Middle East

Features

Watch/Listen

Latest Updates

  1. A mourner reacts during the funeral of three Palestinians killed during an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Abu Falah, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank (9 March 2026)

  2. Smoke seen above a cargo ship with 'Bangkok' written on it

  3. A BBC Verify map showing the location of attacks on Iran since the start of the conflict

  4. A satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz, with a thin stream of dark blue water flowing around a sharp point of arid land jutting into it.

  5. A screenshot of a BBC TikTok video showing an oil depot on fire alongside various comments questioning if it's AI

  6. Islamic Republic of Iran players line up for a team photo prior to the AFC Women's Asian Cup Australia 2026 match on March 05

  7. A middle aged man in a suit and glasses stands between a blonde haired woman in a green jacket and a short-haired woman in a red top, all smiling

  8. Pete Hegseth stands at a podium wearing a blue suit and a blue striped tie while point his right hand towrads reporters

  9. The BBC's Emily Wither speaks to a man who was injured by an exploding bomb

  10. Splitscreen. Left, a woman speaks to camera. Right, a man with shades and a hat.

  11. Mark Zuckerberg walking down the grey stone steps of a Los Angeles court house wearing a navy suit blazer, grey neck tie and white shirt.

  12. Shipping in Strait of Hormuz - 6 March 2026 graphic

  13. An emergency worker in Tehran shields her face as black smoke rises behind her. She is wearing a red and white jacket and a face mask and standing in a sandy location. The image is imposed over the BBC Verify colours and branding.

  14. President Putin and President Trump face one another and shake hands. They appear to be mid-conversation

  15. Exterior damage to a room at the Ramada Plaza hotel following an Israeli strike that the Israeli military says killed four Iranian Revolutionary Guards, in Raouche, Beirut, Lebanon (8 March 2026)

  16. BBC correspondent Nick Beake sat inside a car driving through Dubai's Port of Jebel Ali

  17. Image of an air base, with a forklift truck in the background. In the foreground can be seen a number of military personnel in khaki uniforms who are guiding explosive ordnance into position.

  18. Aerial shot of HMS Dragon in Portsmouth harbour

  19. Salem Michel Al-Salem in a court sketch - he is on the right of the picture with a breathing tube on his mouth, a grey sweatshirt, he has a bald head and is slumped in an armchair. The tube makes his expression unclear. His translator, a woman with black shoulder length hair, a brown blazer, white shirt, and glasses, is sitting next to him

  20. Dressed in a green shirt with a name label Commander Alasdair "Al" Woodward CO of 820 Naval Air Squadron stands in front of a Merlin, like the aircraft which flew to Cyprus.

  21. A man filling up a silver car with petrol. The pump handle is green and he wearing blue jeans and a jumper.

  22. Smoke plumes billow from the site of airstrikes near Azadi Tower in western Tehran on 10 March. The night sky and smoke are black. Below, lights are on in buildings and a tower is lit up.

  23. A large fire burns at an oil depot in Iran at night. Flames and thick plumes of dark smoke tower over the outline of a small building.

  24. Members of the Lebanese Civil Defence inspect a damaged building after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon (9 March 2026)
Trending Now