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Israel has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility for the consulate attack.<br \/>\nIsrael and neighbouring Jordan, which lies between Iraq and Israel, said they were closing their airspace on Saturday night and Jordan announced a state of emergency.<br \/>\nSyria, an ally of Iran, said it was putting its ground-to-air defence systems around the capital and major bases on high alert, army sources there said.<br \/>\nThe Gaza war between Israel and Hamas, now in its seventh month, has driven up tensions in the region, spreading to fronts with Lebanon and Syria and drawing long-range fire at Israeli targets from as far away as Yemen and Iraq.<br \/>\nThose clashes now threaten to morph into a direct open conflict pitting Iran and its regional allies against Israel and its main supporter the United States.<br \/>\n(Reuters\/File photo)<br \/>\nRead more:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-in-cyprus-com wp-block-embed-in-cyprus-com\"><\/figure>\n<p>Interception of Attacks. intercepting airborne attacks, increased Iranian threats, regional tensions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Royal Air Force jets in the Middle East will intercept any airborne attacks within range of existing missions, as required, in response to increased Iranian threats and the growing risk of escalation in the region. The UK dispatched RAF jets to intercept Iranian drones attacking Israel, following Iran&#8217;s vow of retaliation for an alleged Israeli strike on its Damascus consulate. Israel and Jordan closed their airspace, while Syria put its defence systems on high alert. Tensions in the region have escalated, with the Gaza war spreading to other fronts and threatening to result in direct conflict between Iran and its allies against Israel and the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3258,378,652,383,1234,460,195,461,3635,1232,6331,118,145,4171,415,298,6344,6343,146,3966,299,3669,412,148,185,69,2470,3331,5330,345,2082,6345,5515,4054,5331,1827,729,2471,468,3984,114,494,544,380,293,685],"class_list":["post-8124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-air","tag-akrotiri","tag-army","tag-attack","tag-attacks","tag-bases","tag-britain","tag-british","tag-crimes","tag-drones","tag-escalation","tag-fire","tag-gaza","tag-gaza-war","tag-government","tag-hamas","tag-increased-iranian-threats","tag-intercepting-airborne-attacks","tag-iran","tag-iraq","tag-israel","tag-jordan","tag-lebanon","tag-local","tag-main","tag-middle-east","tag-missiles","tag-news","tag-officers","tag-palestine","tag-punishment","tag-regional-tensions","tag-responsibility","tag-risk","tag-senior-commanders","tag-statement","tag-strike","tag-syria","tag-tensions","tag-threatening","tag-top-news","tag-uk","tag-united-states","tag-us","tag-war","tag-yemen"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Britain says RAF jets deployed to intercept any airborne attacks in Middle east<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"British Royal Air Force jets in the Middle East will intercept any airborne attacks within range of existing missions, as required, in response to increased Iranian threats and the growing risk of escalation in the region. 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