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The sun rises behind tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, April 18, 2026
Middle East / 19 April 2026
19 April 2026
Backdropped by ships in the Strait of Hormuz, damage, according to local witnesses caused by several recent airstrikes during the U.S.-Israel military campaign, is seen on a fishing pier in the port of Qeshm island, Iran, April 13, 2026
Middle East / 17 April 2026
17 April 2026
Assem Abdallah reacts as he enters his friend apartment destroyed in a Israeli airstrike in Kfar Roumman, southern Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah
Middle East / 18 April 2026
18 April 2026

Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon is just the latest of its recurring cycles of aggression in the region, says VIJAY PRASHAD

A shopper in a supermarket
Britain / 16 April 2026
16 April 2026

Food crisis looming as Iran war hits supply chain

Eliana Abi Nassif, 2, holds a doll next to her family's tent used as a shelter after fleeing Israeli bombardment in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, in Beirut, April 15, 2026
Middle East / 16 April 2026
16 April 2026
Goods at a food bank
Editorial / 16 April 2026
16 April 2026
A volunteer talks on his phone while walking amid the debris of a residential building that was damaged on March 4 during the US-Israeli military campaign, in southeastern Tehran, Iran, April 14, 2026
Middle East / 15 April 2026
15 April 2026
A cargo ship sails in the Persian Gulf towards Dubai port as seen from Ajman, United Arab Emirates, April 14, 2026
Middle East / 14 April 2026
14 April 2026
Women walk past a banner depicting the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S. and Israel strikes on Feb. 28, in northern Tehran, Iran, April 12, 2026
Middle East / 13 April 2026
13 April 2026
An excavator removes rubble as a firefighter sprays water on smoldering debris at the site of a strike that destroyed half of the Khorasaniha Synagogue and nearby residential buildings in Tehran, Iran, April 7, 2026
Middle East / 14 April 2026
14 April 2026

From Vietnam to Iran, US leaders repeat a failed strategy of terror bombing – one that history shows cannot break a determined, resilient society, says DYLAN MURPHY