US envoy urges Germany: Don’t fund Iranian terrorism

“We will continue to explain to our partners that we should work together to end Iranian support for terrorism,” US ambassador Richard Grenell said. By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL DECEMBER 10, 2019 20:43 ATHENS – The most high-level US ambassador in Europe, Richard Grenell, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday that Germany’s government should join the United […]

Syrian Kurdish leader calls on US, Russia to prevent ethnic cleansing by Turkey

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Commander-in-Chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), General Mazloum Abdi, on Tuesday called on the United States and Russia to prevent Ankara’s program of forced demographic change in northern Syria. During an interview on the previous day with the government-affiliated TRT news outlet, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that […]

Trump in Talks With Lavrov Supported Global Arms Control That Includes China

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump in a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov emphasized his support for effective global arms control that includes China, the White House said in a statement. Arms Control “President Trump also emphasized his support for effective global arms control that includes not only Russia, but also China,” […]

Abbas Announces PA General Elections in 2020

JNS.org – Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas announced Tuesday that Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and eastern Jerusalem will go to the polls next year, for the first time in 14 years. Speaking at an anti-corruption conference in Ramallah, Abbas said Palestinian factions Fatah, which he controls, and Hamas, which rules Gaza, have […]

Macron calls for immediate release of French nationals held in Iran

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday the imprisonment of two French nationals in Iran was unbearable and demanded their immediate release, in a case that complicates French efforts to defuse tension between Washington and Tehran. “On Human Rights Day, my thoughts go to Fariba Adelkhah and Roland Marchal, our compatriots held in Iran, and […]

Iran is building tunnels in Syria near Iraq border for weapons

Iran has begun building tunnels at its Imam Ali base in Syria, which is a key part of Iran’s infrastructure that links Iran via Iraq to Syria and Lebanon. SETH J. FRANTZMAN DECEMBER 10, 2019 20:46 Iran has begun excavating tunnels at its Imam Ali base in Syria near the Iraqi border that will be […]

Gulf leaders meet in Saudi Arabia under looming Iran threat

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Arab Gulf leaders gathered in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for an annual summit that was intended to showcase their unity in the face of shared threats. But looming over the meeting were their frayed ties and heightened worries about Iran. For all their diverging views and interests, members of the […]

‘Israel will not relinquish share of gas reservoir’

Energy Min. Director-General warns reservoir partners: ‘Israel will act in every way to secure gas rights to Yishai-Aphrodite reservoir.’ Arutz Sheva Staff, 10/12/19  Energy Minister Director-General Udi Adiri warned Delek’s C.E.O. and the representatives of Nobel and Shell that Israel will not wave its rights in the Yishai-Aphrodite reservoir. “The Government of Israel will continue […]

Turkey is ready to deploy troops to fight Haftar in Libya: Erdogan

  Turkish army soldiers stand guard as Kurdish people wait in a hope to enter Cizre, a town subject to a curfew as part of a controversial operation against Kurdish rebels, on March 22, 2016 in Mardin, for Newroz celebration. Nowruz, the Farsi-language word for ‘New Year’, is an ancient Persian festival, celebrated on the […]

Turkey’s next military target: Libya

Ankara claims it opposes Israel, Cyprus, Greece and Egypt and will act militarily in Libya and in the Mediterranean. SETH J. FRANTZMAN DECEMBER 10, 2019 14:15 (photo credit: CEM OKSUZ/TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS) Turkey is preparing a new military adventure after its invasion of northern Syria in October. On Tuesday Ankara threatened Cyprus, […]

Permanent US embassy in Jerusalem green-lighted

Jerusalem mayor meets with US State Department officials to streamline approval of permanent US embassy complex in the capital. Arutz Sheva Staff, 10/12/19 Addison “Tad” Davis with Mayor Lion PR Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion met Monday with representatives of the US State Department, including the director of the Department’s Bureau of Overseas Building Operations Addison […]

Russia Ready to Consider Trump’s Idea on New Nuclear Disarmament Treaty – Source

Russian President Vladimir Putin previously shared that he had discussed the fate of the bilateral treaty New START, set to expire soon, with his American counterpart Donald Trump during the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan in 2019, but added that what will happen with it remains unknown. Russia is ready to consider proposals on a […]

Iran: ‘If Israel makes a mistake – we’ll flatten Tel Aviv’

Morteza Ghorbani, a senior adviser to Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commander Hossein Salami warned Israel on Tuesday that any mistake on its side will bring about a severe response from the Islamic Republic.”If Israel makes a mistake, even the smallest one, against Iran, we will flatten Tel Aviv into dirt from Lebanon,” Ghorbani told Iranian media […]