Day: December 8, 2019

Turkey’s narrative is slowly changing on its expanding role in northern Syria. SETH J. FRANTZMAN DECEMBER 8, 2019 13:29 Turkey says it won’t leave Syria until foreign countries leave “or Syrian people demand the country leave,” according to the Turkish president. This is part of Turkey’s changing narrative on its expanding role in northern Syria. […]

Iraqi militia leaders slapped with US sanctions. Sunday 08/12/2019 US Army soldiers stand outside an armoured vehicle at a base south of Mosul, Iraq, February 23. (AP) ISTANBUL – Tensions between the United States and Iran flared as missiles hit military bases hosting US troops in Iraq. Washington said it was considering the deployment of […]

Current disputes could put the Egyptian Navy in direct confrontation with Turkey’s. Sunday 08/12/2019 Tensions rising. Egyptian Navy officers stand aboard the deck of S42, a German-made submarine, during a handover ceremony in the German Baltic city of Kiel. (AFP) CAIRO – Iranian Navy Commander Hossein Khanzadi recently revealed that five sophisticated weapons and warfare […]

DEBKAfile Exclusive: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh Sunday morning flew from Cairo to Istanbul, despite Egypt’s commitment to the US and Israel that his permit was limited to Cairo and he would not be allowed to continue travelling to Turkey and Iran. Before flying out of the Egyptian capital, Haniyeh held a meeting with Islamic Jihad […]

Dec 8, 2019 @ 20:29 The air strike of Saturday night, Dec. 7, was the fourth this week in a campaign for breaking up the Iranian Al Qods strategic hub which houses Iraqi Shiite militias outside Abu Kamal near the Iraqi border. The strikes aim not only to stem the flow of arms convoys from […]

December 08, 2019, 12:25 PM – latest revision December 08, 2019, 12:27 PM  1 min read AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File FILE – Guatemala’s President-elect Alejandro Giammattei talks with reporters upon arriving at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019 More to follow Guatemala’s President-elect Alejandro Giammattei met with Israeli Foreign Minister Israel […]

Many think that anti-Semitism is a prejudice against Jews as people, whereas anti-Zionism and Israel-bashing are legitimate attacks on a political project.  by  Melanie Phillips  Published on  12-06-2019 07:59 Last modified: 12-08-2019 14:15 In France, which is experiencing another surge of anti-Jewish attacks, the lower house of parliament has approved a draft resolution that calls hatred of […]

U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said the United States was worried about Turkey’s direction regarding the county’s actions in Syria. At the time of the incursion into northern Syria, we thought it was a mistake, we thought it would lead to greater instability in the region. It really once again our concerns about Turkey’s […]

Hamas said on Sunday that in order for a long-term calm to take place, Israel must give something in exchange and fully implement the commitments it has made over the years to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including the lifting of the security blockade there. In a statement detailing the content of talks held […]