The war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran spread across the Middle East and beyond yesterday, with Lebanon’s Hezbollah entering the fray and a British air base in Cyprus targeted.

Following the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday, many senior US officials remain skeptical that the US and Israeli military operation against the Islamic Republic will lead to a regime change in the near term.

The strait is the world's most vital oil export route, connecting the biggest Gulf oil producers, such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and the UAE, with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea

Israeli forces launched strikes on Lebanon including the capital Beirut on Monday, the military said, after Tehran-backed militant group Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran's supreme leader

The world greeted with jubilation, anger or trepidation the news yesterday that Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed in the US-Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic one day earlier.

Iran launched strikes across the Gulf yesterday after vowing to avenge slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, defying a threat from President Donald Trump to strike with unprecedented force.

Americans wary of US casualties, higher fuel prices

IRGC says it is carrying out a sixth wave of attacks in retaliation for the US and Israeli bombardment of Iran. More explosions heard in Dubai, Doha and Manama

Echoes of an empire in a time of fire

The US-Israeli strike revives a familiar belief: that removing strongmen brings stability; record says otherwise

Russian president says Khamenei 'will be remembered as an outstanding statesman'

Washington and Tel Aviv shift strike timing on Iran after new CIA intelligence prompts daylight attack

When contacted by AFP, the Israeli military did not offer an immediate comment on the reports

Strikes designed to hit Khamenei first; Supreme leader was meeting with top security aides

Who could succeed Khamenei as 'supreme leader'?

Iran under attack

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that there were many signs suggesting Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have been killed in Israeli-U.S. strikes in Iran.

Here are the latest developments as the military action announced by US President Donald Trump and the Israeli government sparked a flurry of salvos from Iran that closed airspace around the Middle East

Iranians blared music, cheered, clapped and honked their car horns, according to videos on Telegram verified by AFP

A lifelong adversary of both US and Israel