Israel's devastating campaigns against Iran's regional allies have severely weakened its arch-enemy's ability to project its power, but Yemen's Tehran-backed Huthi rebels remain a stubborn thorn in its side,

Gaza Yemen’s Houthis are preparing for a long confrontation with Israel and the US, which would continue even if the current fighting stopped after a ceasefire is agreed on in Gaza, sources familiar with the rebels' plans have told The National.

As 2024 comes to an end, Israel is now less worried about threats from Hamas and Hezbollah and instead very much concerned over Iran and Syria.

Even with hopes running high, so much can go wrong when a country ousts a longtime dictator and tries to start anew.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A rocket fired from Yemen hit an area of Tel Aviv overnight ... Iran on Saturday said unknown gunmen killed a local staffer of the Iranian Embassy in Syria in Damascus last Sunday, the official IRNA news agency said.

Israel is celebrating the fall of Assad because it breaks the noose that Iran had been patiently tightening around Israel’s borders in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. Tehran’s pincer is now broken and rendered useless. From the point of view of Israel’s wider conflict with the Islamic Republic, the collapse of Assad’s regime is a strategic victory.

Israeli jets struck seven crossing points along the Syria-Lebanon border on Friday, aiming to cut the flow of weapons to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group in southern Lebanon.

The Israeli Army on Wednesday (Jan 1) said that two projectiles were fired at it by the Houthi rebels from Yemen within minutes of the New Year. One of these missiles was intercepted y the Israeli military,

Fireworks explode over the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, during the New Year’s celebration in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters

On 8 October 2023, Hezbollah began raining rockets and drones down on northern Israel in solidarity, it said, with its brothers-in-arms in Gaza. In September 2024, Israel changed its war aims to include clearing Hezbollah away from the border so that more than 60,000 Israelis could return to their homes in the north.

Human rights groups have reported on cases of alleged torture and ill-treatment of medical staff from Gaza in Israeli detention.