Iran threatens to "cut off Israel's feet" if Israel attacks Syria.

The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority reopens Iraq's airspace after Iran announced that it was halting attacks against Israel. Additionally, Syria reopens its airspace, including resuming operations at the Damascus International Airport.
2026-06-8

Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Qatar, and Syria close their respective airspaces to civilian flights as a precautionary measure, while the UAE partially closes its airspace. Later, the UAE indefinitely suspends all flights from the Al Maktoum and Dubai international airports.
2026-02-28

Iran and its proxies launch between 400 and 500 drones and cruise missiles at Israel from Iran, Iraq, Syria, southern Lebanon, and Yemen.
2024-04-13

The United States launches airstrikes on facilities associated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in eastern Syria in response to rocket attacks on its military bases. [https:--edition.cnn.com-2023-11-12-politics-syria-strikes-lloyd-austin-joe-biden-iran-iraq-index.html (CNN)] [https:--www.reuters.com-world-middle-east-us-carries-out-two-air-strikes-against-iran-aligned-groups-syria-official-2023-11-12- (Reuters)]South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor urges the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling on the prosecutor to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity, and genocide. [https:--www.news24.com-news24-politics-parliament-pandor-calls-for-international-criminal-court-to-issue-arrest-warrant-for-benjamin-netanyahu-20231107 (News 24)] [https:--www.timeslive.co.za-sunday-times-opinion-and-analysis-opinion-2023-11-12-arrest-netanyahu-and-halt-the-gaza-genocide- (Sunday Times (South Africa))]The UN Development Programme office in Gaza is shelled, with reports of a significant number of deaths and injuries. Office chief Achim Steiner says that "civilians, civilian infrastructure and the inviolability of UN facilities must be always protected". [https:--www.dawn.com-news-1788681-un-office-in-gaza-shelled-reports-of-casualties-and-injuries-undp-chief (Dawn)]The United Nations says that several hospitals in Gaza have been directly hit, and that "hospitals are explicitly entitled to specific protection under international humanitarian law", as Israel intensifies its shelling and ground attacks around hospitals in Gaza City and northern Gaza. [https:--reliefweb.int-report-occupied-palestinian-territory-hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-36-enarhe (OCHA)] [https:--www.tbsnews.net-hamas-israel-war-no-way-evacuate-babies-safer-hospital-gaza-health-ministry-737998 ("Business Standard")]The cardiac ward of the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, is destroyed by Israel's ground offensive and the hospital's intensive care unit is severely damaged by Israeli army bombing. The World Health Organization (WHO) says that there are reports that people who fled the hospital "have been shot at, wounded and even killed" and calls for a humanitarian ceasefire, saying that they are concerned about the safety of workers and patients who remain inside the hospital. The WHO also says that it has lost communication with its contacts inside the hospital. [https:--www.thejournal.ie-netanyahu-israel-gaza-hospital-6220799-Nov2023- (The Journal)] [https:--www.emro.who.int-media-news-who-loses-communication-with-contacts-in-al-shifa-hospital-in-gaza-amid-reports-of-attacks.html (WHO)] [https:--www.aljazeera.com-news-liveblog-2023-11-12-israel-gaza-war-live-israeli-army-surrounding-al-quds-hospital (Al Jazeera)] [https:--www.aljazeera.com-news-liveblog-2023-11-12-israel-gaza-war-live-israeli-army-surrounding-al-quds-hospital (Al Jazeera 2)]Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong calls on Israel to stop its attacks on hospitals, expressing concern about the number of civilian deaths from Israel's assault on Gaza, saying that "international humanitarian law does require the protection of hospitals, of patients and of medical staff". [https:--www.smh.com.au-politics-federal-foreign-minister-penny-wong-calls-on-israel-to-cease-attacks-on-hospitals-20231112-p5ejbs.html ("Sydney Morning Herald")]Palestinian Minister of Health An Israel Electric Corporation employee killed and with six of the fatality's colleagues, seven IDF members and 8 Israelis injured by Hezbollah anti-tank missile and mortar attacks.[https:--jpost.com-breaking-news-article-772861 (JPost)]IDF launches a drone strike at a Hezbollah crew attempting to launch antitank missiles at Metula. [https:--jpost.com-breaking-news-article-772861 (JPost)]Gaza war
2023-11-12

The Israeli Knesset votes 45–15 to bar Palestinian spouses of Israelis from obtaining citizenship if they came from the West Bank or the Gaza Strip, and blocks family reunification of Israelis and their spouses if they came from "enemy countries" such as Lebanon, Syria, and Iran. This replaces a similar emergency order that was in place from 2003 to last year, when it failed to receive enough votes to be annually renewed.
2022-03-10

U.S. and Arab officials disclose a clandestine Israeli naval operation against vessels in the Persian Gulf, Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea carrying Iranian oil and weaponry to Syria since 2019. At least twelve Iranian vessels have been bombed with limpet mines, according to U.S. officials.
2021-03-11

Israel carries out a wave of airstrikes on Syria's eastern Deir ez-Zor Governorate, near its border with Iraq. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that 57 people have been killed and 28 others injured in at least 18 Israeli airstrikes, saying that several Iranian arms depots were hit. A senior U.S. intelligence official says that the air raids were carried out with "intelligence provided by the U.S."
2021-01-13

Israel strikes multiple Iranian and Syrian military targets outside Damascus and Homs, killing 16 people and wounding 21.
2019-07-1

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Iran threatens to "cut off Israel's feet" if Israel attacks Syria.

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