As Syria’s army struggles to fend off the surprise insurgency launched last week by jihadi group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Iran-backed militias entered the country on Sunday to lend support to the Syrian forces, Reuters reports. The insurgents first attacked Syria’s second-largest city of Aleppo and then moved into Idlib and Hama province.
Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon blamed each other for the deadliest clashes since their ceasefire came into effect last week, adding to global fears that the region will remain embroiled in armed conflicts.
Iran has canceled plans to attack Israel following Donald J. Trump’s victory in the recent U.S. presidential elections, Israeli and Iranian officials say.
The Biden administration is moving forward with a $680 million arms package to Israel, including thousands of Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) kits and hundreds of small-diameter bombs, a U.S. official confirmed Wednesday, as reported by the Financial Times.
Israel has approved a U.S.-backed ceasefire with Hezbollah to end the war in Lebanon, while separately delegates discussed a hostage deal for Gaza.
Several people were wounded Sunday as Hezbollah launched over 250 rockets and drones at northern and central Israel, according to the military and medics. In response to the relentless attacks, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) targeted Hezbollah’s command centers in southern Beirut.
The United States has warned the Iraqi government that unless it prevents Iran-backed militants from launching attacks against Israel from Iraq, the Israeli government will soon order air strikes against Iraq, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed to the Knesset that Israel’s October “Days of Repentance” operation destroyed part of Tehran’s nuclear program, despite U.S. calls to avoid such sites. He also stated that the operation weakened Iran’s defense and missile production capabilities and vowed to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed on Thursday afternoon that Israeli fighter jets targeted command centers and terrorist infrastructure linked to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group in Damascus, Syria.
Newly appointed Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stated on Wednesday that Israel would reject any ceasefire agreement that does not require Hezbollah to withdraw beyond the Litani River, amid reports that a deal may be close.
A CIA official was arrested in Cambodia and indicted on charges of violating the Espionage Act by leaking classified U.S. documents detailing Israel’s preparations for a retaliatory strike against Iran following a missile attack earlier this year, according to court records and a source familiar with the case.
A Russian warship carrying Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles carried out drills in the English Channel earlier this month, Sky News reports. Russia began mass-producing Zircon missiles in 2023 in an effort to strengthen its nuclear weapons capability.
After four decades of developing chemical weapons for use against its enemies, Iran’s Islamic terror regime may now have supplied its proxies, including Hamas and Hezbollah, with pharmaceutical-based agents (PBAs) that attack a person’s central nervous system, the US’ Westpoint Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) warns in a new report.
In his second English-language video addressed to the Iranian people in recent months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Tuesday that a third Iranian attack on Israel would “simply cripple Iran’s economy.”
Newly appointed Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar set the tone for his foreign policy stating that the prospect of a Palestinian State created today “would be tantamount to creating a Hamas state.”
Newly appointed Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stated at his first meeting with the IDF General Staff Forum that Iran’s nuclear sites have become more vulnerable following Israel’s recent airstrikes in the operation “Days of Repentance” and hinted that now is the time to remove the Iranian ‘threat of annihilation.’
The U.S. Military launched strikes on nine targets at two locations in Syria, targeting Iranian-backed militia groups in response to several attacks on U.S. personnel over the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Monday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Sunday, after multiple phone calls with newly elected President-Elect Donald Trump, that they “see eye-to-eye on the Iranian threat in all its aspects.”
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated on Thursday morning that sixty Hezbollah terrorists were killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting 20 locations north of Lebanon’s Litani River over the past day.
Israel’s military confirmed Monday that it had “eliminated” critical leaders of the Gaza-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad group and Hezbollah in Lebanon after killing several other commanders over the weekend.