Brussels, Belgium — AFP EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said that Brussels is starting work on expanding sanctions against Iran after its attack on Israel. Speaking after an emergency online meeting of EU foreign ministers, Borrell said the bloc would look to toughen measures against Iran’s supplies of weaponry — in...
Washington, United States – AFP US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Tuesday of further sanctions targeting Iran following its unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend, saying she expects Washington will take added action “in the coming days.” “I fully expect that we will take additional sanctions action aga...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordan has called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to avoid dragging the Middle East region into more escalation with Iran. Iran launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Israel on Saturday in response to the April 1 attack on the Iranian Consulate in Damascus, Syria, in which at least […]
United Nations, United States – AFP Israel’s UN envoy on Sunday urged the Security Council to impose “all possible sanctions” against Iran after the Islamic republic’s unprecedented attack against Israel. “Today the council must take action (and) condemn Iran for their terror,” Ambassador Gilan Erdan t...
Frankfurt, Germany – AFP Iran has taken the Middle East to the “edge of a precipice” with its attack on Israel, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Sunday. She said Tehran had “plunged an entire region into chaos” and asked all sides to show restraint, adding that the spiralling tensions needed to end.
Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories — AFP Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has warned against any “reckless” Israeli retaliation to Tehran’s unprecedented missile and drone attack, as world leaders urged restraint. Iran launched its first-ever direct attack on Israeli territory, marking a major escalation of the ...
Beirut, Lebanon — AFP A source within Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said Israel struck Sunday one of its buildings in Lebanon’s east, close to the Syrian border, as tensions soared after Iran directly attacked Israel. “The Israeli strike targeted an area… near Baalbek and targeted a two-storey building belonging to He...
Tehran, Iran — AFP Iran Sunday warned Israel not to retaliate militarily to an unprecedented attack overnight, which Tehran presented as a justified response to a deadly strike on its consulate building in Damascus. “The matter can be deemed concluded,” Iran’s mission to the United Nations said in a post on social media...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel is closing schools nationwide over security concerns, military spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Saturday, after threats by Iran to retaliate for a deadly air strike on its Damascus consulate. There will be “no educational activities” when the school week begins on Sunday “in light of the...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Iran’s threat to carry out a retaliatory attack on Israel in reprisal for the bombing of its consulate in Damascus is “very credible,” the White House said Friday. “We still deem the potential threat by Iran here to be real, to be viable, certainly credible, and we’re watching it as closely...
