Day: April 13, 2024

Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq have shut their airspace in response to Iranian drone attack on Israel.

Iran and Israel have also closed theirs to all but military aircraft.

Iran has launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel in a retaliatory attack.

Israel has said the attack could take some hours to arrive, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country is “ready for any scenario.”

Iran’s Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani has warned that Tehran will firmly respond to any country that “opens its airspace or territory for attacks on Iran by Israel,” Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency reports.

Iran had warned that Israel would be “punished” for a strike on its consulate in Syria on 1 April.

Seven Revolutionary Guards, including two generals, and six Syrians were killed in the Damascus attack.

Iran has fired first batch of ballistic missiles at Israel, an informed Iranian official told Iran’s official state news agency (IRNA), Azernews reports, citing foreign sources.

US President Joe Biden cut short a weekend stay at his Delaware beach house and was returning to the White House on Saturday to meet with his national security team and monitor the situation in the Middle East as Iran launched an attack against Israel.

Israel’s airspace will be closed for international and domestic flights from 00:30 to 07:00 on April 14 due to Iran’s attack.

Hard to predict what the fallout of a large-scale #Iran–#Israel war can be, but Tehran officials have suggested #Azerbaijan houses “Zionest forces” amid major arms acquisitions by Baku as the latter eyes a land corridor through #Armenia‘s south to Nakhichevan exclave. https://t.co/WBod3oIY6Z

— Nagorno Karabakh Observer (@NKobserver) April 13, 2024

Stacks of Cash at Menendez Home Were Not From His Bank, Prosecutors Say  The New York Times

Iran launches attack on Israel  Financial Times

IDF: Israel closing schools across country as Iran attack looms  MSNBC

Иран запустил десятки беспилотников и крылатых ракет по Израилю в две волны. Ракеты могут достичь территории Израиля в течение примерно двух часов. Корпус стражей исламской революции [КСИР] заявил о проведении операции с использованием десятков ракет и беспилотников в ответ на нападение на консульство Ирана в Сирии. Армия обороны Израиля подтвердила запуск десятков дронов из Ирана. […]