Turkey isolated in its Syria policy as Erdogan fails to secure NATO backing

“Under Erdogan’s rule, Turkey’s relations with NATO will remain transactional at best,” said Aykan Erdemir, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies. Sunday 08/12/2019 No backing. French President Emmanuel Macron (C) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd R) look at US President Donald Trump (2nd L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]

Israeli aircraft bomb Hamas positions in Gaza after rocket attack

IDF confirms retaliatory airstrikes hours after Iron Dome downs three missiles; Palestinians say at least two injured Israeli planes and helicopters carried out strikes inside the Gaza Strip early Sunday, hours after three rockets were shot from the Palestinian enclave, authorities said. At least three rounds of airstrikes were reported in the northern Gaza Strip, […]

US Doesn’t Rule Out Sending Additional Troops to Syria – Esper

US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper commented on a variety of issues on Saturday while delivering remarks at the Reagan National Defense Forum. The forum is an annual event that takes place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. “I think we have enough troops in Syria and if we don’t we […]

Iron Dome intercepts 3 rockets fired from Gaza after tense weekend on border

Three residents from Sderot and surrounding communities lightly injured as they rush to bomb shelters Judah Ari GrossToday, 9:20 pm Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted three rockets fired from the Gaza Strip at southern Israel on Saturday evening, the Israeli military said. Earlier, the army said two of the rockets had been shot […]

How Israel should prepare for the coming storm

How Israel should prepare for the coming storm But consider the following scenario that may unfold over the coming year: By ASHER FREDMAN DECEMBER 7, 2019 21:20 Israel faces a great danger today: the fact that its international position is the best that it’s been for a decade. The danger is that Israel is not […]

If we don’t stand with the Kurds, who should stand with us?

When US President Donald Trump withdrew peacekeeping troops from Northern Syria last month, he executed the latest in a string of historic betrayals by the West towards the Kurdish people. LANCE MORRIS DECEMBER 7, 2019 21:29  The parallels are stark and increasingly depressing. The Kurdish struggle for statehood is all too similar to the Jewish […]

Bolivia Seeking Israel’s Help to Combat Country’s Left-Wing ‘Terrorism’

We invited them to help us, they are used to dealing with terrorists and know how to do it” The interim government of Bolivia wants Israel to help authorities combat left-wing “terrorism” and alleged plots by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the Bolivian Interior Minister told Reuters on Friday. Arturo Murillo said the Bolivian police are […]

Mark Twain in the Holy Land

A new exhibit at the New-York Historical Society brings the famous writer’s journey back to life. HOWARD BLAS NEW YORK – In 1867, future Zionist leader Theodor Herzl was seven years old, and the Civil War in the United States had ended two short years ago. That same year, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known to fans […]

Kremlin Confirms Putin’s Visit to Israel in January

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu & Russian President Vladimir Putin set to meet in January; They spoke Friday over the phone regarding several topics, such as Iranian entrenchment in Syria. On Friday, the Kremlin confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin will be visiting Israel in January. This announcement came after a phone call took place […]

Iran boasts it will soon unveil new nuclear centrifuges, power plant

Assistant head of country’s Atomic Energy Organization says ’50 new achievements’ will be revealed next year TOI staffAgenciesToday, 5:47 pm Iran is set to unveil at least 50 new nuclear-related “products,” including new centrifuge systems and a heavy water power plant in 2020, boasted an Iranian official on Saturday. Ali Asqar Zare’an, the assistant head […]

Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander blames riots on ‘dirty goals of Great Satan and Zionists’

Iran concedes for the first time that protesters have been shot dead over the past two weeks by security forces.  by  Israel Hayom Staff  Published on  12-03-2019 19:24 Last modified: 12-04-2019 13:22 Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with a group of school and university students in Tehran, Iran, November 3, 2019 | Photo: Official Khamenei […]

US aircraft carrier allegedly heading to Syrian waters amid turmoil with Iran

News Desk2019-12-07 BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 P.M.) – The U.S. aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Harry Truman, is passing through the Strait of Gibraltar and heading towards Syrian waters, the Russian aviation publication Avia.Pro reported on Saturday. “An American aircraft carrier strike group led by the U.S.S. Harry Truman nuclear carrier has passed the Strait of Gibraltar and […]

US ends non-response for Iranian attacks. Iran deploys Bavar-373 missiles in Syria

This time, US forces pushed back immediately after Iraqi Shiite militias lobbed five rockets into the big Ain Al-Assad airbase in western Iraq. On Tuesday, Dec. 3, American aircraft attacked their base in the Iranian Al Qods Brigades military compound near Abu Kamal on the Syrian-Iraqi border and destroyed their rocket launchers. By this operation, […]

Fighter jets dispatched following suspicious activity in Gaza

Israeli aircraft don’t detect anything unusual in the coastal enclave; IDF troops nab 2 Palestinians who entered Israel from Strip TOI staffToday, 11:06 am Israeli fighter jets were sent to fly over the Gaza Strip on Saturday after suspicious activity was detected in the Palestinian enclave. The aircraft were dispatched three times, according to the […]