The Assad regime is intimately involved in the lucrative operation to smuggle the highly addictive drug Captagon into Europe, Jordan, Turkey and Gulf states, pro-Saudi news outlet Al-Hadath reports.
From what is currently known, Israel's security agencies frustrated the Iranian-led plot in May, although it is unclear what assets were used.
Palestinian factions claim massive security forces' presence in the capital proves that Israel "cowers before our people's heroic steadfastness in the face of the occupation." Hamas, Islamic Jihad threatens reprisal.
The facility is believed to be somewhere in the Zagros mountains, in southeast Iran, and is said to house Ababil-5 drones armed with Qaem-9 missiles, an Iranian-made version of the American Hellfire missile.
Muhammad Sinwar, the brother of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, tells Al-Jazeera that during last year's Operation Guardian of the Walls, intelligence officers from Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps worked together in a joint command and control center inside Gaza.
Semi-official Fars new agency describes the Shahhid Mahdavi, named after an IRGC fighter killed in 1987, as a “mobile naval city" capable of “ensuring the security of Iran’s trade lines."
Hussein al-Sheikh, who is viewed as a potential successor to Mahmoud Abbas, replaces the late Saeb Erekat.
Hundreds gather in Baghdad to celebrate passage of new law, which parliament statement calls "a true reflection of the will of the people."
The tanker, renamed Lana on March 1 and flying the Iranian flag since May 1, has remained near Greek waters since then. It was previously Russian-flagged.
According to WSJ, "he recruited agents to carry out operations globally, including in Colombia and Cyprus, mostly against Israeli targets but also aimed at people from other countries viewed as hostile by Iran."
