Day: May 19, 2019

The Defense Ministry has begun building a large dirt berm along a road that runs near the northern Gaza Strip, to protect vehicles from anti-tank missiles being shot by Palestinian terrorists, Ynet reports. A video published by the Kan public broadcaster shows the berm near Kissufim and the Black Arrow memorial site. In November, a […]

Drones are relatively simple to manufacture and use, and for countries like Saudi Arabia, which apparently has a long way to go in fine-tuning its radar, they are relatively difficult to detect. LAWRENCE RIFKIN/THE MEDIA LINE May 19, 2019 18:30 The May 14 attack on an oil pipeline deep inside Saudi Arabia could indicate a […]

Israeli strikes reported over the weekend; IDF refuses to comment on reports; Iranian targets believed hit in strikes; Syrian army claims it downed three Israeli missiles. Israeli strikes were reported in Syria on both Friday and Saturday, reports claiming the strikes were on Iranian targets. Explosions were reported, as well as Israeli fighter jets, on […]

Official says Bundestag resolution denouncing boycott movement tactics as anti-Semitic is biased in favor of Israel By AFPToday, 5:36 pm  0 0shares A picture from November 19, 2017, shows a general view of the Arab League headquarters during a meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo. (AFP/Khaled Desouki) CAIRO — The Arab League called Sunday on the German […]

Israeli consul in Cairo says no Israelis injured in blast; South Africans, Egyptians said to be among those hurt By AGENCIES and TOI STAFFToday, 5:01 pm  0 3shares A bus purportedly targeted by a bomb near Egypt’s Giza pyramids on May 19, 2019. (screen capture: Twitter) An explosion struck a tourist bus on Sunday near Egypt’s famed pyramids, injuring 17 […]

The fate of the free world depends on the EU not saving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action but walking away from the worst deal of the century.  by  Rachel Avraham  Published on  2019-05-19 13:57 Last modified: 2019-05-19 13:57 In recent days, Iran has threatened to withdraw from parts of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action unless […]

Exxon Mobil’s decision to evacuate its foreign staff from the West Qurna 1 oilfield in southern Iraq on Saturday was “unacceptable and unjustified”, Iraq’s Oil Minister Thamer Ghadhban said on Sunday.   “The withdrawal of multiple employees – despite their small number – temporarily has nothing to do with the security situation or threats in […]

Meeting comes as tension remain high between US and Iran as well as between NATO and Turkey. Anna Ahronheim May 19, 2019 13:56 IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Eyal Zamir will head to Brussels next week to represent Israel at a meeting of the NATO Military Committee, the alliance’s highest military authority, the IDF […]

FNA – Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi warned that any stupid measure by Washington will have disastrous consequences for them. “Any stupid measure by the US will undoubtedly bring regret and failure for them,” Masjedi said in a meeting with Head of the Sunni Endowment Diwan in Iraq Abdul Latif al-Hamim in Baghdad on […]

Earlier, Saudi King urged the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab League to gather for extraordinary summits in the city of Mecca on May 30 in the wake of an attack on the country’s oil facilities and sabotage against tankers off the UAE coast, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday, citing […]

ANKARA (Sputnik) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Ankara and Moscow might launch talks on joint production of Russian-made S-500 air defence systems after the S-400 deliveries. Previously, Turkey has repeatedly expressed its interest in the joint production of S-400. In April, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov specified that “there is and can be no […]