Hamas developing Bitcoin system for secure international funding, report says

Terror group in ‘experimental stage’ of building complex online payment system, raising fears among regulators By TOI STAFFToday, 4:55 am  0 33shares Palestinian fighters from Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas terror organization, attend a rally in Gaza City on December 16, 2018, marking the 31st anniversary of the Islamist group’s founding. (Said […]

GAZA CLERIC: ARAB LEADERS SHED ‘CROCODILE TEARS’ FOR NOTRE-DAME

The cleric excoriated Arab leaders for being sympathetic to the French while ignoring the plights of Muslims. BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF  APRIL 27, 2019 08:27     b Sparks fill the air as Paris Fire brigade members spray water to extinguish flames as the Notre Dame Cathedral burns in Paris, France, April 15, 2019.. (photo credit: PHILIPPE […]

EU bashes Israel for East Jerusalem home demolitions

European Union says destroying Palestinian buildings harms prospects for peace; Israel says structures built illegally By TOI STAFFToday, 5:41 am  3 80shares An Israeli border policeman stands guard outside the Arab neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem, January, 2013. (photo credit: Tali Mayer/FLASH90) The European Union on Friday castigated Israel for demolishing Palestinian structures in East Jerusalem, […]

Russian envoy: ‘Israel to release Syrian prisoners as part of deal for Baumel’

Official says prisoners will be freed after the body of IDF soldier Zachary Baumel, missing since 1982, was returned to Israel earlier this month By TOI STAFFToday, 10:48 am  0 0shares Zachary Baumel. (JTA/Courtesy Miriam Baumel) A senior Russian official said Saturday that the operation to recover the remains of an IDF serviceman lost in a 1982 […]

Trump’s Pressure Campaign against Iran Doomed to Failure: Zarif

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said members of the Trump administration, as well as other countries in the Middle East, are “dragging the United States into a conflict” with Iran. April, 27, 2019 – 09:55 – Politics news – “They have all shown an interest in dragging the United States into […]

Syria says Turkish forces illegally occupy Syria, bashes Golan decision

Turkey, Russia and Iran criticize US recognition of Golan at Astana talks. Seth J. Frantzman April 27, 2019 03:37   A wall along the border between Turkey and Syria is pictured at the Syrian town of Atimah, Idlib province, in this picture taken from Reyhanli, Hatay province, Turkey October 10, 2017. (photo credit: OSMAN ORSAL/REUTERS) […]

US, Russia, China agree on Afghanistan pullout

The US on Friday agreed with rivals Russia on China on the objective of pulling foreign forces out of Afghanistan, a key component of a peace agreement being negotiated by Washington. Zalmay Khalilzad, the US envoy negotiating with the Taliban, met with Russian and Chinese representatives in Moscow as he tries to build an international […]

Deputy AG: Obama Admin Didn’t Tell Public ‘Full Story’ On Russia; ‘Someone’ Selectively Leaked Classified Info

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein delivered some remarks at the Armenian Bar Association’s Public Servants Dinner Thursday night — and made several assertions about the Russia investigation, including the role of the “previous administration,” that have turned some heads.   “At my confirmation hearing in March 2017, a Republican Senator asked me to make a […]

Turkey, Russia and Iran, the guarantor states of the Astana peace process have condemned the U.S. Decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over occupied Syrian Golan Heights in a two-day meeting on Syria in Kazakhstan on Friday.

Turkey, Russia and Iran, the guarantor states of the Astana peace process have condemned the U.S. Decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over occupied Syrian Golan Heights in a two-day meeting on Syria in Kazakhstan on Friday.pic.twitter.com/WSQRbdnYdM 10:20 AM – 26 Apr 2019

Analysis Iranian regime can’t survive 6 years of continuous sanctions: US analyst

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Iran offering to exchange prisoners with Western countries this week is one of many indicators that it is starting to feel real pressure amid US sanctions on the Islamic Republic and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), hinted American analyst Michael Pregent. “Now we aren’t going to give you 23 prisoners for […]

Russian warns that Time is running out for Syria’s Idlib

Apr 26, 2019 17:03:07 Time is running out for jihadists in Idlib and Russia is growing impatient with their presence in northern Syria, Vladimir Safronkov, Russian representative to the UN said Wednesday. Safronkov said during Security Council session on Wednesday that militant groups such as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), formerly Al-Qaeda’s Nusra Front—remained active in […]

Iran, Russia, Turkey ‘determined’ to fight terror in Syria

Press TV – Iran, Russia, and Turkey – the three guarantor states of a ceasefire regime in Syria – are “clearly determined” to continue their fight against terrorism in the Arab country, says the Russian negotiator. The Russian president’s special envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev made the remarks in a press statement at the end of the […]

Iran, Russia, Turkey ‘determined’ to fight terror in Syria

Press TV – Iran, Russia, and Turkey – the three guarantor states of a ceasefire regime in Syria – are “clearly determined” to continue their fight against terrorism in the Arab country, says the Russian negotiator. The Russian president’s special envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev made the remarks in a press statement at the end of the […]

US to donate $500K to restore tomb of biblical prophet Nahum in Iraq

1,500-year-old building was for centuries the site of a major annual Kurdish Jewish pilgrimage on Shavuot By TOI STAFFToday, 9:58 pm  0 90shares US Chargé d’Affaires in Iraq Joey Hood (c) tours the Tomb of Nahum in northern Iraq on April 26, 2019, where he pledged $500,000 to restore and preserve the site (Courtesy/US Consulate General in […]