June 26, 2025
In rejecting his top spy's judgment, Trump appears to embrace Netanyahu's justification
Israel carries out wide-ranging military strikes on Iran hitting sites including its most important nuclear facilities
Iran's nuclear programme is spread over many locations. While the threat of Israeli airstrikes has loomed for decades, only some of the sites have been built underground
The scale of the attacks, Israel's choice of targets, and its politicians' own words suggest another, longer-term ambition: toppling the Iranian regime itself
Despite an obvious goal of disrupting Tehran's nuclear programme, Israel's choice of targets, and its politicians' own words suggest another, longer-term objective
The strikes have ratcheted up the confrontation between the arch foes to an unprecedented level after years of war in the shadows
Air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel's two largest cities, sending residents rushing into shelters
Iran’s survival seen at stake, say analysts in Beirut
