Middle East

Syrian reports: Rare daytime Israeli strikes target Hezbollah sites near Damascus

Two Syrian soldiers were reportedly injured in the attack, which was reportedly carried out by surface-to-surface missiles fired from northern Israel.

October 30, 2021

US, European allies warn of Iran’s provocative nuke steps

The U.N.’s atomic watchdog has said Iran is increasingly in violation of the nuclear deal, which President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from.

October 30, 2021

WATCH: Israeli F-15 fighter jets escort American B-1B bomber over Israeli skies

Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jets escorted an American B-1 heavy bomber above Israeli skies on Saturday, as it headed toward the Persian Gulf.

October 30, 2021

WATCH: Islamic State in Afghanistan could attack US within six months, Pentagon official says

Various political and security analysts have estimated that the Middle East is headed toward a new era of extremism and terrorism due to the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

October 28, 2021

UN agency for Palestinians challenged to expose incitement before demanding funding

UNRWA runs schools and social services in the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Arab countries around Israel.

October 27, 2021

Jerusalem Palestinian consulate: A nail in the coffin of peace – comment

The new consulate is designed to give hope that one day Jerusalem will be the capital of a putative Palestinian state.

October 27, 2021

Israeli fighter, taunted by Muslim opponent, calls him a ‘terrorist’

Kahlon countered one of Basharat’s taunts by calling him a 'terrorist,' which the Afghan opined was a below-the-belt insult

October 26, 2021

Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal unleashes a lethal terrorist cocktail – analysis

Al Qaida, the Islamic State and other jihadist networks will capitalise on the climacterical success of their global movement.

October 26, 2021

Massive cyberattack targets Iran, sends message to Supreme Leader

Messages on hacked digital billboards read: 'Free gasoline at Jamaran gas station' and 'Khamenei! Where is our gasoline?.'

October 26, 2021

UN: Iran executes people at `alarming rate’ — 250 in 2020

According to Amnesty International, Iran was the top executioner in the Middle East last year.

October 26, 2021

8 countries, 70 fighter jets, 1,500 crewmen: Inside the IAF’s largest ever Blue Flag exercise

The large-scale drill comes amid increased tensions between Jerusalem and Tehran.

October 26, 2021

Israel and Bahrain sign agreement to recognize each other's vaccination certificates (Credit: Health Ministry)

Security council says safe for Israelis to travel to Morocco, lifts 10-year warning

Israel’s Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz also announced that Israel and Bahrain had signed an agreement to recognize each other’s vaccination certificates and Green Passes.

October 25, 2021

Israeli jets targeted by Iranian-made anti-aircraft missiles – report

There were no casualties and no damage was done.

October 25, 2021

Turkey publishes photos of seized alleged Mossad spies

On Monday, Turkish daily news outlet Sabah published photographs of the 15, which appear to be mugshots taken by the authorities, and released some details about their alleged activities.

October 25, 2021

Iran threatens Israel: ‘Allocate a budget to repair shocking damage we’ll cause’

Last week, Israel signaled it was capable of defending itself by announcing a $1.5 billion boost to its designated budget against Iran's nuclear program.

October 24, 2021

Hezbollah chief threatens Israel’s offshore gas fields

Nasrallah claimed that Hezbollah is not involved in the demarcation talks but said it would act decisively if Lebanon's gas reserves are threatened in any way.

October 24, 2021

IAEA chief: Our monitoring of Iran’s nuclear program is ‘no longer intact’

Tehran is refusing to let inspectors replace cameras’ memory cards in a key centrifuge manufacturing plant.

October 24, 2021

WATCH: Lebanon has been ‘hijacked’, people being fooled

Hezbollah is attempting to draw people's attention away from Lebanon's ongoing crises, former Lebanese prime minister Fouad Siniora said in a recent interview.

October 24, 2021

Syria executes 24 people for igniting wildfires; blasted by Amnesty Int’l

The publicized executions of a large group of people is rare in war-torn Syria.

October 22, 2021

Turkish reports: Mossad spies confess to espionage charges

An agent who introduced himself as A.Z reportedly told one of the arrested suspects that a close friend of his was working for the European Union and wanted 'to help Palestine.'

October 22, 2021

After mending ties with Israel, Sweden blasts Palestinian Authority corruption

'If we are to be able to fully support economic development, then we cannot have corruption at such a level as exists in ‘Palestine,’"'Linde told Radio Sweden following her visit to Israel and the PA.

October 22, 2021

Syria ties Israel to Damascus bus bombing that killed 14 soldiers

Some unconfirmed reports indicate that the 14 casualties were all officers in the Iranian army.

October 21, 2021

Mossad spy network captured in Turkey, 15 arrested – report

A Mossad network of Arab-Israeli and Palestinian spies was reportedly tasked with gathering information on students and 'investigating the conditions of Palestinians living in Turkey.'

October 21, 2021

WATCH: Iran-backed forces strike US base in Syria – report

A drone attack carried out by pro-Iranian groups targeted US forces positioned at the Tanf outpost in Syria on Wednesday night.

October 21, 2021

Biden administration wooing Saudis over joining Abraham Accords

Sources say the Crown Prince did not outright reject the proposal to forge a normalization agreement with Israel, however, he did list prerequisites to the move.

October 20, 2021

IDF defense against Iran given a $1.5 billion boost

With the international community at a loss on how to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions, Israel is preparing to stand alone.

October 19, 2021

Hezbollah leader reveals fulls military might, warns of civil war in Lebanon

Accusing Samir Geagea’s LF party of “inventing an enemy to gain legitimacy,” Hassan Nasrallah warns, “We have over 100,000 trained fighters.”

October 19, 2021

Emine Erdoğan at the We are all Maryam conference (Credit: Screenshot)

Turkey’s first lady criticized for ‘wearing designer handbags’ while crying over Palestinian plight

'There is no need to look for the fire of hell in a world where children die in war,' Emine Erdoğan said.

October 17, 2021

Zebulon Simentov, the last known Jew living in Afghanistan, looks out onto the street below from the window in his Kabul home. (Credit: AP Photo/David Goldman)

Last Jew of Kabul making his way to Israel – report

Hebrew manuscripts found in caves in northern Afghanistan indicate a thriving Jewish community existed there at least 1,000 years ago.

October 17, 2021

Arab countries getting sick of ‘Iran’s touch’, says Bennett

Addressing Lebanon and Iraq, the Israeli premier said that we're seeing "developments and trends that begin from the bottom, forces that are sick and tired of Iranian control."

October 17, 2021

Parents sell their own children to survive as poverty grips Muslim country

U.N. report warns that nearly all of Afghanistan's 40 million-strong population could be under the poverty line in the near future.

October 17, 2021

Lebanese paper pictures Christian political leader as Hitler after deadly Beirut firefight

Hezbollah official says the Christian party was acting on orders from the United States when its fighters shot at its followers, in order to cause a civil war.

October 17, 2021

Iran successfully tests ‘Iranian Iron Dome’ system

The test of its system took place during war games by the Iranian military this week.

October 14, 2021

Hezbollah clashes with Lebanese army in Beirut

Hezbollah terrorists confronted the Lebanese army in the streets of Beirut Thursday morning in protest against a court decision regarding the Beirut explosion investigation.

October 14, 2021

Iran vows revenge after deadly Israeli strike

A militia group backed by Tehran and Hezbollah has issued a statement warning Israel of a 'very harsh' response.

October 14, 2021

Biden ‘appeasement’ may force Israeli military action against Iran, Pompeo warns

The Biden Administration's willingness to return to the Iran nuclear deal has left Israel standing alone against Iran, Pompeo lamented.

October 13, 2021

Israelis helped evacuate 165 Afghan women

'It was crazy — like something you would read in a spy novel,' Israeli-Canadian Sylvan Adams said.

October 13, 2021

Azerbaijan to Iran: No Israelis here, back off

Iran must stop releasing 'false and defamatory information,' warned Azerbaijan.

October 12, 2021

Yossi Cohen, head of the Mossad. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Former Mossad chief: Iran still years away from nuclear capability

Yossi Cohen's comments echo those made last week by Israel’s Military Intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. Tamir Hayman.

October 12, 2021

Hamas building second military front against Israel in Lebanon

Hamas has been increasing its presence in Lebanon, while coordinating with Iran and Hezbollah on certain issues and acting independently when it comes to the procurement and production of weapons.

October 12, 2021

WATCH: Strong relationship between Israel-US crucial for Greater Middle East, Pompeo says

Former U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo said that the relationship between Israel and the U.S. should not only be with the Republican Party.

October 12, 2021

Microsoft: Iran hacked US, EU, Israeli defense-related companies

More than 250 companies have been targeted by a group of Iranian hackers so far, although fewer than 20 have been compromised.

October 12, 2021

‘Israel is not an occupying force in Judea, Samaria’, says Pompeo

The State of Israel 'is a democracy where faiths can be practiced from all of the Abrahamic traditions,' the former U.S. secretary of state said.

October 10, 2021

Iran says it has stockpiled over 120 kg. of 20% enriched uranium

According to experts, this is over half of what is needed for a single bomb, once it is taken the additional short step to 90% purity.

October 10, 2021

Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboat and an oil tanker. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iranian speedboats intercepted US Navy vessel in Persian Gulf – report

A voice is heard in Farsi, saying: 'Keep chasing them.'

October 7, 2021

WATCH: Hezbollah ships third Iranian oil tanker to Lebanon

'Hezbollah is the only body that is able to bring fuel into Lebanon ... That shows who really runs the country.'

October 7, 2021

Mossad extracted DNA from a corpse in Lebanon to track down missing soldier – report

'Mossad agents ... embarked on a complex, wide-ranging and daring operation to find the remains and whereabouts of Ron Arad,' the Israeli premier revealed earlier this week.

October 7, 2021

Oman's Sultan Qaboos, left, receives Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu. (Israeli Prime Minister's Office via AP)

Israeli official suggests Oman next Arab country to normalize ties with Israel

In 2018, former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a rare visit to Oman.

October 7, 2021

Iranian hackers used advanced malware to target Israeli, American companies

The report indicated that the threat from MalKamak is still active.

October 6, 2021

STRIKE FIRST: IDF prepares to attack Iranian nuclear reactor

'The entire Israeli intelligence community is taking part in this effort,' IDF Chief of Staff Kohavi said.

October 6, 2021

WATCH: As Lapid completes trip to Bahrain, protests held against Israel

As Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid completed his landmark trip to Bahrain, on year after the normalization of relations, Bahraini citizens opposing the agreement held scattered protests throughout the country.

October 5, 2021

Senior Hamas delegation to discuss potential prisoner swap with Israel

Hamas' high-profile delegation indicates the importance of the meetings and the progress both Egypt and Hamas hope to make during the visit.

October 3, 2021

An airstrike near Damascus, Syria. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

WATCH: Senior Al-Qaeda leader killed in US strike in Syria

The US military conducted an airstrike near the Idlib province in Syria on Friday, targeting a senior leader of al Qaeda.

October 3, 2021

Iran demands US release $10 billion before talks resume on nuclear deal

Washington has been pressing Tehran to return to the negotiating table on the nuclear deal, but the Iranians want a show of good will.

October 3, 2021

IDF Intelligence head Maj. Gen. Tamir Hayman

Israel’s Military Intelligence chief: Iran still years away from nuclear bomb

While Iran has made significant progress with enriching uranium, other aspects of its program are still lagging behind, Maj.-Gen. Tamir Hayman explained.

October 2, 2021

US, Qatar sanction major Hezbollah finance network in Gulf

Seven men, including a Palestinian national, have been designated as Global Terrorists, and have had their assets frozen.

October 2, 2021

Explainer: ISIS and its war on the Taliban

Unlike other Islamist terrorist organizations like Hamas, ISIS took a critical view of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan.

October 2, 2021

Lapid arrives in Bahrain in first official visit to Gulf State by Israeli minister

The visit comes a year after the signing of the Abraham Accords with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, followed by Morocco and Sudan.

September 30, 2021

Naftali Bennett delivers a speech at the UN General Assembly, September 27, 2021. Photo: Avi Ohayon, GPO

Iran’s UN rep accuses Bennett of Iran-phobia following UN speech

Israel 'is in no position to discuss our peaceful program when it has hundreds of nuclear warheads,' Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations said.

September 29, 2021

Iran says it has 6 armies outside its border, 2 in ‘Palestine’

There are six organized militias outside of Iran that share ideological tendencies and would defend Tehran against any threat, an Iranian general argued.

September 29, 2021

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