Israel-Iran 2025: Developments in Iran’s nuclear programme and military action
On 13 June 2025, Israel launched a series of attacks against Iran’s nuclear programme.

In summer 2012, the tempo of the Syrian conflict suddenly appeared to quicken. After long months during which many predicted a stalemate between the two sides, a bomb killed some of the Syrian government’s top security personnel, the authorities appeared to be losing control of much larger areas of the country, and more senior figures defected, including the Prime Minister.
Syria: no end in sight? (727 KB , PDF)
Syria’s background in ethnic and sectarian divisions and its history of extreme instability have created the conditions for the present bloodshed. Syria’s opposition, too, is divided and unstable; this has been one of the obstacles to the outside world providing assistance to the opposition.
This paper describes Syria’s sectarian and political history, and discusses the forces involved in the conflict. It considers the role played by other countries in trying to influence the course of events and points up the many obstacles to effective intervention. Lastly, it looks at some possible outcomes. The paper does not give a running commentary on the conflict itself. Information about opposition forces, both military and political, inside Syria and about the remaining strength of the loyalist forces is difficult to come by and such as is available will not remain accurate for very long.
Syria: no end in sight? (727 KB , PDF)
On 13 June 2025, Israel launched a series of attacks against Iran’s nuclear programme.
This paper briefly examines Israel's nuclear weapons policies, capabilities and programmes. It is one paper in a larger series on the nuclear weapon states.
UK and international response to the Israel-Hamas conflict and situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories from March 2025.