Month: December 2019

Every time there is an Instagram story about Israel, a vast majority of comments are in praise of Netanyahu and Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to the people of Iran with Farsi subtitles June 27 2018  One of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s greatest foreign policy legacies remains unseen to most Israelis and the world: […]

Four Katyusha rockets struck a military base next to Baghdad International Airport on Monday wounding “six fighters”, a statement from the military said. Security forces found a rocket launcher and several rockets in a search of the area, the statement said. First published: 09:09 , 12.09.19

The reports claim that “Israeli fighters had to flee from the Russian Su-35” and at the same time that “Iran delivered unknown air defense systems to Syria.” SETH J. FRANTZMAN DECEMBER 9, 2019 10:17 A Sukhoi SU-35 fighter aircraft performs during the “Aviadarts” military aviation competition at the Dubrovichi range near Ryazan, Russia, August 2, […]

Twenty-three people, some of them believed to be tourists from the Ovation of the Seas cruise ship, were rescued from White Island. REUTERS DECEMBER 9, 2019 10:28 At least five people were killed, up to 20 injured and several were reported missing after a volcano suddenly erupted off the east coast of New Zealand’s North […]

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 […]