The Middle East "is in turmoil" following atacks between Iran and Israel, the BBC's international editor, Jeremy Bowen, has said.

Both countries have attacked each other's territory for the first time since the April ceasefire, prompting a call by US President Donald Trump for both countries to stop "shooting".

Israel carried out air strikes in western and central Iran, after Iran fired missiles at northern Israel.

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Thousands of people have taken part in the Palestine Marathon, which returns to Bethlehem after a two-year pause over the Gaza War.

President Trump has suspended anoperation to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz - BBC Verify explains the timeline.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is quitting oil cartel Opec after nearly 60 years of membership.

BBC Arabic's correspondent Carine Torbey reports from the border town of Khiam, as the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon goes into its second day.

Eyewitnesses captured the moment a burning fuel tanker drove through the centre of Hasakah, Syria, leaving a trail of fire behind it.

Lyse Doucet says Iranians want a solution to the long-running animosity with the US, but leaders is not willing to make a deal on Washington's terms.

While military targets have been struck in Iran, civilian areas have too, showing the stark reality of the war.

The BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet arrived in Tehran to what she described as 'life on pause'.

BBC foreign correspondent Nick Beake visits Metula, an Israeli town surrounded on three sides by Lebanon.

BBC Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega joins paramedics on duty in Nabatieh - a city that was once vibrant, but is now abandoned.

BBC Middle East Correspondent Hugo Bachega hears from people affected by this week's attacks.

Pro-government demonstrators poured onto the streets of the Iranian capital after the announcement of the two-week conditional ceasefire between the US and Iran.

The BBC's Nick Marsh takes a look at whether fuel costs will get cheaper now the US and Iran have agreed a ceasefire.

More than one million people in Lebanon have been displaced since the start of the war as Israel expands its ground operation there.

The BBC's Orla Guerin travels to the edge of the critical waterway that Iran has put a stranglehold on.

BBC reports from the funerals of three journalists killed by a targeted attack in southern Lebanon.

The BBC's Hugo Bachega speaks to families in Beirut as more than a million people have been displaced in Lebanon.

Paul Adams explains why it is so dangerous to navigate the strait, one of the world's busiest oil shipping channels.

Violence began after a teenage settler was killed, reportedly after being hit by a vehicle driven by a Palestinian.

Israeli forces have been instructed to destroy the crossings over the Litani river that were being used by Hezbollah to send reinforcements.