Escalating Middle East tensions see U.S. and Israeli forces launch strikes against Iran and its proxies. Iranian missiles hit Israel and Kuwait as Qatar downs Iranian jets.

The three-day U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and its allies brought a new wave of displacement to war-weary Lebanon, after Israel retaliated for Hezbollah rocket attacks.

Russia has condemned U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and urged an immediate stop to the campaign and a return to diplomacy. In a Telegram post on Saturday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry called the

Israel continues to hit terror targets within Iran following the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday in a joint military offensive involving Jerusalem and the U.S., known as "Operation Epic Fury.

JERUSALEM, March 2 (Reuters) - Israel's main international gateway, ⁠Ben ⁠Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, ⁠said on its WhatsApp channel that it expects to reopen as early ​as Monday evening in an "extremely limited format" after the conflict with Iran shut Israeli airspace.

Iran and Iranian-backed militias fired missiles at Israel and Arab states, apparently hitting the U.S. Embassy compound in Kuwait, while Israel and the United States pounded targets in Iran on Monday.

Questions remain over who will succeed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who President Donald Trump and Iranian state media said was killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes.

U.S. allies and adversaries responded to the joint attacks by the U.S. and Israel on Iran with concern over the risks of a new war in the Middle East.

Professor Kobi Michael, Middle East security expert, discusses the unprecedented cooperation between the U.S. and Israel in military operations against Iran.