Syria

Iran's week of threats against Israel prompts social media speculation. Foreign Minister's diplomatic calls precede potential military action, highlighting strategic confusion and psychological war

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei condemned Israel for an airstrike in Damascus, vowing revenge. He criticized Western support for Israel in Gaza and discussed border security amid Balochi rebel attacks.

Escalating clashes in the cradle of the Syrian uprising challenge Assad’s hold on the region.

IAF fighter jets later, early Tuesday morning, struck terror infrastructure belonging to the Syrian military in the vicinity of the town of Mahajjah in southern Syria.

He spoke in Damascus on Monday as he inaugurated a new site for Iranian consular services in the Syrian capital.

Iran is showing increased diploamtic posturing in the region following the killing of senior IRGC official Mohammad Reza Zahedi.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has said that seven Iranian military advisers died in the strike, including Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in its Quds Force.

The coffins of two of the killed officers were displayed in the capital, Tehran, to religious mourning chants. Some of those present waved the Palestinian flag.

Little is written today about Sunni Islamist and jihadi organizations in the Middle East, as the contest between Shia Iran with its proxies and Israel is the central strategic process in the region. 

Former IDF official Itzhak Brik criticized the government and military preparedness in the wake of the recent strike in Damascus, noting that the army will not be able to fight on multiple fronts.