As the pressure on the Iranian regime mounts, the theocratic establishment is finding itself in a major predicament. In the four-decade rule of the regime, this is most likely the first time that the ruling clerics have faced enormous pressure from three distinct directions: Domestic, regional and global. On the domestic level, the Iranian regime has shown that it is not
Departing from its long-standing acceptance of Israel strikes on Assad regime and Iranian targets inside Syria, Russia criticizes "unacceptable" attacks.
Assad regime closes Damascus International Airport after latest Israeli strike damaged a runway, in effort to disrupt Iran weapons transfers to Hezbollah.
Israeli warplanes fire missiles on targets south of Syria's capital Damascus, possibly aiming at bases for Iranian forces attacked several times in past.
Three Assad regime soldiers, reportedly members of an air defense crew, are killed in the latest Israeli missile strikes near Syria's capital Damascus.