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A Russian-made Tor missile defense system. (Vitaly V. Kuzmin/WikiMedia/CC BY-SA 4.0)
April 18, 2018, 12:33 pm
Report: Israel targeted advanced Iranian air defense system in Syria strike
Jerusalem conferred with Washington before launching April 9 attack, which killed at least seven Iranian troops, Wall Street Journal reports
By Judah Ari Gross
A map of Syria, provided to Israeli media, April 17, 2018, shows the approximate locations of five bases that Israel believes to be controlled by Iran. These are Damascus International Airport; the Sayqal air base; the T-4 air base; an airfield near Aleppo; and a base in Deir Ezzor. Their exact locations on the map are not entirely accurate. The Sayqal base, for instance, is located east of Damascus, not south of it as it appears on the map.
April 17, 2018, 3:06 pm
Bracing for Iran missile or drone strikes, IDF reveals Iranian targets in Syria
As tension mounts after alleged bombing of Iranian air base in Syria, Israel issues map showing five Tehran-controlled bases in Syria
By Judah Ari Gross
A screenshot from an animated online video showing Saudi Arabia's military invading and defeating Iran. (YouTube screen capture)
From the WebMarch 21, 2018, 11:08 am
A glimpse of a crown prince’s dream? Saudi Arabia invades Iran in CGI
An online video made by a group calling itself the 'Saudi Strike Force' imagines a preemptive Saudi conquest of Iran, and garners millions of views, The New York Times reports
Iranian Revolutionary Guards al-Quds Force commander Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani (YouTube screenshot)
February 15, 2018, 2:47 pm
Head of Iran’s secret operations overseas threatens to ‘erase Zionist entity’
Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani calls for revenge on tenth anniversary of assassination of Hezbollah terror chief Imad Mughniyeh
By TOI staff
Hezbollah supporters rally in the area of Fatima's Gate in Kfar Kila on the Lebanese border with Israel on February 10, 2018 to celebrate the crashing of an Israeli air jet and to denounce the Israeli strikes on Syria. (AFP PHOTO / Ali DIA)
February 11, 2018, 12:58 am
Riding high after IS defeat, Iranian axis tries its luck with Israel, US
While Tehran and its allies hail start of a 'new era' with downing of Israeli jet, exacting response may cause them to think twice the next time
By Avi Issacharoff
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman appears in a video for the Arabic Facebook page of Israel's military liaison to the Palestinians on January 4, 2017. (Screen capture)
January 4, 2018, 7:39 pm
Defense minister warns Islamic Jihad: We know you fired Friday’s mortar shells
In Arabic-subtitled video, Liberman says Israel will do 'anything' it must to prevent future attacks, calls on Gazans to convince terror groups to lay down arms
By Judah Ari Gross
Iranian Revolutionary Guards al-Quds Force commander Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani (YouTube screenshot)
January 1, 2018, 4:10 pm
Kuwaiti report: US gives Israel go-ahead to kill powerful Iranian general
Newspaper says Washington and Jerusalem have overcome the differences that saw Americans tipping off Tehran about Israeli attempt to kill Qassem Soleimani 3 years ago
By Sue Surkes
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (L) and Hamas's leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar wave during a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Islamist terror movement, in Gaza City, on December 14, 2017. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
December 25, 2017, 7:43 pm
Iran pledging all its might to Hamas for Jerusalem battle, terror group says
'All of our of capabilities and potential are at your disposal,’ Gaza leader Sinwar says General Qassem Soleimani told him
By Dov Lieber
CIA Director Mike Pompeo speaks during the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) National Security Summit in Washington on October 19, 2017. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)
December 18, 2017, 7:45 pm
CIA chief Pompeo meets with King Salman in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Press Agency says the two discussed bilateral relations and regional developments
By AP
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani sits during a meeting with Pakistan Army Chief General in Tehran on November 6, 2017. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
December 12, 2017, 12:20 am
Iranian leaders vow to back Hamas in fight against Israel
Rouhani speaks with Gaza terror group's chief Ismail Haniyeh, offers support in countering Trump recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Jewish state
By TOI staff and Agencies
US Marines fire a M252A2 81 mm mortar system during a live-fire training mission at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, October 24, 2015. (Illustrative: US Marine Corps/Sgt. Owen Kimbrel)
November 29, 2017, 5:51 am
Iranian commander in Syria: US troops are pants-pissing wimps
During pep talk to his forces in eastern Syria, Qassem Soleimani seen on video accusing cowardly American soldiers of wearing diapers
By TOI staff
A boy walks past Iraqi forces vehicles in Rawa, after troops retook the Euphrates valley town from Islamic State group jihadists, November 18, 2017. (AFP/ Suleiman al-ANBARI)
November 21, 2017, 4:18 pm
Iran declares ‘victory’ over Islamic State
Rouhani says defeating jihadists was a religious duty; Iraqi government yet to confirm campaign is over
By AFP
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot speaks at the Herzliya Conference in the Israeli coastal city on June 20, 2017. (Hagai Fried/Herzliya Conference)
June 20, 2017, 11:01 pm
IDF chief says Iranian missiles overhyped, but sent a message
Addressing the Herzliya Conference, Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot says Hamas should have 'no interest' in clash with Israel
By Judah Ari Gross
Screen capture from video of Sohrab Soleimani, who the US Treasury Department says is the supervisor of the Office of the Deputy for Security and Law Enforcement of the State Prisons Organization in Iran. (YouTube/AP Archive)
April 13, 2017, 11:19 pm
US sanctions Iran military chief’s brother over prison torture
Sohrab Soleimani is younger sibling of Qassem Soleimani, who runs the foreign operations arm of Iranian Revolutionary Guards
By AFP
Adnan Badreddine, left, brother of Hezbollah terror chief Mustafa Badreddine, grieves at his brother's picture in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
April 8, 2017, 4:15 pm
Fatal dissent: When a Hezbollah commander argued with Iran
Nothing more chillingly underlines Tehran's determination to establish a permanent presence in Syria than the assassination of Mustafa Badreddine, the Hezbollah No.2 who dared question its policies
By Avi Issacharoff
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