OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel attacked what it said were Iranian targets in Syria early on Monday in response to missile fire it blamed on Iran. Here are a series of questions and answers on the situation: What happened? Israel announced a series of air strikes against facilities it said belong...
Israel and Syria exchanged missile strikes on Thursday, according to media reports. Israeli army radio first reported a blast near Dimona nuclear facility caused by a Syrian anti-aircraft missile, which it said overflew its target. In retaliation, Israel then attacked missile batteries in Syria,...
The attack comes amid heightened tensions in the region, with Israel engaged in a war against Hamas in Gaza since October 7. That conflict began after Hamas militants attacked southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people, according to Israeli tallies. Israel has intensified its strikes in Syria s...
Israel Radio reported that an unidentified Israeli military spokesman had denied Israeli warplanes attacked targets in Syria. A spokesperson of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told Xinhua that they are unaware of any incident that Damascus had claimed that it fired on Israeli warplane that violated Syrian...
Israel is believed to have been behind the attack on Mezzeh airbase on Sunday that demolished a five story building used by Air Force Intelligence and pro-regime militias, killing several Iranian officials. The Syrian regimedeniedthe strikes had taken place, instead attributing the blast to an el...
Hezbollah attacked Israel in 2006. On 8 Dec, Russia joined Syria in criticizing the alleged Israeli airstrikes. Both Syria and Russia speciously claim that Israel is assisting the "extremist groups" who are fighting against Assad. RIA-Novosti; TASS; Associated Press. Strangely, when the USA ...
Israel has attacked Syrian military sites before, claiming that the attacks were meant to halt arms transfers to Hezbollah, Syria's Lebanese ally. Hours after the attack, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a pre-prepared video comment, warning that Israel would not allow Iran to...
Earlier this month, a strike said to be carried out by Israelkilled top Hamas commanderSaleh Arouri in a Beirut suburb. Over the last weeks, rockets have been fired from Syria into northern Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houth...
As Israel’s attack on whatever it was they attacked demonstrated quite clearly, Israel has total military dominance and no need to fear Syria. Israel even boasts, it seems, that they inserted a special ops team by helicoptor into what would surely have been one of Syria’s most sensitive ...
Israel Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said in an interview published last Thursday that his country will strike Tehran if attacked by archenemy Iran, escalating an already tense war of words between the two adversaries. Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency on Monday quoted chief of Fatima...