Day: December 13, 2019

UN says can’t confirm if Iranian weapons were used in attacks on Saudi Arabia

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World body also unable to verify if arms used in strike on oil facilities were transferred by Tehran in violation of 2015 nuclear deal Edith M. LedererToday, 12:40 am UNITED NATIONS (AP) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the United Nations has not been able to independently corroborate that the cruise missiles and drones used […]

Timeline of Israel-Iran tensions in Syria and the region

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Updated: 3 hours ago Growing tensions between Israel and Iran, particularly in Syria, have led to rocket fire from Syria directed at Israel and numerous airstrikes by Israel on Iranian targets in Syria. This timeline is designed to provide background and details on Iran-Israel tensions in Syria. March 17, 2017 An SA-5 missile with a […]

Turkey adds Abbas rival to list of wanted terrorists

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Turkish Interior Ministry offers $1.75 million reward for information on exiled former Fatah leader Mohammed Dahlan. Elad Benari, Canada, 13/12/19  Turkey on Friday added exiled Palestinian Arab politician Mohammed Dahlan, a longtime rival of Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas, to its “red list” of most-wanted terrorism suspects. The Interior Ministry offered a reward of […]

Prince Reza Pahlavi: Iranians understand Trump’s sanctions

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pahlavi.jpg World Iran Friday, 13 Dec 2019 07:43 In an interview with Newsweek: In an interview with Newsweek, Prince Reza Pahlavi said Iranians understand Trump’s sanctions on the Islamic Republic, and that Obama’s nuclear deal was a disaster. Mr. Pahlavi told Newsweek: These protests represent a rejection of the regime as a whole and communicate […]

Pompeo warns Iran after proxy attacks in Iraq

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Pompeo and the administration has warned Iran in the past about attacks SETH J. FRANTZMAN US Secretary of State slammed Iranian-backed militias in Iraq for an attack near Baghdad International Airport that wounded five Iraqi soldiers. “To Iran’s leaders, the US will respond decisively if Iran or its proxies harm US personnel or our Iraqi […]

Hezbollah chief says Iran can retaliate against enemies ‘on its own’

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Leader of Shiite terror group warns Lebanon government could take time amid shaky economy The head of Shiite movement Hezbollah in protest-wracked Lebanon said Friday that recent comments of a senior of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were taken out of context. Morteza Ghorbani’s remark that “If Israel will make a mistake, we will […]

The Ayatollahs’ Anxiety Is Showing

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JNS.org – Whether the uprising in Iran is leading to the ultimate collapse of the 40-year reign of the ayatollahs remains to be seen. But there is reason to believe that, unlike the protests of 2009-10 and 2017-18, the current unrest has weakened the regime’s grip irreparably. One good sign is that today’s demonstrations have […]

Could Jordan’s Economic Crisis Solve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?

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Jordan is facing an economic crisis that began forming over 20 years ago, when Abdullah II was crowned king. The most important factors that led to this crisis have been mismanagement, rampant corruption, and lack of control and accountability. Jordan’s foreign debt is currently close to $50 billion, and the unemployment rate is over 20% […]

Could Jordan’s Economic Crisis Solve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?

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Jordan is facing an economic crisis that began forming over 20 years ago, when Abdullah II was crowned king. The most important factors that led to this crisis have been mismanagement, rampant corruption, and lack of control and accountability. Jordan’s foreign debt is currently close to $50 billion, and the unemployment rate is over 20% […]

Europe’s leaders to reject Turkey-Libya maritime border deal

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epa08057400 European High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell gives a press conference at the end of an EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) in Brussels, Belgium, 09 December 2019. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ European High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell gives a press conference at the end of an EU […]

Albanian Premier Praises Israeli Engineers’ Help After Deadly Earthquake

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JNS.org – Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Monday publicly hailed Israeli military engineers who are helping the country following last month’s deadly earthquake, JTA reported. The Israeli engineers are among foreign volunteers working to determine whether some buildings are safe in the aftermath of the 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck on Nov. 26 and damaged more than 11,000 […]

Israel’s Bad Bet on ‘Friends’ in the Middle East

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Israel’s relations in the region are now the opposite of what they were in the 1950s. It has some Arab friends, but the most powerful emerging countries are hostile. Seth Frantzman Updated Dec. 12, 2019 5:44PM ET  JERUSALEM—Last year Oman’s Foreign Minister Yousuf bin Alawi told a gathering of Middle Eastern leaders in Bahrain that it was […]