Ahead of the U.S. president's visit to Turkey for the NATO Summit, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the United States not to sell F-35 fighter jets or fighter aircraft engines to Turkey.
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani assured Lebanese President Joseph Aoun during an official visit to Lebanon on July 2 that Damascus has no intention whatsoever of carrying out a military intervention in Lebanon.
A senior Israeli security official said on Monday, June 29, that the number of cyberattacks attributed to Iran against Israel has risen dramatically since the United States and Israel launched military strikes against Iran on February 28, 2026.
Bahrain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the country's territory was targeted by several Iranian drones in the early hours of Saturday, June 27, and strongly condemned the attack.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday evening, June 27, 2026, described the agreement between Israel and Lebanon as "a historic achievement" for Israel and "a major blow" to the Islamic Republic and Hezbollah.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that American forces had carried out strikes in what it described as "a powerful response" to an attack by the Islamic Republic on a commercial vessel.
The International Energy Agency (IEA), in its latest assessment, says that oil exports from the Persian Gulf countries are expected to increase by 50 percent this month compared to the previous month.
On Saturday evening, June 20, the Terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced in a statement that it would close the Strait of Hormuz to maritime traffic in response to the continued Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon.
Axios reported on Friday, June 19, citing two U.S. officials, that Israel and Hezbollah had agreed, through mediation by Qatar and the United States, to implement a ceasefire beginning at 4:00 p.m. local time.
Following the Israeli military attacks on southern Lebanon on Tuesday, June 16, which left four people dead, the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters threatened retaliation.
