Israel has launched a retaliatory strike against Iran with explosions reported near a military base early on Friday morning.]]>
After decades of rivalry, the rival Middle East powers have both
Israel has reportedly launched what's being called a "limited" strike on Iran in retaliation for that country's attack on Israel on Saturday.
The recent exchange of aerial attacks between Israel and Iran was a salient enough event to stimulate much commentary about the episode being a turning point in Middle Eastern affairs. The attacks were indeed sufficiently significant to have implications wider than the physical damage they caused. But it is important not to overstate how much turned at this turning point as well as to understand lessons the episode holds for future U.S. policy toward the Middle East.Although Iran’s missile...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had vowed his country would respond after Iran fired drones and missiles at Israel on April 13. Tehran's action, its first-ever strike on Israel, had been in retaliation for a suspected Israeli air strike on Tehran's embassy compound in Damascus on April 1. 1979 - Iran's pro-Western leader Mohammed Reza Shah, who regarded Israel as an ally, is swept from power in an Islamic Revolution that installs a new theocratic regime with opposition to Israel an...
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Israel’s military has not confirmed strike and Iranian officials maintain ‘no damage’ in Isfahan
Iran has downplayed Friday's incident and said it does not plan to retaliate, a response that one Middle East expert says Israel likely planned for.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre opened her Friday press briefing by alerting reporters that she would not be commenting in any form about the overnight strikes against Iranian military facilities. Israel reportedly launched three targeted strikes early Friday morning that destroyed Iranian military equipment in an apparent retaliation for the 300 drones and missiles […]
Lawmakers reacted after Israel reportedly struck a site in Iran early Friday in retaliation for Tehran firing a barrage of missiles and drones at Israel last weekend. A handful of American politicians defended Israel's "right to defend itself," calling for the U.S. to "stand with Israel." Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital that Israel had a "right and obligation to respond" and blamed the recent attacks on President Biden's handling of foreign policy in the region. "The scope of...
By: Micaela Burrow, Daily Caller News Foundation Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. was not involved in Israel’s offensive strikes on Iran early Friday. The U.S. told foreign ministers at a Group of Seven (G7) meeting Friday that Washington had received “last minute” information about drone action against Iran, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio
The Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. said Wednesday that Israel must respond to Iranian strikes on the country, brushing off warnings from American leaders and other allies fearful of a regional war between the two powers. Iran launched over 300 munitions toward Israel on Saturday evening in response to an Israeli strike that killed Iranian