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Iran's attack on Israel marks a significant shift from its usual proxy warfare

5:40pm April 16, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Karim Sadjadpour, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about what this escalation tells us about Iran's strategy.

مقداد مع الآلة الموسيقية التي اخترعها وأطلق عليها اسم «أدد».

صنع الموسيقى من الخراب: موسيقي عراقي يصنع آلته من أنقاض الحرب

5:08am April 16, 2024

يتحدث الموسيقار والملحن أمين مقداد عن ألبومه «المنعطف» الذي ألّفه أثناء إقامته تحت احتلال داعش في الموصل بالعراق.

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Iran boasts that its weekend attack against Israel was a huge success

5:03am April 16, 2024

After Iran's unprecedented but largely ineffective attack against Israel, international leaders are calling on Israel to show restraint and to be wary of it spiraling into a broader regional conflict.

Politics & Government

Morning news brief

5:03am April 16, 2024

Iran says its attack against Israel was a success. The House plans to hold separate votes on aid for Israel and Ukraine. Supreme Court hears challenge to law used to prosecute Jan. 6 defendants.

A billboard in central Tehran, Iran, depicts named Iranian ballistic missiles in service, with text in Arabic reading "the honest [person's] promise" and text in Persian reading "Israel is weaker than a spider's web," on April 15. Iran attacked Israel over the weekend with missiles, which it said was a response to a deadly strike on its consulate building in Damascus, Syria.

As Iran attacked Israel, old and faked videos and images got millions of views on X

5:00am April 16, 2024

Images and videos from previous conflicts, video games and AI generators were often spread by accounts that pay to be boosted on the social media site once known as Twitter.

Speaker Mike Johnson announced plans Monday evening to put forward four separate bills to address foreign aid funding, including to Israel and Ukraine.

The House plans to hold separate votes on aid for Israel and Ukraine after delays

10:01pm April 15, 2024

Aid for Israel became more urgent after the weekend's attack, House Speaker Mike Johnson said. After months of delays, he is also putting forward a bill that provide additional aid to Ukraine.

World News

What is known about Jordan's role in downing Iranian drones

6:02pm April 15, 2024

by Jane Arraf

While Israel and the U.S. trumpet their success at shooting down Iran's drone and missile barrage, neighboring Jordan has been coy about the role it played in downing projectiles.

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How Israel is responding to aggression by Iran

4:40pm April 15, 2024

by Carrie Kahn

Israel's government is weighing its next steps following the weekend attack by Iran. And in Gaza, there are signs of increased food reaching the north following intense U.S. pressure on Israel.

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Iran's attack on Israel raises fear of regional conflict

4:40pm April 15, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former Israeli intelligence official Sima Shina about Iran's unprecedented attack on Israel, what might come next, and the risks for the Middle East and beyond.

An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles toward Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, April 14.

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Iran's leaders insist the attack against Israel was a 'victory'

1:45pm April 15, 2024

by Peter Kenyon

Iranian officials have heaped praise on the attack, with a top lawmaker saying that "it humiliated the Israeli regime." But Israel says 99% of Iran's missiles and drones were intercepted.