Israel launched a punishing air campaign on Iran early Friday, killing some of the upper echelons of Iran’s military leadership along with parts of its nuclear infrastructure.

Richard Dalton, Former UK Ambassador to Iran discusses Israel's strikes on Iran, and analyses the potential ramifications across the Middle East.

Lebanon’s army is communicating with Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah to avoid the country being drawn into conflict with Israel following strikes on Iran, a senior Lebanese official said. “The government affirms that the decision of war and peace lies with the state,

The military strikes jolted investors, raising concerns that a broader Mideast conflict would disrupt the world’s energy supplies.

The Longview Economics team drew parallels between how the oil market reacted to the Israel-Iran exchange of missiles in April 2024 and what's happening right now. "Recent Iran-Israeli conflicts have been relatively short lived.

Market watchers believe a full-scale disruption of global oil flows by closing the waterway is unlikely, and might even be physically impossible.