UN chief calls for maximum restraint after Iran’s attack on Israel, G7 leaders condemn attack; Pope urges end to “spiral of violence”
Reuters United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday issued a reminder that acts of reprisal involving the use of force are barred under international law after Iran’s attack on Israel, while the US warned the Security Council it would work to hold Tehran accountable at the UN. Guterres, speaking to a meeting of the UN […]
US will not take part in any Israeli retaliatory action against Iran
Jerusalem/Dubai, United Arab Emirates/Washington DC, US Reuters President Joe Biden warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the US will not take part in a counter-offensive against Iran, an option that Netanyahu’s war cabinet favors after a mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory, according to officials. The threat of open warfare erupting between the arch […]
Iran launches retaliatory attack on Israel with hundreds of drones, missiles
Jerusalem/Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Iran launched explosive drones and fired missiles at Israel late on Saturday in its first direct attack on Israeli territory, a retaliatory strike that raised the threat of a wider regional conflict, as the US pledged “ironclad” backing for Israel. Sirens wailed and Reuters journalists in Israel heard distant heavy […]
Iran launches drone attack at Israel, expected to unfold “over hours”
Jerusalem Reuters Iran launched dozens of drones at Israel on Saturday but they will take hours to reach their targets, Israel’s military said, an attack that may trigger a major escalation between the regional archenemies, with the US pledging to back Israel. Two security sources in Iraq said dozens of drones had been spotted flying […]
Argentine court blames Iran and Hezbollah for deadly 1994 Jewish centre bombing
Buenos Aires, Argentina AP Argentina’s highest criminal court reported a new development Thursday in the elusive quest for justice in the deadliest attack in the country’s history – the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre headquarters – concluding Iran had planned the attack and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group had executed the plans. In a ruling obtained […]
US has asked countries in the region to press Iran not to engage in war in Sudan
Washington DC, US Reuters The US has had direct conversations with countries accused of fueling the conflict in Sudan and has encouraged regional states to press Iran not to engage in the war, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Thursday. Reuters reported on Wednesday that Iranian-made armed drones had helped the […]
Netanyahu says Israel preparing for scenarios in other areas than Gaza
Jerusalem/Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israel is keeping up its war in Gaza but is also preparing for scenarios in other areas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, amid concern that Iran was preparing to strike Israel in response for the killing of senior Iranian commanders. “Whoever harms us, we will harm them. We are prepared […]
Netanyahu says Israel acting against Iran, will defend itself
Jerusalem Reuters Israel braced on Thursday for the possibility of a retaliatory attack after its suspected killing of Iranian generals in Damascus this week, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country would harm “whoever harms us or plans to harm us.” His comments came after Israel’s armed forces – stretched by nearly six months […]
Iran alerted Russia to security threat before Moscow attack, sources say
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Iran tipped off Russia about the possibility of a major “terrorist operation” on its soil ahead of the concert hall massacre near Moscow last month, three sources familiar with the matter said. In the deadliest attack inside Russia in 20 years, gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons at concertgoers on […]
Israel bombs Iran embassy in Syria, Iranian commanders among dead
Damascus, Syria Reuters Suspected Israeli warplanes bombed Iran’s embassy in Syria on Monday, a marked escalation in a war pitting Israel against its regional adversaries, and Tehran said the strike killed seven military advisers including three senior commanders. Reuters reporters at the site in the Mezzeh district of Damascus saw emergency workers clambering atop rubble […]