Cooperation between Iran and the United States is not possible as long as Washington continues to support Israel and to maintain military bases and interfere in the Middle East region, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday.

The October 2024 operation targeted Iranian ballistic missile production sites weakening Tehran’s capabilities and paving the way for Israel’s subsequent Operation ‘Rising Lion.’

Tehran's foreign minister has said his country is in better shape than it was in the 12-day war with Israel in June.

Israel launched air strikes against the Syrian army and Iran's Quds Force in Syria on Wednesday after explosive devices were planted in the Israeli-held Golan Heights, the Israeli military said.

Decades of tensions with Iran culminated in the short but sharp 12-Day War in June. The United States and Israel won the battle, but this is just one round in the war Tehran still intends to win. Iran's atomic infrastructure is entombed in rubble.

An American force in or near Damascus at a strategic site such as an airport could be just the thing Syria needs at the moment. On Thursday, Reuters reported that the “United States is preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus to help enable a security pact that Washington is brokering between Syria and Israel.

The Israeli military said Friday morning local time that it had completed a large-scale strike against Iran’s air-defense system as part of its wide-ranging operation to target Iran's nuclear program.

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