Day: May 12, 2019

DUBAI (Reuters) – Four commercial vessels were targeted by “sabotage operations” near the territorial waters of the United Arab Emirates without causing casualties, the foreign ministry said on Sunday in a statement tweeted by state news agency WAM. The incident occurred near the UAE emirate of Fujairah, one of the world’s largest bunkering hubs that […]

PM says planning has already started; site is reportedly in the northern Golan, cornerstone will be laid on June 10 By TOI STAFFToday, 2:46 pm  1 18shares (From L-R) Avner, Sara, Benjamin and Yair Netanyahu tour the Golan Heights on April 23, 2019. (PMO) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that a site had been located for […]

Ziyad Al-Nakhaleh, Secretary-General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad was interviewed by the Lebanese Mayadeen TV on May 7, 2019. Al-Nakhaleh said that his organization only demonstrated a portion of its “power and determination” in its armed conflict with Israel in early May, 2019. He continued to say that his organization has “sufficient capabilities for a […]

The US has concentrated naval power and B-52s in the Persian Gulf in recent days. Seth J. Frantzman May 12, 2019 15:08 A military vehicle carrying Iranian Zoobin smart bomb (L) and Sagheb missile under pictures of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and Late Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during a parade to commemorate […]

12.05.2019 This comes after Hossein Salami, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has claimed that the US is waging a psychological war in the Middle East amid ongoing tensions between Tehran and Washington. The US’ military presence in the Gulf used to be a serious threat but now it is an opportunity, according to a commander […]

News Desk2019-05-12     .td_uid_6_5cd7eb8c7c7bb_rand.td-a-rec-img{text-align:left}.td_uid_6_5cd7eb8c7c7bb_rand.td-a-rec-img img{margin:0 auto 0 0} BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 P.M.) – New satellite images from the Israel-based Image Satellite International revealed this past week that the Russian Hmeimim Airbase was undergoing some kind of contraction and potential expansion. According to Image Satellite International, the Russian project is not fully known yet; however, […]

CHARLES BYBELEZER 05/12/2019 Analysts skeptical Tehran will directly target American assets but note the regime could lash out through proxies Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday compared the regime’s current predicament to the Iran-Iraq War, which killed millions and left both countries’ economies in shambles. “Today, it is not possible to say if conditions are […]

CHARLES BYBELEZER 05/12/2019 Iranian-sponsored Shi’ite Houthi rebels have reportedly started withdrawing forces from a major port in the city of Hodeidah, in accordance with a long-stalled United Nations-brokered agreement to end the four-year civil war in Yemen. Houthi representatives described their “unilateral step” as a show of commitment to implementing the pact, and called on […]