such as from the U.S. and Iran, and militias from across the region, including Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Shiite militia ...

The skies were empty over western Iran as Israel launched retaliatory strikes against its foe - following Iran's bombardment ...

Gen. Pat Ryder said Friday that more destroyers, fighter squadrons, tankers and B-52 long-range bombers would be coming to the region to deter Iran and its militant allies. The 85-year-old ...

Explosions could be heard in Tehran, though the Islamic Republic insisted they caused only “limited damage” and Iranian state-run media downplayed the attacks.

Photo: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images Amid U.S. warnings against a counterattack on Israel, Iran is sending a defiant diplomatic message: It is planning a complex response involving even more ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Iranian leaders have decided to respond to last week's Israeli attack, but the nature and timing remain unclear amid ...

This is a locator map for Iran with its capital ... Relations between the predominantly Sunni Muslim residents of the region ...

Israel’s new advantage, while significant, falls far short of the kind of victory needed for a stable hegemony. Its strategic ...

Iran’s defence strategy heavily depends on domestic arms production, with limited transparency surrounding overall military expenditure. Support for regional proxies is kept outside public ...

But Iranian leaders and their regional allies in Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen are concerned that Trump could well triumph on Nov. 5 and this could spell more trouble for them. Iran's main concern is ...

Iran has sentenced three people to death over the 2020 assassination of one of the country's top nuclear scientists, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the judiciary said on Tuesday. "The judicial processes of ...