Iran demands ‘immediate release’ of tanker held in Gibraltar, summons UK envoy

Iranian foreign ministry denounces interception of ship suspected of violating EU sanctions, accuses Britain of acting at behest of the US By AFPToday, 11:25 am     A picture shows supertanker Grace 1, suspected of carrying Iranian crude oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions, after it was detained off the coast of Gibraltar on July […]

PLO: US destroying any opportunity to bring peace

PLO Executive Committee blasts US policy following Kushner’s remarks on “Palestinian refugees”. Dalit Halevi, 05/07/19 The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Thursday slammed remarks made by US President Donald Trump’s top adviser Jared Kushner, in which he said that his Middle East peace plan will seek to better integrate “Palestinian refugees” […]

Iran is opening a new regional front in Iraq, the US must act

The US must act after Iran opened a new front in its regional war, exploiting American weakness in Iraq to use the country as a base to target the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and threaten US interests in the region. US government officials have concluded that the May 14 drone attack on the east-west Saudi […]

Russia beginning to deliver S-400s to Turkey on Sunday

Washington has said that US sanctions would be triggered when the missile batteries arrive in NATO ally Turkey. REUTERS July 5, 2019 09:39 ISTANBUL – The first of the Russian S-400 defense systems that Ankara has purchased will be loaded on to cargo planes on Sunday and arrive in Turkey some time next week, privately-held […]

US: Detention of tanker loaded with Iranian crude ‘excellent news’

WASHINGTON — White House National Security Advisor John Bolton applauded the interception by Britain’s Gibraltar Thursday of a supertanker believed to be carrying Iranian crude oil to Syria, saying the ship was breaking international sanctions. “Excellent news: UK has detained the supertanker Grace I laden with Iranian oil bound for Syria in violation of EU sanctions,” Bolton […]

Archaeology shows Philistines, enemy of Israelites, came from Europe

“We found infants that were too young to travel… so they were born on site. And their DNA revealed [that] their parents’ heritage was not from the local population.” Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman July 4, 2019 17:10 Philistine cemetery discovery (Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon) New evidence has revealed that the ancient people most known for their […]

New AIM-260 Missiles Are So Secretive They Will Require A Custom Storage Bunker At Hill AFB

Budget docs dated March of 2019 give the first official explanation of the program and why it needs a $6.5M high-security storage vault at Hill AFB. By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJuly 1, 2019 18th Wing Public Affairs—Public Domain Big news hit in late June that the USAF and the Navy have been well on […]

Iran fumes as Britain seizes Iranian oil tanker over Syria sanctions

Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the British ambassador to voice “its very strong objection to the illegal and unacceptable seizure” of its ship. BY REUTERS  JULY 5, 2019 02:33     A gas flare on an oil production platform in the Soroush oil fields is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Persian Gulf, Iran, July 25, […]

Europe trade channel with Iran close to first deal in days: France

POZNAN, Poland (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday he hoped a special trade channel set up with Iran would complete a first, limited transaction in the coming days. Set up by France, Britain and Germany, Instex is a barter trade mechanism that aims to avoid direct financial transfers by offsetting […]

A 487 million Muslim “collapse” on NATO’s southeast flank

Instead of the European countries coming to Israel’s aid, they are attacking the only Western country with an army protecting them from a virtually unstoppable military advance by a half a billion Muslims with over 50% of the world’s oil resources. Mark Langfan, 04/07/19 16:12  Mark Langfan The writer is Chairman of Americans for a […]

Spanish Nominee for Top EU Foreign Policy Post Is Firm Backer of Iranian Regime

by Ben Cohen Spanish foreign minister Josep Borell (l) with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif in Tehran in Jan. 2019. Photo: Screenshot. A Spanish socialist politician strongly tipped to become the next European Union High Representative for foreign policy is raising hackles in the US, Israel and the Arab Gulf states over his sympathies […]

US Nuclear Weapons Deployment in Turkey

By Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Raphael Ofek July 4, 2019 A US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle takes off from Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, photo via Wikimedia Commons BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,217, July 4, 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The American nuclear weapons that remain on Turkish soil – an anachronistic reference to the Cold […]

On July 4, ‘Trump Square’ dedicated in Petah Tikva

Central city names square in honor of US president over recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital By MARCY OSTERToday, 9:31 pm  0 0shares Foreign Affairs Minister Israel Katz (left, red tie) and Economy Minister Eli Cohen (right) at the ceremony naming a Petah Tikva city square after US President Donald Trump, on July 3, 2019. (Roy Alima/Flash90) […]

Turkey To Actively Use S-400 Systems, Deliveries To Start in Coming Days – Erdogan’s Spokesperson

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu earlier this day confirmed that the S-400 deal was done and the US-Turkish spat over the acquisition of the air defence systems started to die down. Deliveries of Russian state-of-the-art S-400 air defence systems to Turkey are expected to begin in the next few days, according to President Erdogan’s spokesperson […]