible to all, but fatal to none
Netanyahu’s sense he has prevailed in this round may make him less rather than more risk averse
‘Multi-layered’ array deployed included early warnings and Arrow system that intercepts long-range projectiles
Israel and Iran’s attempts to restore military deterrence pull the region into escalating cycle of violence
G7 leaders and UN Security Council to meet as US seeks ‘co-ordinated diplomatic response’
US president reaffirms ‘ironclad’ backing for ally in call with Benjamin Netanyahu
Tehran has vowed to respond to a suspected Israeli air strike on its consular building in Damascus
Tehran indicates response will be designed to avoid escalating conflict amid flurry of diplomatic calls
Diplomatic push comes as Washington says Tehran is readying military response to strike on consulate
Militant group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah says air strike they blame on Israel will prove ‘turning point’
Tehran considers how to retaliate after suspected Israeli attack without igniting wider conflagration
Israel believes the Islamic republic must pay for actions of militias it backs. But Tehran will now feel obliged to hit back
President Ebrahim Raisi says strike in Syrian capital will ‘not go unpunished’
Three senior members of Revolutionary Guards dead in significant escalation of regional tensions
Hizbollah says its fighters among those killed in Aleppo attacks as fears grow of broader Middle East conflict
Radical-right newcomers accuse older generation of corruption and nepotism
The relationship has helped head off wider conflagration in the region
Mahsa Jina Amini’s death at the hands of the morality police unleashed an uprising — but will it unseat the regime?
The festivities have brought people out on to the streets in a defiant show of freedom
Warnings come amid fears Tehran is stepping up support for Moscow’s war in Ukraine
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