Israel's military has been put on high alert amid warnings that Iran could be preparing for a huge attack with Tehran thought to be preparing to strike beore Donald Trump takes office

Iran's top diplomat said that Israel could spark a larger war if it decides to attack Tehran amid rising tensions between the countries.

The Islamic Republic was reportedly planning on transferring sums to Hezbollah via an Air Mahan flight from Tehran to the Lebanese capital.

Israel has significantly weakened Iran and its proxies in the Middle East in the aftermath of Hamas's Oct. 7 terrorist attack but several of the conflicts are continuing with no clear end in sight.

The Yemen-based rebels pose a lingering threat, and some security analysts argue that their patrons in Tehran should be in Israel’s crosshairs.

As officials caution that ballistic missile and drone attacks from Yemen are likely to persist, Jerusalem is indicating that Thursday’s strikes are

Tehran dominated much of the region through loyal armed groups; burned by Lebanon trauma, Israel moved away from that approach, but now leaders talk of alliances with minorities

Yemen’s Houthi rebels are stepping up their missile attacks, keeping up what could be the last major front in the Middle East wars.

Meanwhile, a political prisoner is sentenced to death again, a video of a novelist’s grave desecration sparks outrage against monarchists, and there are doubts Japan can mediate between Iran and US

Journalist Cecilia Sala, who was held by Tehran police for almost three weeks for her "journalistic activities," has been released and is headed home.

Israel has released details on its daring September commando operation in Syria in a message to Tehran that it is willing and able to do the same in Iran, with or without US participation.

The Israeli military confirmed on Thursday that dozens of its troops were flown into Syria in September to destroy an underground missile factory funded by Iran.Military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani told journalists in an online briefing that "this precision-guided missile factory was dug in the side of a mountain underground in the area of Masyaf.