Israel’s latest missile strike on Iran may be more a face-saving exercise aimed at satisfying members of its coalition government than a true escalation of hostilities.
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How far the violent exchanges between Israel and Iran will escalate may well hinge on how strong the two sides’ leader need to appear to their own people.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
Iran has reached a stage in its weapons programme where it would be difficult for a single strike to do significant damage.
The small Gulf state has hosted high-level Western and Iranian delegations, passing messages between them.
The case could result in further limits on the immigration minister’s powers to keep refugees in detention indefinitely.
In recent weeks, as thousands died and the threat of famine settled over Gaza, the relationship Israel and its western allies had started to fracture. Iran’s attack appears likely to change that.
Iran’s attack on Israel may have failed, but its timing was orchestrated to create maximum division.
A long-running conflict between adversaries Israel and Iran fell short of open confrontation – until both countries took more direct aim at each other.
Despite launching an unprecedented attack on Israeli territory, Iran is still trying to avoid a larger war.
Since the war began, Israel has exchanged tit-for-tat cross-border attacks with the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. It is imperative to prioritize diplomatic solutions that end the violence.
Tehran has warned that no Israeli embassy is safe following deadly bombing of its mission in Damascus.
Israeli launched a strike against the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1.
The bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus and storming of Mexico’s embassy in Quito breaks with accepted diplomatic norms − and could spell trouble.
US President Joe Biden’s recent warning to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has limited Israel’s options in Gaza. And neither of Israel’s war objectives appear to have been met.
Over nearly five decades of enmity, Tehran and Washington have found common ground when they needed to.
A spate of terror operations carried out by the Islamic State group affiliate has raised concerns over a potential attack on US soil.
The government will head back to the High Court next month for another immigration case. If it loses, there could be wide-ranging consequences.
In the wake of the death of Jîna Mahsa Amini in police custody in 2022, Iranian authorities have executed political dissenters at what the UN chief described as ‘an alarming rate.’
Esmail Ghaani took control of the unconventional warfare wing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps following the killing of predecessor Qassem Soleimani.
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Senior Lecturer in History and International Relations, Curtin University
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
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Convenor of the Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), and Deputy Director (International) at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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