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 attack comes just days after Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel over the weekend, most of which were intercepted by Israel’s defense systems as
Officials from the United Kingdom, Germany and elsewhere have pressured the Israeli government to exercise restraint in its response to an Iranian missile attack launched last week.
Iran says that its attack was launched in response to an Israeli strike Apr. 1 on an Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, which killed a senior individual in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards along with eight other officers.
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
Tehran has routinely accused Israel of attacks and sabotage activities targeting its nuclear and military sites in the past, including in Isfahan, home to some of its key nuclear enrichment and missile facilities.
President Biden announced new economic sanctions against Iran’s drone manufacturers and steel industry on Thursday after what he called “one of the largest missile and drone a
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.
Iran launched a long-anticipated attack on Israel on Saturday in response to an apparent Israeli airstrike on the Iranian embassy in Syria—killing a top Iranian
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 against Iran on Friday morning. Source: ABC News with reference to a senior US official Details: Local media reported that three explosions occurred near a military base in the northwestern Iranian province of Isfahan.
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 were sent toward Iran’s airspace,
Israel is reported to have conducted airstrikes inside Iran early this morning, hitting targets in several cities. The attacks are yet to be confirmed by Israel or the US, but Iranian air defences were said to have opened fire over the cities of Isfahan and Tabriz.
More than six months of Israel's military offensive in Gaza has turned the Palestinian territory into a "humanitarian hellscape," UN chief Antonio Guterres said Thursday, also warning that one wrong
I n the space of two weeks Israel has been dealt two major strategic surprises. The first came in the aftermath of Israel’s air strike against Iran’s embassy compound in Damascus on April 1st. Intelligence indicated the Islamic Republic was about to abandon its decades-long strategy of confronting Israel through proxies and this time retaliate directly from its territory.
European Union leaders agreed late on Wednesday on new sanctions targeting Iran for the direct attack on Israel. The EU has decided "to put in place sanctions against Iran," European Council President Charles Michel told reporters in the early hours of Thursday morning after the first day of a two-day summit.
Israel launched more deadly strikes on besieged Gaza on Thursday as world powers watched nervously whether the country would retaliate against a weekend attack by its arch enemy Iran.
Details emerge about Iran’s weekend attack on Israel/ Iran aimed to launch over 170 armed drones, roughly 120 ballistic missiles, and around 30 cruise missiles at Israel.
Israel faced pressure from its allies on Wednesday to refrain from striking back at Iran for its unprecedented missile and drone attack as Washington and Brussels vowed to ramp up sanctions against the Islamic republic.
The United States received advance notice of Israel's reported strike on Iran but did not endorse the operation or play any part in its execution, US media quoted officials as saying.
Israel has vowed a response to the Iranian aerial attack, which was mostly intercepted. World leaders have urged de-escalation. Violence involving Iran-aligned groups across the Middle East has soared since the start of the Israel-Hamas war with the Tehran-backed Palestinian militant group's October 7 attack.
Israel considered carrying out a strike on Iran in retaliation for last weekend's unprecedented attack but then aborted the plan, according to Israeli and US media reports.
Hamas war in Gaza, but global leaders have their eyes on Israel, which is expected to retaliate against Iran following Tehran's weekend aerial attacks toward Israel.