The opening of a new front in the conflict between Israel and Iran has brought geopolitical risk straight back into the foreign exchange calculus. After the Israeli strikes Friday morning, the dollar witnessed an element of the “flight-to-safety” characteristic traditionally associated with military escalation but as ING points out in its daily research note,

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Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday in strikes that targeted the country’s nuclear program and raised the potential for an all-out war between the two bitter Middle East adversaries.

Tensions between Israel and Iran are escalating amid an already volatile Middle East, raising fears of a broader and more dangerous conflict.

Iran’s “Axis of Resistance,” the network of militias it has fostered in the Middle East to help it fight Israel, has become seriously degraded, experts say.

A weakened Tehran and a distracted Donald Trump have led Benjamin Netanyahu to finally act against long-standing foe

A question has loomed since Donald Trump retook the White House in January: Will he come to Israel’s defense as Joe Biden did?

Rising tensions over Iran's nuclear program have escalated amid diplomatic breakdowns, military preparations, and threats of conflict across the Middle East.

Global markets are in turmoil on Friday after Israel unleashed a major wave of strikes on Iran’s nuclear program overnight that killed top officials and scientists. Tehran has vowed to retaliate, renewing fears of a wider regional conflict that could send global energy prices soaring.