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🔴 LIVE: War on Iran | Day 20 • Saudi Arabia says may take military action against Iran • Iranian missiles hit Qatar industrial city, causing ‘extreme damage’ • Lebanon death toll rises to 968 Live updates ⤵️ middleeasteye.net/live/live-us-a…

A sharp drop in Iranian gas flows to Turkey following Israel's strike on the South Pars gas field the biggest source of domestic energy in Iran, supplying 70 percent of the country’s consumption. So what happens if Iran stops supplying Ankara? middleeasteye.pulse.ly/otqvodyus3

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called on the United States and Israel to end the war in Iran, warning that the conflict risks spiralling out of control and causing severe suffering for civilians middleeasteye.net/live/live-us-a…

The Wall Street Journal reported that US warplanes and attack helicopters have begun an intensified military campaign to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global shipping route disrupted by Iran middleeasteye.net/live/live-us-a…

🔴 LIVE: War on Iran | Day 20 • Saudi Arabia says may take military action against Iran • Iranian missiles hit Qatar industrial city, causing ‘extreme damage’ • Lebanon death toll rises to 968 Live updates ⤵️ middleeasteye.net/live/live-us-a…

Toufik Khiar fell just under a hundred votes short of the incumbent centre-right mayor, Benoit Jimenez, whom he now suspects of having blocked him by mobilising voters from the far right through slander spread in the media middleeasteye.pulse.ly/rowkcsohm4

"The ongoing disruption in Iran is among the longest three internet shutdowns in our records. It's now the longest sustained nation-scale internet blackout we've tracked in a highly connected society" - Alp Toker, director of NetBlocks, told Middle East Eye middleeasteye.pulse.ly/bkwzeyozji

Qatar’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, has called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the region, saying that “trust must be restored” during a press conference alongside Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. “Everyone knows who the main beneficiary of this war is, and who is dragging the whole region into conflict,” Sheikh Mohammed said.

"Obedience to the Israeli military is baked into the Israeli mainstream media. Few, if any, questions are asked about the morality, legality or strategic necessity of launching endless wars against an ever-growing number of nations in the Middle East" ✍️ Opinion by Antony Loewenstein middleeasteye.pulse.ly/z6zjssrquc

British MPs raise concerns over Israel’s new UK ambassador amid allegations he obstructed a probe into classified leaks during the Gaza war, as reports surface recommending a six-month suspension for Netanyahu’s chief of staff middleeasteye.pulse.ly/1bugrep4in

Despite the war and repeated displacement, Noura Abu Ouda has not stopped practising her trade, one deeply intertwined with memories of Eid in the Gaza Strip. For around ten years, Abu Ouda has worked with a group of women making ka’ak and ma’amoul (traditional filled pastries). The trade typically flourishes during festive seasons, helping to preserve Islamic traditions and the deeply rooted social customs of Gazans.

"Everyone knows who the main beneficiary of this war is, and dragging the whole region into this conflict is" Qatar has called for an “immediate” end to the US-Israeli war on Iran middleeasteye.pulse.ly/wpfthssvib

Former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei says there are “a lot of similarities” between the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the current war on Iran. Speaking on The David Hearst Podcast, ElBaradei said that if the case for war on Iran is based on false premises, “it’s bogus — exactly the same as in Iraq.” Watch the full episode of The David Hearst Podcast with Mohamed ElBaradei on Middle East Eye’s YouTube channel.