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The last Canadian woman trying to return from a detention camp in Syria is a national security risk because police lack evidence to arrest her, according to internal documents.

Iran's ambassador to Syria claimed five to seven people, including some diplomats, were killed and that Tehran's response would be "harsh."

Israel has been on heightened alert since an airstrike last week killed two Iranian generals in Syria.

The Middle East had braced for potential Iranian retaliation over a suspected Israeli strike earlier this month on an Iranian consular building in Syria that killed 12 people.

Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett says Israel has fought Iran's proxies, including Hamas, for years, calling the strike on Iran's embassy in Syria justified.

The lawyer for a Calgary man accused of committing terrorism offences over a decade ago argues charges should be stayed because of court delays.

An apparent Israeli drone attack on Iran saw troops fire air defences at a major air base and a nuclear site early Friday morning near the central city of Isfahan.

The strikes are believed to be the first in a multi-tiered response by President Joe Biden's administration in response to the weekend drone attack that killed three U.S. troops.

Trudeau's statement comes after Iran's state-run media said Tehran had fired ballistic missiles at targets inside Israel in what was Iran's first direct military attack on Israel.

Israel remained on high alert Monday, but authorities lifted some emergency measures that had included a ban on some school activities and caps on large gatherings.

The Calgary Police Service said it escorted 12 protesters out of The Core shopping mall Monday afternoon after group allegedly "engaged in disruptive behaviour." 

The three British citizens, a Polish citizen, an Australian and a Canadian American dual citizen worked for World Central Kitchen, an international charity.

Ahmad Maher Al Marrach and his family were Syrian refugees who were making a life for themselves in Canada. The 16-year-old was killed outside a city mall on Monday.

Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted 16 people and two entities in Iran that produce engines that power the drones used in the April 13 attack on Israel.

The Iranian attack on Saturday marked the first time Iran has launched a direct military assault on Israel, despite decades of enmity.

Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett says Israel is being held to a double standard not shown to others during times of war, which he said is rooted in antisemitism.

U.S. President Joe Biden convened the Group of Seven leaders on Sunday to coordinate a rebuke to Iran for its unprecedented and largely unsuccessful aerial attack on Israel

Iran has downplayed Friday's incident and said it does not plan to retaliate, a response that one Middle East expert says Israel likely planned for.

Joly told reporters in Ottawa that while Canada and its allies support Israel's right to defend itself, they are also "clearly pushing for a de-escalation."

Israel said UNRWA employees took part in the Hamas attack. A UN panel has stated "Israel has yet to provide supporting evidence of this.”