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Israeli Defence Minister Says a Direct Iran Regime Attack Would Require Appropriate Response

JERUSALEM, April 11 (Reuters) - Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Thursday that Israel would respond directly to any attack by Iran. “A direct Iranian attack will require an appropriate Israeli response against Iran," Gallant told U.S. Secretary of Defense...

UK, Germany, Russia Urge Restraint as Iranian Threat Puts Middle East on Edge

April 11 (Reuters) - Russia, Germany and Britain on Thursday urged countries in the Middle East to show restraint and Israel said it was preparing to "meet all its security needs" in a region on edge...

Iran Regime Aims to Contain Fallout in Israel Response, Won’t Be Hasty, Sources Say

By Parisa Hafezi and Jonathan Landay DUBAI/WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) - Iran has signalled to Washington that it will respond to Israel's attack on its Syrian embassy in a way that aims to avoid major escalation and it...

US Envoy Asked Middle East Foreign Ministers to Mediate With Iran Government

WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Middle East envoy called the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and Iraq to ask them to deliver a message to Iran urging it to lower tensions with Israel following...

Blinken Told Israeli Defense Minister U.S. Will Stand With Israel Against Iran Threats

April 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a call with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, made clear that the United States would stand with Israel against any threats by Iran, the State Department...

Lufthansa Suspends Tehran Flights, Middle East on Alert for Potential Iran Regime Attacks

BERLIN/DUBAI, April 10 (Reuters) - German airline Lufthansa LHAG.DE said on Wednesday it had suspended flights to Tehran due to the situation in the Middle East, which is on alert for possible Iranian retaliation for a suspected Israeli air...

Tensions Between Iran and Israel Escalate Following Syria Embassy Attack

April 10 (Reuters) - Islamic Republic's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday that Israel "must be punished and it shall be" for attacking the Iranian embassy compound in Syria. In a major escalation of Israel's war...

UN Security Council Refers Palestinian Application to Become Full UN Member to Committee

By Daphne Psaledakis April 8 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council president on Monday referred the Palestinian Authority's application to become a full member of the world body to the committee on the admission of new member. Malta's U.N....

Iran Foreign Minister Inaugurates New Site for Consular Services in Damascus

DAMASCUS, April 8 (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian inaugurated a new site for Iranian consular services in the Syrian capital on Monday, Syrian state media reported, in a building near the previous consulate flattened in an...

Iran Foreign Minister Continues Regional Tour With Syria

DUBAI, April 8 (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian left Oman to visit Syria's capital Damascus a week after Iran's consulate there was targeted in a suspected Israeli attack, state media reported on Monday. Iran has vowed to avenge...