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Report: Israeli PM Clashed With Military Over Iran Attack
An Israeli television documentary says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak were rebuffed by the military when they ordered it in 2010 to prepare for an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Excerpts released on November 5 from the report say the army’s chief at the time, Gabi Ashkenazi, and Mossad intelligence agency [...]
Iran Sets up New Navy Base in Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has established a new naval base in the Strait of Hormuz, the export route for around 25 percent of the world’s crude oil, the Fars news agency said on Sunday. The base, the fifth in the region, is located near Iran’s southern port city of Bandar Lengeh in the [...]
Iran to Showcase Vertical Takeoff Drone Soon
A domestically-produced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capability will be showcased in Iran early next year, the Mehr news agency reported on Sunday. The UAV, which is being manufactured by researchers from the Mazandaran Science and Technology Park, is due to be unveiled during events to mark the 34th anniversary [...]
Iran scoffs at Israel air defences after drone flight
Iran on Sunday scoffed at Israel’s air defences as it confirmed Tehran had provided Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah with the sophisticated drone which overflew the Jewish state earlier this month. Iran’s “capabilities are very high and are at the disposal and service of Islamic nations,” Defence Minister General Ahmad Vahidi said, quoted by state television [...]
US and Israel to launch massive air defense drill
The U.S. and Israeli militaries are engaged in final preparations for the largest-ever joint missile defense drill in the allies’ history. The three-week exercise, dubbed Austere Challenge 12 (AC12), will start on Oct. 21, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday, citing an army source. American officers are reportedly already in Israel to supervise the arrival of [...]
Israel deploys Patriot missiles near northern port
Israel has deployed Patriot anti-missile batteries near the northern port city of Haifa, Israeli media reported Monday, just two days after an unidentified drone infiltrated the country’s airspace. A military spokeswoman confirmed to AFP that the US-made missiles, which can shoot down drones, had been stationed near Haifa but refused to confirm the move was [...]
Israel: Possible Military Strike Against Iran’s Nuclear Facilities
Several published reports indicate that top Israeli decisionmakers are seriously considering whether to order a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, and if so, when. Twice in Israel’s history, it has conducted air strikes aimed at halting or delaying what Israeli policymakers believed to be efforts to acquire nuclear weapons by a Middle Eastern state—destroying [...]
Turkey Attacks Syria Targets After Deadly Mortar Attack
Turkey says its military has attacked targets inside neighboring Syria after mortar fire from Syria struck inside Turkey and killed five Turkish civilians. A statement from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office said Turkish forces had targeted “places in Syria identified by radar.” Earlier on October 3, a mother and four children were reported killed [...]
Israel already passed own nuclear red line: Iran
Israel has already breached its own red line set by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by acquiring “dozens of nuclear warheads,” Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Saturday. “If having the atomic bomb is passing the red line, the Zionist regime, that possesses dozens of nuclear warheads and weapons of mass destruction, has passed the [...]
