Israel's air force achieved a "remarkable feat," said William Freer, a research fellow for national security at the U.K.-based Council on Geostrategy.

Iran on Tuesday night successfully downed an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over the skies of Isfahan in central Iran. The UAV was on a "hunt" mission aimed at locating missile launchers and surface-to-surface missiles in the area.

Israel Defense Forces has achieved full freedom of operation in the air space around Iran's capital Tehran, the IDF announced on Saturday. Why it matters: Other than the military implications of being able to freely hit targets where Iran's main military command and control headquarters are located,