What’s Going On in the Middle East?


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By Katrin Bennhold, Patrick Kingsley, Melanie Bencosme, Nikolay Nikolov, Christina Thornell, Christina Shaman and Laura Salaberry•June 14, 2025
In sweeping attacks that started Friday, Israel struck at the regime in Tehran, hitting Iranian nuclear and military assets. Iran retaliated with barrages of ballistic missiles and drones. It is the most intense fighting in decades between the two heavily armed countries. To understand what’s happening in the region, Katrin Bennhold, a New York Times senior writer, spoke with Patrick Kingsley, the Jerusalem bureau chief.
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