The Biden administration successfully urged Israeli leaders to avoid strikes on Iran’s major nuclear facilities last year when Israel retaliated for an Iranian missile and drone strike. The Israeli attacks instead hit Iran’s air defences and missile-production facilities, diminishing the country’s o...
In a significantescalationof tensions in the Middle East, Iran initiated alarge-scaledrone and missile attack on Israel on Saturday night. This action is seen as a response to an earlier attack on the Iranianconsulatein Damascus by Israel. Israel is currently on high alert, with its armed forc...
for everyone involved, is that the Iranian barrage is shot down or causes little damage. Israel could avoid casualties, and the need for a large-scale response. Iran could claim it sent a strong message without inviting major attacks on its own soil. And America could...
TEHRAN, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Tuesday strongly condemned Israel's new round of attacks against the Gaza Strip, which reportedly killed more than 400 people. Baghaei said in a statement that this fresh wave of attacks "against the defenseless...
The IRGC on Tuesday fired about 180 missiles at strategic centers in Israel. Iran said the attacks were in retaliation for Israel's assassinations of Hamas Politburo Chief Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and senior IRGC commander Abbas Nilforoushan, as well as its intensification...
Hamas has been locked in a war with Israel for almost a year since its 7 October attacks. It has praised the Iranian military for firing missiles at Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, saying the strikes were "heroic" for responding to the deaths of three men in par
Iran Attacks Israel Using Palestinian ProxiesAlan Caruba
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) confirmed in a broadcast statement Saturday night that it had launched missile and drone attacks on Israel. Israel's state-owned Kan TV news reported that the drones were lau...
"In addition, the jets will intercept airborne attacks within range of our existing missions," he said. "I strongly condemn the senseless airborne attack that Iran has launched on Israel. It serves no benefit other than to further undermine regional security."...
US President Joe Biden told the Israeli prime minister in his phone call Sunday that he should consider Saturday a win because Iran’s attacks had been largely unsuccessful and demonstrated Israel’s superior military capability, a senior administration official said. John Kirby, the White House ...