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 […]

Iran raises alarm after Israel test-fires mystery missile

“Israel today tested a nuke-missile, aimed at Iran,” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif suggested in a tweet posted on Friday evening. He lamented that the West never complains “about the only nuclear arsenal in West Asia,” but “has fits of apoplexy over our conventional defensive [rockets].” The mysterious missile in question was launched earlier in […]

U.S. says drone shot down by Russian air defenses near Libyan capital

The U.S. military believes that an unarmed American drone reported lost near Libya’s capital last month was in fact shot down by Russian air defenses and it is demanding the return of the aircraft’s wreckage, U.S. Africa Command says. Such a shootdown would underscore Moscow’s increasingly muscular role in the energy-rich nation, where Russian mercenaries […]

US imposes sanctions on Iran-linked Iraqi militia chiefs

The US Treasury Dept Friday blacklisted three leaders of Iraqi Shiite militias associated with Iran for their role in the deadly crackdown of anti-government protesters in southern Iraq and Baghdad. Targeted for sanctions are: the brothers Qais al-Khazali and Laith al-Khazali, chiefs of the Asaib Ahl al-Haq, and Hussein Falih al-Lami, security chief of the […]

Six Saudis detained after Florida naval base shooting

Six Saudi nationals were detained for questioning on Friday after  Saudi Air Force second lieutenant Mohammed Saeed Al-Shamrani shot three people dead and injured 8 others at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida before he was taken down. Three of the Saudis filmed the shooting as it happened and were detained as a terror […]

Netanyahu said expected to request immunity by end of the month

Israeli TV details PM’s reported offer to Gantz to guarantee rotation agreement, including requiring at least 80 MKs to overturn it TOI staffToday, 10:06 am Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to ask the Knesset for immunity from graft charges later this month, Channel 12 news reported Friday. Netanyahu, who has been charged in a […]

Iran accuses Israel of testing nuclear missile designed to strike them

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Mohammad Javad Zarif, commented on Friday on the recent test by the Israeli defense establishment of what has been described as a rocket propulsion system. Zarif noted that the United States, along with the three European members of the Iran nuclear deal – officially known as the Joint Comprehensive […]

Military base shooter reportedly assailed US as a ‘nation of evil’

Officials said to name attacker as Mohammed al-Shamrani, an aviation officer in the Saudi Air Force attending training at Florida airbase AgenciesToday, 5:54 am A Saudi military student reportedly condemned the US as a “nation of evil” in an online manifesto prior to opening fire Friday at a US naval base, killing three people before […]

New Israeli Defense Minister Takes a Hardline Position on Terrorism in All Forms

    Yamina Party member Naftali Bennett attends the Srugim conference in Jerusalem on Sept. 2, 2019. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90. JNS.org – When Naftali Bennett was appointed last month as Israel’s defense minister, it was seen as a temporary political move by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to shore up his right-wing flank until a new […]