Kamleh Al-Yaseeni was supposed to accompany a friend to a hospice for the elderly in Damascus where they both volunteered, but she changed her mind to stay home with her disabled son, friends and neighbors said.
Iran’s first direct attack on Israel demonstrated the advances of its domestic weapons program, analysts said, while also exposing the limits of its arsenal.
The U.S. is further restricting Iran's access to "low-level technology," in response to Iran's April 13 attack on Israel and its military support for Russia, according to a posting Thursday by the U.S.
I ran activated air-defense systems and canceled flights, state media reported, amid reports of explosions at a time when the country and world are bracing for a possible Israeli strike. Israel has signaled it would retaliate against Iran’s massive drone and missile attack on its territory,
Washington plans to impose new sanctions to “degrade Iran’s military capacity” after it fired drones and missiles at Israel, the top U.S. security adviser said.
The apparent Israeli retaliation comes just days after Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel over the weekend, most of which were intercepted by Israel’s defen
As Israel maintained official silence on Friday’s reported attack on Iran, its analysts and officials weighed in on whether the scale of the assault was a sign of strength or weakness.
S&P dropped Israel’s sovereign credit rating by one notch to A+ from AA-, with the outlook negative, hours before signs of fresh tensions between that country and Iran.
Israel launched a retaliatory strike on Iran following last week’s missile and drone barrage from Tehran, according to two US officials, though media from both countries appeared to downplay the severity of the incident.
Iran fired air defense batteries at a major air base and a nuclear site near the central city of Isfahan after spotting drones early Friday morning, raising fears of a possible Israeli strike following Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on Israel.
CIA Director William Burns says Iran’s attack on Israel “turned out to be a spectacular failure” and that the U.S. hopes tensions in the region will ease.
Iran fired air defense batteries early Friday morning as explosions could be heard near a major air base near Isfahan, raising fears of a possible Israeli strike following Tehran's unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on the country.
A top Iranian general said his country may reconsider its nuclear policies if Israel threatens to attack its atomic sites, an implicit warning that Tehran might race toward a nuclear weapon as rhetoric continued to escalate in the wake of its April 13 drone and missile attack.
The U.S. and European nations are pressing Israel to moderate its response after Iran’s weekend assault, hoping to cool tensions as Tehran readies its forces.
The U.S. has urged Israel not to retaliate to avoid escalating the situation into a broader regional war. “Slow things down and think through [how to res
Israel carried out a limited military strike against Iran and is assessing the strike’s effectiveness and the damage it caused, a source familiar with the situation told NBC News.
U.S. officials declined to comment as of early Friday, but American broadcast networks quoting unnamed U.S. officials said Israel carried out the attack.
Israel retaliated against Iran’s massive drone and missile attack on its territory, a person briefed on the matter said. The strike targeted the area around Isfahan, which has n
The strikes appear to be the response Israel vowed to carry out after an Iranian attack on Sunday, when Tehran fired hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel. Most of Iran's volleys were intercepted or caused little damage.
The semiofficial Fars news agency reported on the sound of explosions over Isfahan near its international airport. It offered no explanation for the blast. However, Isfahan is hom
Iran has fired air defenses at a major air base and a nuclear site near its central city of Isfahan after spotting drones. The incident early Friday raised fears of a possible Israeli retaliatory
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We hope that they do so in a way that does as little to escalate this as possible.” The British were not alone in urging Israeli restraint after Iran launched more than 300 missiles and drones at Israel over the weekend.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will make its "own decisions" on responding to Iran's unprecedented barrage of aerial strikes over the weekend, most of which were intercepted. Follow for live updates.
Lawmakers weighed in after Israel reportedly struck Iran early Friday in retaliation after Tehran launched a barrage of drones and missiles on the Jewish state last weekend.
Israel has fired missiles at at least one site in Iran, according to multiple reports, less than a week after Iran attacked the Jewish state. A U.S. official confirmed to ABC News that Israeli missiles hit Iran,
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said the weekend drone and missile attack on Israel was “limited” and “punitive” as he threatened a wider response to any further provocation.
Saturday’s repelled attack provided the first real-world test of a yearslong effort by the U.S. to organize its allies in the Middle East against the growing Iranian aerial threat. Israeli and American officials hope to build on the momentum of the successful defensive operation by strengthening and formalizing the coalition that made it possible.
Iran had promised a “massive and harsh response” to “even the tiniest invasion” by Israel, but has reacted initially to reports of an attack on its territory with a massive snub. Minutes after
Israel launched a retaliatory strike on Iran following last week’s missile and drone barrage from Tehran, according to two US officials, though media from both countries appeared to downplay the severity of the incident.
Israel has reportedly launched an attack on Iran in the latest escalation between the two states. US officials said overnight that an Israeli missile struck the city of Isfahan in central Iran while Iranian media also reported explosions.
Iran has denied that an Israeli attack has hit its notorious “nuclear energy mountain” near Isfahan after local air defences were triggered and multiple explosions were heard by residents.