Iran and Israel should exercise restraint and avoid a further escalation of hostilities in the region, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday, commenting on Tehran’s drone and missile strikes on Israel over the weekend.

Any nation that helps Israel mount an attack against Iran would face serious consequences, the Islamic Republic’s defense minister, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani, warned early Sunday. His statement came as Tehran launched a massive air strike against the Jewish State in what it called retaliation for Israeli attack on an Iranian consulate ...

RT - As the world is abuzz with speculation over Israels shadowy rocket propulsion system test, Tehran bluntly claimed that the projectile it fired from a base south of Tel Aviv was actually a nuclear-capable missile aimed at Iran. Israel today tested a nuke-missile, aimed at Iran, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif suggested in a tweet posted ...

i24news - The test disrupted flight patterns at Ben Gurion airport, requiring take-off and landings to shift north A white trail of smoke was visible over central Israel Friday morning as the Ministry of Defense conducted a surprise missile test, launching a rocket from a military base just south of Tel Aviv. The defense establishment conducted ...

Press TV - An Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle has been shot down while flying over southern Lebanon. Lebanons officialNational NewsAgency (NNA) reported on Wednesday that a citizen had shot down the Israeli drone over Fatima Gate in the village of Kfarkela using his hunting rifle. However, Lebanese broadcaster MTV reported that the Hezbollah ...

Bloomberg | Donna Abu-Nasrand Gwen Ackerman: Israel launched attacks on Iranian and Syrian positions after it said Iran sent a drone into its airspace Saturday, as the tense situationalong the border threatened to escalate into wider violence. Syria fired anti-aircraft missiles at an F-16 fighter plane inside Israel, causing the pilots to eject,...

RT- Israeli military jets have been targeted by anti-aircraft missiles after they struck several targets in Syria, a spokesperson of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told Sputnik. I can say that the sirens were the result of the incident," an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson told Sputnik, referring to the launch of missiles at Israeli planes ...

A 19-year-old Israeli woman, imprisoned for 20 days for refusing to serve in the army because of violence against Palestinians, has been set free, sparking a mixed reaction with some praising her courage and others labeling her a traitor. The young woman will have to report to the induction base on Sunday, where she again would be required to serve ...

Cleared for publication: 23-year-old Israeli Arab crosses border on Saturday evening; landing site unknown at this stage. A 23-year-old Israeli Arab paraglided over the border into Syria Saturday night in an apparent attempt to join the civil war. During the night Saturday, Israeli military forces, including fighter jets, were seen deployed in ...

Hezbollah and Hamas are most immediate threats to Israeli security, according to strategic document issued by IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot that outlines army plans for next five years. Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot has issued a unique document entitled IDF Strategy, which reveals, either overtly or by allusion, the ways ...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) Former high-ranking Israeli defense officials cast doubts on theories that a computer virus found in venues that hosted international negotiations on Iran's nuclear program was linked to Israel, local media reported. On June 10, the Russian cybersecurity firm LabKaspersky labs reported uncovering a virus inthe computer networks ...

[caption id="attachment_152494" align="alignright" width="177"] Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman in Sderot, February 23, 2015. (photo credit:COURTESY YISRAEL BEYTENU)[/caption] FM's plan to eliminate terrorism includes death penalty for terrorists and destroying Hamas. The IDF must destroy Hamas and the government must instate a death penalty ...

Defense minister does not name US directly, but says 'someone' is also ignoring Iran's widespread regional terrorist activities. Diplomats negotiating with Iran over its nuclear program say that policy gaps are closing, and a deal may finally be in sight. European officials have changed their rhetoric measurably in recent days, as have the Iranians,...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laid the blame on Iran for Wednesdays multipronged attack by Hezbollah on Israels northern border that killed two IDF soldiers and wounded seven others. For some time, Iran via Hezbollah has been trying to establish an additional terrorist front against us from the Golan Heights, said Netanyahu. We are taking strong ...

BEIRUT-Lebanon's National News Agency reported on Wednesday that a Spanish member of the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) was wounded in IDF shelling in response to projectile attacks on Israel's northern border. UNIFIL was not immediately available for comment. By The Jerusalem Post   The Iran Project is not responsible ...

[caption id="attachment_148259" align="alignright" width="142"] IDF troops on Lebanon border [file]. (photo credit:REUTERS)[/caption] In addition, a mortar shell fired from Lebanon hits a home in Kfar Rajar on the Israeli side of the border. An IDF vehicle was attacked by an anti-tank missile on the Lebanon border on Wednesday. Arab media reported ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- A missile attack by Hezbollah Resistance Movement against Israeli soldiers near the Israeli-Lebanese border has left 15 soldiers dead, media report said. The Israeli military said the attack on Wednesday took place near Mount Dov and Shebaa Farms, a disputed tract of land where the borders of Israel, Lebanon and Syria meet, Al Mayadeen ...

[caption id="attachment_124850" align="alignright" width="144"] The Turkish ship Mavi Marmara (file photo), which was attacked back in 2010 by Israeli forces (file photo)[/caption] Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have decided not to open a probe into a 2010 Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that left nine Turkish activists ...

[caption id="attachment_119402" align="alignright" width="224"] Israeli soldiers look toward the Gaza Strip from Israel, August 3, 2014. Photo by Reuters[/caption] In three separate incidents, soldiers were found with their guns beside them. Three soldiers who fought in this summerswar in the Gaza Striphave committed suicide over the last month. In ...

[caption id="attachment_118003" align="alignright" width="230"] A Soviet-made MiG-21 of the Syrian Air Force. (foroaviones.com)[/caption] (Reuters) -Israelshot down a Syrian warplane on Tuesday, saying the aircraft crossed the battle lines of Syria's civil war and flew over the Israeli-held Golan Heights, perhaps by accident. The incident coincided ...