Iranian state media said the missile and drone assault was in retaliation to a deadly Israeli strike on an Iranian diplomatic compound in Syria.
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Israel mulls response after U.S.-led alliance fends off Iranian barrage
Israel and its allies intercepted the vast majority of Iranian drones before they entered Israeli territory.
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Israel threatens to strike Iran directly if Iran launches attack from its territory
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reiterated early Wednesday a promise to retaliate against Israel over the attack on its consulate in Damascus earlier this month.
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Syria says an Israeli airstrike destroyed Iran’s consular building in Damascus
The strike on the Iranian consulate building, which killed several people, could mark an escalation of the Israeli military’s ongoing targeting of Iranian military officials and allies in Syria.
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U.S. blames group of Iran-backed militias for deadly drone attack in Jordan as it weighs reprisals
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq is an umbrella group of Iran-backed militias that includes the militant group Kataib Hezbollah.
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Iran threatens to respond to any U.S. strikes as Biden weighs reaction to Jordan base attack
Concerns remain that any additional strikes could further inflame a region already roiled by Israel’s ongoing war on Hamas and the ongoing attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on shipping in the Red Sea.
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Official: U.S. warned Iran ISIS-K was preparing attack ahead of Kerman blasts
Iranian state media did not acknowledge the U.S. giving Tehran the information, and Iran’s mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Pakistan seeks to de-escalate crisis with Iran after deadly airstrikes
Pakistan’s political and military leaders have moved to de-escalate tensions with Iran after deadly airstrikes by Tehran and Islamabad this week that killed at least 11 people and imperiled fraught relations between the neighbors
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Pakistani retaliatory strikes in Iran kill at least 9, raising tensions along border
The flare-up comes as the Middle East remains unsettled by Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and on the heels of Iranian airstrikes late Monday in Iraq and Syria.
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Islamic State group claims responsibility for Iran suicide bombings killing at least 84
Another 284 were wounded Wednesday at a ceremony honoring Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani.