Eight Syrian soldiers were injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes that targeted a building in the Damascus area on Thursday night, the first such strikes reported since several senior commanders in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike in early April. According to Syrian reports, the airstrike on Thursday … Read more
For the most part, the past week was a success in the way Israel confronted Iran and its aggression in the region.Last Sunday, Israel and its allies succeeded in intercepting 99% of the more than 350 drones and missiles Iran had launched at the Jewish state. Additionally, in response to the attack, Western governments … Read more
One of the outcomes of the Iranian attack on Israel with 350 drones and missiles is that it has now set a standard for retaliation, a new kind of equation in the tensions between Israel and Iran. What this means is that Iran often calculates its moves in the region and also its responses … Read more
Iran is engaged in the first part of its response to an airstrike on Monday in Damascus, which it blames on Israel. It also blames the United States. This shows how Iran is seeking to link the incident that killed several key Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members to a wider regional struggle in which … Read more
After Iran has been signaling about “punishing” Israel for almost a week since the Monday airstrike that killed Mohammed Reza Zahedi, an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general, Tehran appears to have set a course on its messaging and response. Iran’s regime has a message for the US, Israel, and the region. The message … Read more
Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi spoke to Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani on Wednesday evening. Raisi said that Israel would pay a “heavy price” for an airstrike in Damascus, for which Tehran blames Jerusalem. He discussed the “martyrdom” of Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Reza Zahedi, an IRGC leader, was killed in the Syrian capital. Sudani … Read more
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Friday he thinks Iran will retaliate for a recent airstrike by Israel on an Iranian Embassy compound in Syria, but on a limited scale. “They are going to act,” Esper said on CNN’s “The Source” with anchor Kaitlan Collins. “They’re gonna feel the need to uphold their dignity, to … Read more
The United States is on high alert and preparing for a possible attack by Iran targeting Israeli or American assets in the region in response to Israel’s strike on the Iranian embassy in Syria, a US official said on Friday. “We’re definitely at a high state of vigilance,” the official said in confirming a … Read more
Former U.S. officials and experts say the strike, which Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said killed two senior members and five officers Monday in Damascus, could mean renewed attacks on American troops and bases in Iraq and Syria by Tehran-backed proxies. Such attacks, which spiked after the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October, … Read more
An Iranian official said on Friday that Washington had warned Tehran not to attack US facilities after Iran had told it not to fall into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “trap.” “In a written message, the Islamic Republic of Iran warns US leadership not to get dragged in Netanyahu’s trap for US: Stay away … Read more
