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  • Israeli Airstrike Destroys Iran’s Consular Building in Syria

    Israeli Airstrike Destroys Iran’s Consular Building in Syria

    DAMASCUS, Syria— An Israeli airstrike destroyed the consular section of Iran’s embassy in Syria, killing a senior Iranian military adviser and several others, Syrian officials and state media said Monday. The strike appears to signify an escalation of Israel’s targeting of Iranian military officials and their allies in Syria, which have intensified since Hamas militants…

  • US lags in protecting its most vital satellites

    US lags in protecting its most vital satellites

    Monday, 01 April 2024 21:41 The United States and China are locked in a new race, in space and on Earth, over a fundamental resource: time itself, and the United States is losing. Global positioning satellites serve as clocks in the sky, and their signals have become fundamental to the global economy — as essential…

  • White House says reports of Israel shutting down Al Jazeera locally is ‘concerning’ – video | Media

    White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on 1 April if reports are true that Israel is trying to shut down the news network Al Jazeera within the country, it would be ‘concerning’. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, revived moves on Monday to shut down Qatari satellite television station Al Jazeera in Israel and the law…

  • 8 killed, including Iran Guard, in Israeli strike in Syria

    8 killed, including Iran Guard, in Israeli strike in Syria

    Israeli air strikes destroyed the Iranian embassy’s consular annex in Syria on Monday, killing and wounding everyone inside, Damascus said as Iranian state TV reported a Revolutionary Guards commander among the dead. Britain-based war monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said eight people, including several Guards members, were killed when “Israeli missiles destroyed…

  • Iranians condemn Israeli airstrike on Iranian consulate in Damascus

    Iranians condemn Israeli airstrike on Iranian consulate in Damascus

    Iran Press/ Iran news: The Iranian consulate building near the Iranian Embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus came under an Israeli missile strike on Monday afternoon, with reports of casualties as a result of the aggression.  The Iranian people in this demonstration chanted slogans “Down to the Israeli regime”, Down to the US”. “Six people were…

  • Iran, Syria condemn Israeli aggression on consulate, assassination

    Iran, Syria condemn Israeli aggression on consulate, assassination

    Syria’s Foreign Minister tells Al Mayadeen that the Israeli occupation entity cannot affect the relations between Damascus and Tehran. Emergency services work at the destroyed Iranian consulate building after it was targeted by an Israeli airstrike, which led to the martyrdom of senior IRGC officials in Damascus, Syria, on Monday, April 1, 2024 (AP) Against…

  • Iran's Revolutionary Guards: powerful group with wide regional reach – Reuters

    Iran’s Revolutionary Guards: powerful group with wide regional reach  Reuters Continue Reading News Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-revolutionary-guards-powerful-group-with-wide-regional-reach-2024-04-01/

  • Alex Murdaugh sentenced to 40 years for stealing from clients and law firm | Alex Murdaugh

    For maybe the last time, the convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh – in a prison jumpsuit instead of the suit he used to wear – shuffled into a courtroom on Monday in South Carolina and received a prison sentence. This time, it was for 40 years in federal court for financial crimes. Murdaugh’s latest punishment was…

  • Israeli attack on Iranian consulate leaves 5 martyred

    Israeli attack on Iranian consulate leaves 5 martyred

    Iran Press/ West Asia: The Israeli regime targeted the Mezzeh neighborhood in Damascus on Monday afternoon, which caused significant damage to the consulate building and neighboring structures. Hossein Akbari said on Monday that the Israeli F35 fighter jets hit the Iranian consulate in Damascus from the Golan Heights with 6 missiles.  He said that as a…

  • Israeli airstrike on Damascus destroys Iranian consulate building

    Israeli airstrike on Damascus destroys Iranian consulate building

    21:08, 1 April, 2024 YEREVAN, APRIL 1, ARMENPRESS։ An Israeli airstrike has destroyed Iran’s consulate building in the Syrian capital of Damascus, Tass reports, citing Iran’s Al-Alam TV channel reported. According to the broadcaster’s sources, Iranian Ambassador to Syria Hossein Akbari and his family members weren’t hurt in the attack. The Syrian Arab News Agency…

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