Israel launches waves of attacks across Yemen in retaliation for Houthi missile and drone strikes Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Israel Defense Forces warplanes hit Sanaa International

Rebel forces in Syria are building a transitional government after toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country. Meanwhile, the ceasefire in Lebanon is holding despite ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets,

Sirens echoed over central Israel in the early hours of December 25 as a missile, according to Israeli military, that came from Yemen was intercepted. Reuters footage from Tel Aviv shows a projectile streaking across the sky,