Each of these operations was highly significant, but the fact they all occurred within a mere three months is without precedent in a region that endured decades of war.

The Israel Defense Forces claim to have already destroyed most of the anti-aircraft systems belonging to Bashar al-Assad's regime. In extensive airstrikes, targets also included Syrian weapons factories,

Argentina's government said on Friday it strongly rejected what it called the arbitrary and unjustified detention of a non-commissioned officer of the country's Gendarmeria, a national security force, in Venezuela.