The Financial Times, BBC News, The Guardian, Reuters and The Associated Press report that a leaked International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) document sent to member states reports that Iran has tripled its stockpile of enriched uranium over the past three months and failed to provide inspectors access to two undeclared sites. Reuters reports that Iran risks triggering a new crisis if it does not cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog and continues to fail to answer questions about its nuclear activities and denying access to sites, the IAEA chief said on Tuesday.

The Times, The Associated Press and Reuters reports that Turkey shot down another Syrian air force jet over Idlib yesterday, the third in as many days. Local reports claim one of the pilots was killed whilst another was said to have been rescued by pro-Assad troops nearby. Reuters and the Associated Press reports that relief operations to meet the needs of nearly 1 million people who fled recent fighting in Idlib have been overwhelmed, the UN aid chief said on Tuesday as the United States and Britain pledged to step up aid efforts.

The Times, Reuters and The Telegraph report that EU leaders have rallied behind Greece as it tries to fend off a migration crisis, pledging €700 million in urgent financial aid and stating that they would not be blackmailed by Turkey. The Financial Times reports that the EU faces a looming refugee “disaster”, the president of Cyprus has warned after a threat from Turkey to allow migrants to cross into Europe prompted violent clashes on the Greek-Turkish border.

BBC News and The Telegraph report that Iran has temporarily released more than 54,000 prisoners in an effort to combat the spread of the new coronavirus disease in crowded jails. Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili told reporters the inmates were allowed out of prison after testing negative for Covid-19 and posting bail. The Associated Press reports that Iran put its armed forces on alert on Tuesday to assist health officials in battling the new coronavirus that’s killed at least 77 people, an outbreak that has hit top officials and pushed even its supreme leader into wearing disposable gloves while trying to reassure the nation. The Financial Times reports that in less than two weeks the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Iran has jumped from two to more than 2,300, shaking public trust in the Iranian regime’s capacity to contain the disease and exacerbating the country’s economic isolation.

The Guardian and The Times report that Benjamin Netanyahu has begun talks to form a government after coming out ahead in Israel’s third election within a year, although the prime minister still appeared short of vital seats for a majority coalition.

The Telegraph reports that Iranian security forces killed 23 children, mostly with live ammunition, during a crackdown on anti-government protests last November, Amnesty International claimed.

Reuters reports that US President Trump told his Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday that Washington will keep up efforts for a deal among Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over a dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile, Egypt’s presidency said.

In The Telegraph, an editorial asserts the ‘age of Netanyahu is not yet over’, citing Likud’s ability to increase its vote tally despite being the incumbent party as a signal that Israelis have responded positively to recent diplomatic successes and a booming economy.

In the Financial Times, David Gardner writes that the ‘war of attrition’ in north-west Syria is ‘spiralling out of control’, as the mounting conflict between Turkey and the Russian-backed forces of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has ‘lurched towards all-out war’ with 3 million civilians at risk.

All the Israeli media report the latest Israeli response to Coronavirus. The Health Ministry announced that an additional three Israelis are infected and two of them were in contact with a man who had previously been diagnosed with the virus. A total of 15 Israelis are now infected. The head of the IDF’s Operations Directorate, Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, has gone into quarantine after returning from holiday in Italy. Haliva had attended a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after returning to Israel, although the Prime Minister’s Office made clear last night that he was seated far away from the general and according to Health Ministry regulations is not required to go into quarantine himself.

Reports in the Palestinian media indicate that Amazon has reversed a decision on shipping fees in the West Bank, after an uproar last month when Amazon was offering free shipping to Israeli settlements but not to the Palestinian Territories. Amazon has waived the approximate $49 shipping fee for Palestinians, bringing it in line with the terms and conditions offered to Israelis living in neighbouring settlements.