February 16, The Iran Project - The Syrian military managed to hit at least one intruding Israeli F-16 warplane on Feb. 10 that attacked positions inside Syrian territory, sending it down in flames and smoke which is considered as a "severe blow" to the Zionist regime of Israel. Syria state television later cited a Syrian military official as saying ...

RT- Despite high tension between Iran and Israel, neither side is currently interested in escalation to a large-scale war. But there is always risk of a black swan like the US choosing Iran as a target for an exemplary beating. The regular exchanges of hostile gestures between Israel and Iran have been more belligerent than usual in recent weeks....

Press TV - Israels military has claimed that the pilot of anF-16 fighter jet shot down earlier this month by Syria was to blame for the crash, saying he had made aprofessional error. A summary of an investigation released by the military on Sunday said the warplane was downed by Syrian military on February 10 while it was returning from a bombing ...

NBC- Iran's foreign minister told NBC News that the recent shooting down of an Israeli fighter jet had destroyed the "myth of invincibility" that surrounded Israel's military for decades. After "30 years the Syrians were able to down one of its planes," Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told NBC News in an exclusive interview on the sidelines ...

FNA- Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said Damascus' shooting down of the Israeli fighter jet few days ago sent the message to Tel Aviv that it may no more escape punishment if it violates the Syrian borders. "The Syrian people exercised a firm will to change the hit-and-run equation as it was a blatant ...

Press TV - The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has praised the recent downing of an Israeli F-16 fighter jet by the Syrian air defense systems as a very big military achievement. Syrian movement has decided to repel Israels aerial assaults. The decision to shoot down the plane was taken by the Syrian leadership ...

Press TV- Iran has dismissed Germanys baseless claim about its role in the recent escalation between Syria and Israel, saying the Tel Aviv regime, whose survival depends on chaos and confrontation, is to blame for the rising tensions in the region. On Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said Iran as a stable and stability-giving ...

Press TV - The Syrian government has warned the Israeli military of more surprises shouldTel Aviv commitany further acts of aggression against the Arab country plagued by foreign-sponsored militancy. Have full confidence the aggressor will be greatly surprised because it thought this war - this war of attrition Syria has been exposed to for ...

FNA- Representative of the Iranian Jewish community at the parliament Siamak Mareh Sedq warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Tehran's crushing and unforgettable response to any foreign aggression, specially by Israel. "The enemies of the Iranian nation, including the child-killing Israeli prime minister, should have understood that ...

IRNA After the 33-Day War (2006, Lebanon) and the 22-Day War (2009, Gaza) had already questioned the military capability of the Zionist regime, now it is once more questioned with Syria's shooting down the Israeli fighter, said a Foreign Ministry official on Tuesday. 'The Zionist regime had no other capabilities; they were suffering from legibility ...

Sputnik - The downing of an Israeli jet which conducted missions in Syria has become a game-changer in the Syrian-Israeli standoff, RIA Novosti contributor Gevorg Mirzayan writes. According to the scholar, Tel Aviv needs to reconsider its Syria-policy and choose diplomatic means instead of the use of force to reach its objectives. The ...

Press TV - Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri says the downing of an Israeli F-16 fighter jet by the Syrian air defense systems will establish new rules of engagement with the Tel Aviv regimes acts of aggression. What happened is larger than a battle and a little less than a war. It will create new balances and rules of engagement in the ...

FNA- Iranian Supreme Leader's top adviser for international affairs Ali Akbar Velayati underlined support for Syria's right to defend itself against foreign attacks after Damascus shot down an Israeli fighter jet. "If the Zionist regime wants to make aggression against Syria or any other state's airspace, the regional countries are entitled to use ...

Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday, February 12, and picked headlines from 20 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. The top story in all newspapers today was the Iranian peoples huge turnout in the nationwide February 11 rallies to mark the ...

RT- The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) has pounded a dozen targets in Syria and one of its own fighter jets crashed under anti-aircraft fire, sparking fears it may wade deeper into the conflict. But is Israel really looking for a fight? In the incident on Saturday morning, an Iranian drone allegedly crossed into Israeli territory where it was promptly ...

Press TV- Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani has praised Syrias military for downing an Israeli fighter jet, saying the regime can no longer carry out hostile actions against Syria with impunity. Irans top security official said on Sunday that the move shows that the era of "hit-and-run" has ended, adding ...

FNA - Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli rejected the Israeli officials' claim that they have intercepted an Iranian drone flying over the occupied territories. "The Zionists' claims have always been incorrect and this time is no different," General Esmayeeli told reporters in Tehran on Sunday on the ...

Press TV - An agitated Israeli military has reportedly deployed anti-missile systems to the Syrian border, a day after it lost an advanced F-16 warplane in Syria's first serious air defense operation to confront Israeli violations of its airspace. The Jerusalem Post on Sunday cited witnesses as saying that they had seen convoys of "missile defense ...

Tasnim - Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council rejected as a lie the claims made by the Israeli regime that it has launched airstrikes in Syria after intercepting what it said was an Iranian drone. The claim by the Zionists (that they have carried out sorties) to damage Iranian bases in Syria is a lie, =told reporters in Tehran on ...

Press TV - Russias President Vladimir Putin has urged the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to avoid any steps that would lead to a new confrontation in the region, following Israeli airstrikes on Syria. During a phone call on Saturday, Putin and Netanyahu discussed the latest developments in Syria, both concurring that interaction between ...