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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the dedication ceremony of the embassy of Guatemala in Jerusalem, Wednesday, May 16, 2018. Guatemala has opened its new embassy in Jerusalem, becoming the second country to do so after the United States. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

Israel’s security cabinet will meet in underground bunker

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative public policy think tank, in Washington, Monday, May 21, 2018. Pompeo is threatening to place “the strongest sanctions in history” on Iran if its government doesn’t change course. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mike Pompeo threatens Iran with ‘strongest sanctions in history,’ outlines new nuclear demands

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Israeli sorties against suspected Iranian outposts inside Syria is one key reason many analysts say the two longtime adversaries are on a collision course. (Associated Press/File)

Israel, Iran military advantages mixed as war looms

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Saturday, April 14, 2018 file photo, a Syrian soldier films the damage of the Syrian Scientific Research Center which was attacked by U.S., British and French military strikes to punish President Bashar Assad for suspected chemical attack against civilians, in Barzeh, near Damascus, Syria. France's government is imposing new sanctions on people and companies suspected of helping Syria's chemical weapons program. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Monitor: 11 killed in blasts inside Syria weapons warehouse

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The Latest: Chemical weapons body calls on countries to join

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Three Florida men sentenced for providing material to support to ISIS

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Women hold pictures of Hezbollah slain top commander Mustafa Badreddine, who was killed in an explosion in Damascus, as they listen to Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, during a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of his death, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 14, 2018. Nasrallah said a barrage of rockets from Syria against Israeli forces in the occupied Golan Heights last week opens &quot;a new phase&quot; in the conflict, warning that Israel proper could be the target next time. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Hezbollah says ‘new phase’ in war with Israel after strikes

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Israeli soldiers walk past tanks in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, Thursday, May 10, 2018. Israel says it struck dozens of Iranian targets in Syria overnight in response to a rocket barrage on Israeli positions in the Golan Heights. It was the biggest Israeli strike in Syria since the 1973 war. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel calls on Syria’s Assad to ‘get rid’ of Iranian forces

By Ian Deitch and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Israeli soldiers walk past tanks in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, Thursday, May 10, 2018. Israel says it struck dozens of Iranian targets in Syria overnight in response to a rocket barrage on Israeli positions in the Golan Heights. It was the biggest Israeli strike in Syria since the 1973 war. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

The Latest: Israeli DM urges Assad to get rid of Iran forces

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In this photo released Thursday, May 10, 2018, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with the Greek Kathimerini newspaper, in Damascus, Syria. In the interview published Thursday, Assad said the current U.S. administration is inconsistent and nothing can be achieved with it in terms of ending the raging conflict in his country and that he hoped there is no direct confrontation between the U.S and Russia in Syria. (SANA via AP)

U.S.-backed troops in Syria attacked by unknown force

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivers his speech during an United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UNRWA, conference, in Rome, Thursday, March 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ** FILE **

Antonio Guterres, U.N. chief, asks for halt to ‘all hostile acts’ in Middle East

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This photo provided early Thursday, May 10, 2018, by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, shows missiles rise into the sky as Israeli missiles hit air defense position and other military bases, in Damascus, Syria. The Israeli military on Thursday said it attacked &quot;dozens&quot; of Iranian targets in neighboring Syria in response to an Iranian rocket barrage on Israeli positions in the Golan Heights, in the most serious military confrontation between the two bitter enemies to date. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

White House backs Israel’s strikes on Iranian outposts in Syria

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

This photo provided early Thursday, May 10, 2018, by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, shows missiles rise into the sky as Israeli missiles hit air defense position and other military bases, in Damascus, Syria. The Israeli military on Thursday said it attacked "dozens" of Iranian targets in neighboring Syria in response to an Iranian rocket barrage on Israeli positions in the Golan Heights, in the most serious military confrontation between the two bitter enemies to date. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

Israel, Iran closer to war after missile barrages

By Seth J. Frantzman and Carlo Munoz — The Washington Times

This photo released on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows flames rising after an attack in an area known to have numerous Syrian army military bases, in Kisweh, south of Damascus, Syria. Syrian state-run media said Israel struck a military outpost near the capital Damascus on Tuesday, saying its air defenses intercepted and destroyed two of the incoming missiles. The reported attack came shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, calling Tehran a main exporter of terrorism in the region. (SANA via AP)

Israel, Iran engage in most serious confrontation in Syria

By ZEINA KARAM and ARON HELLER - Associated Press

An Israeli soldier stand by a tank near the border with Syria in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016. The Israeli military says it has carried out an air strike in Syria on a building used by Islamic State militants to attack Israeli forces. The overnight air strike Monday targeted an abandoned United Nations building that Israel says was used as a base by the militants. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel strikes dozens of Iranian military targets in Syria overnight

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This photo provided early Thursday, May 10, 2018, by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, shows missiles rise into the sky as Israeli missiles hit air defense position and other military bases, in Damascus, Syria. The Israeli military on Thursday said it attacked &quot;dozens&quot; of Iranian targets in neighboring Syria in response to an Iranian rocket barrage on Israeli positions in the Golan Heights, in the most serious military confrontation between the two bitter enemies to date. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

The Latest: UN urges restraint to avoid Mideast flare up

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Iranian demonstrators burn representations of the U.S. flag during a protest in front of the former U.S. Embassy in response to President Donald Trump's decision Tuesday to pull out of the nuclear deal and renew sanctions, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran regime change seen as goal of Trump sanctions, demands

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, smoke rises after shelling, apparently by Islamic State fighters, in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, May 9, 2018. Militants fired three mortar shells on the center of Damascus Wednesday killing several persons and wounding 14, Syria's state news agency said. (SANA via AP)

U.S., Israeli defense chiefs consult prior to latest round of Syrian airstrikes

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

This frame grab from video provided on Wednesday, May, 9, 2018 by Syria News, shows people standing in front of flames rising after an attack on an area known to have numerous Syrian army military bases, in Kisweh, south of Damascus, Syria on Tuesday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the missiles targeted depots and rocket launchers that likely belonged to Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard in Kisweh, killing nine people. (Syria News, via AP)

Israel accuses Iranian forces of rocket attack on Golan

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

This photo released on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows flames rising after an attack in an area known to have numerous Syrian army military bases, in Kisweh, south of Damascus, Syria. Syrian state-run media said Israel struck a military outpost near the capital Damascus on Tuesday, saying its air defenses intercepted and destroyed two of the incoming missiles. The reported attack came shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, calling Tehran a main exporter of terrorism in the region. (SANA via AP)

Syrian media report Israeli attack near capital Damascus

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press