JERUSALEM — A top Iranian military adviser on Sunday warned Israel that none of its embassies were safe following last week’s strike in Damascus blamed on Israel that killed two elite Iranian generals. Regional tensions threaten to draw the Middle East into a wider conflict as Israel’s war against Hamas marks six months. The remarks … Read more
BEIRUT — Israel’s military was on high alert Thursday as the country braced for Iran’s promised revenge after an Israeli strike in Damascus this week killed senior Iranian commanders and stirred fears of widening war across a region on edge. The strike — in broad daylight, on a diplomatic building adjacent to Iran’s embassy in … Read more
An Israeli airstrike hit a building next to Iran’s embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Monday, killing two senior members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iranian state media reported, a significant escalation in a region that continues to be roiled by the war in Gaza. The strike killed senior commander Mohammad Reza … Read more
DAMASCUS, Syria — An Israeli airstrike has destroyed the consular section of Iran’s embassy in Damascus, killing or wounding everyone inside, Syrian state media said Monday. The Iranian Arabic-language state television Al-Alam and pan-Arab television station Al-Mayadeen, which has reporters in Syria, said the strike killed Iranian military adviser Gen. Ali Reza Zahdi, who led … Read more
Syrian state media say an Israeli airstrike has hit the international airport in the Syrian capital and put it out of commission ByThe Associated Press November 26, 2023, 1:34 PM This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo) The Associated Press BEIRUT — An Israeli airstrike Sunday hit the international … Read more
Syrian state media, citing the inside ministry, say six folks have been killed and dozens wounded when a bike planted with explosives detonated in a Damascus suburb close to a Shiite Muslim shrine in the future earlier than the solemn holy day of Ashura ByKAREEM CHEHAYEB Related Press BEIRUT — A motorbike planted with explosives … Read more
Syrian state media is reporting that airstrikes attributed to Israel have focused Syria’s capital metropolis, the primary such strikes in a month BEIRUT (AP) — Airstrikes attributed to Israel focused Syria’s capital metropolis late Sunday, the primary such strikes in almost a month, Syrian state media reported. Syrian air defenses responded to the strikes within … Read more