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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.
Bracing for Iran missile or drone strikes, IDF reveals Iranian targets in Syria
By Judah Ari Gross
As tension mounts after alleged bombing of Iranian air base in Syria, Israel issues map showing five Tehran-controlled bases in Syria
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
Druze residents of the Ein Qiniye village on the Israeli side of the Golan Heights hold pictures of the Syrian president Bashar Assad and Issam Zahreddine, the late Major General of the Syrian Republican Guard as they march during a rally marking Syria's Independence Day on April 17, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / JALAA MAREY)
April 17, 2018, 5:12 pm
Druze in Israel’s Golan Heights rally in support of Syria’s Assad
Some 500 residents of Ein Qiniye march to mark Syrian Independence Day and to protest Western airstrikes against alleged chemical weapons sites
By AFP
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
Israeli Air Force jets train for Israel's 70th Independence Day flyover in Jerusalem on April 17, 2018 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 17, 2018, 2:42 pm
Looking forward: 7 things to know for April 17
As Israel prepares to mark its 70th Independence Day, local media outlets highlight the struggles and achievements that characterize the Jewish state today
By Adiv Sterman
Undated photo of a Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system on display in an undisclosed location in Russia (photo credit: AP, File)
April 17, 2018, 11:56 am
Russia mulls supplying S-300 missile defense system to Syria
Israeli officials have previously expressed concern the system could weaken IAF air supremacy in the region
By TOI staff
Soldiers holding a position in a mountainous area near the eastern town of Ras Baalbek during an operation against jihadist fighters, on August 17, 2017, in a photograph taken during a tour guided by the Lebanese army. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
April 16, 2018, 9:34 pm
Liberman adds Lebanese army to list of threats on northern border
At pre-Independence Day event, defense minister tells IDF top brass to prepare for Iran-led coalition; Netanyahu skips confab
By Judah Ari Gross
This Sunday, April. 8, 2018 image released by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, shows a rescue worker carrying a child following an alleged chemical weapons attack in the rebel-held town of Douma, near Damascus, Syria. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)
April 16, 2018, 4:13 pm
Russia says UN delaying Syria mission into alleged gas attack
Claim from Russian diplomat comes after UK accuses Russia, Syria of preventing inspectors from entering Douma
By Sarah El Deeb and NATALIYA VASILYEVA
Reporters watch the speech of Saudi King Salman from a press room, during the opening of the Arab summit in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, April 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
April 15, 2018, 7:45 pm
Arab leaders meet to unify ranks with eye on Iran, Jerusalem
At Arab League summit, Mahmoud Abbas slams US decision to recognize Israel's capital and its withholding millions of dollars from UNRWA
By Aya Batrawy
Smoke billows following a reported air strike on a rebel-held area in the southern Syrian city of Daraa. (Mohamad Abazeed/AFP)
April 15, 2018, 3:46 pm
After Ghouta, Syrian army eyes rebels in Daraa, on Israel’s border
Regime forces expected to target area that was the cradle of uprising and a stronghold for Western-backed non-jihadist rebels
By Layal Abou Rahal and Rim Haddad
This image provided by the Department of Defense was presented as part of a briefing slide at the Pentagon briefing on Saturday, April 14, 2018, and shows a photo of a preliminary damage assessment from the Him Shinshar Chemical Weapons Bunker in Syria that was struck by missiles from the U.S.-led coalition in response to Syria's use of chemical weapons on April 7. (Department of Defense via AP)
April 15, 2018, 11:13 am
Mission accomplice: 7 things to know for April 15
The joint strike on Assad over the weekend will end up helping the regime and doesn't do US ally Israel any favors, the press predicts
By Joshua Davidovich
US President Donald Trump addresses the nation on the situation in Syria April 13, 2018 at the White House in Washington, DC. Trump said strikes on Syria are under way. (AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGAN)
April 15, 2018, 6:55 am
Chaos, consultation: Inside Trump’s decision to strike Syria
At times, preparations for the attack were orderly; at others, the president muddied the waters with confusing tweets
By Catherine Lucey and Jill Colvin
This image provided by the Department of Defense was presented as part of a briefing slide at the Pentagon briefing on Saturday, April 14, 2018, and shows a photo of a preliminary damage assessment from the Him Shinshar Chemical Weapons Bunker in Syria that was struck by missiles from the U.S.-led coalition in response to Syria's use of chemical weapons on April 7. (Department of Defense via AP)
April 15, 2018, 4:07 am
Despite strikes, Assad retains chemical capability, Pentagon admits
Syria dictator still has poison gas and the means to deliver it; defected general says allied attacks didn't target the 'heart' of his program
By Robert Burns
The Damascus sky lights up missile fire, as the US launches an attack on Syria targeting different parts of the capital, early Saturday, April 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
April 14, 2018, 11:47 pm
Western strikes won’t change the bloody course of Syrian history
As with last year's US strike on Assad for chemical weapons use, Trump's new attack, again cheered by Israel, will be no game-changer. If anything, it could embolden Iran
By Raphael Ahren
Syrian soldiers inspect the wreckage of a building described as part of the Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) compound in the Barzeh district, north of Damascus, during a press tour organised by the Syrian information ministry, on April 14, 2018. (AFP / LOUAI BESHARA)
April 14, 2018, 11:16 pm
Large explosion reported at Iranian base in Syria
Arabic-language media say unidentified jet struck weapons depot near Aleppo; Hezbollah denies blast was aerial strike, following raids on regime targets by US, Britain, France
By TOI staff
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley speaks during UN Security Council meeting, at United Nations Headquarters in New York, on April 14, 2018. (AFP/ HECTOR RETAMAL)
April 14, 2018, 7:20 pm
Nikki Haley: US ‘locked and loaded’ to strike Syria again if new chemical attack
US ambassador to the UN says Washington will not hesitate to act against Damascus, following joint dawn operation with Britain, France
By Agencies and TOI staff
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