Unprecedented security at all US Mid East bases

All US military bases in the Middle East have been placed at the highest level of security lest Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) or its allies, including the Lebanese Hizballah, decide to hit back for the US assault on five Iraqi Kata’ib Hezballah centers in Iraq and Syria. US embassies and civilian institutions in the region […]

US strikes Iranian-backed militia in Iraq; 12 reported killed

Drone attacks on Kataeb Hezbollah carried out in retaliation for Friday’s rocket assault on a US base that killed an American military contractor US forces carried out attacks on facilities belonging to an Iranian-backed militant Shi’ite group in Iraq on Sunday, in retaliation for a Friday strike on an American base that left a military […]

Israel praises US strike on Iran-backed militia, calling it a ‘turning point’

Foreign Minister Israel Katz praises the United States for its strikes on bases belonging to the Iran-backed Iraqi Hezbollah militia in Iraq and Syria, calling it “a turning point in the regional reality in light of the conduct of Iran and its metastases.” “If the Iranians make a mistake in understanding the essence and power […]

US strikes 5 Iranian Al Qods/ militia bases in Syria and Iraq. Iranian casualties

DEBKAfile Exclusive:  Among the five targets struck on both sides of the Syrian-Iraqi border by the US air force on Monday, Dec. 29, was the Iran-supported Iraqi Kata’ib Hezbollah Shiite militia in al Qaim in Iraq and Revolutionary Guards Al Qods centers in the Abu Kamal region in Syria. Substantial dead and wounded were immediately reported, including […]

North Korea convenes party meeting, raising fears of new weapons tests

The meeting was convened to discuss the ‘harsh trials and difficulties,’ the country faces ‘in the building of the state and national defence’ This picture taken on December 28, 2019 and released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 29 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending the 5th Plenary […]

Bennett’s proposal approved: Israel to fine Palestinian Authority 149 million shekels over terrorist funding

Deputy Defense Minister Dichter says: ‘ For too long we have allowed the PA to pay salaries to terrorists. The party is over.’ Hezki Baruch, 29/12/19 Bennett Flash 90 Israel’s Security Cabinet approved Defense Minister Naftali Bennett’s proposal to cut NIS 149 million ($43 million) from the tax funds that Israel transfers to the Palestinian […]

Immediate Release Statement From Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Jonathan Hoffman

Dec. 29, 2019 In response to repeated Kata’ib Hizbollah (KH) attacks on Iraqi bases that host Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) coalition forces, U.S. forces have conducted precision defensive strikes against five KH facilities in Iraq and Syria that will degrade KH’s ability to conduct future attacks against OIR coalition forces. The five targets include three […]

Statement From Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Jonathan Hoffman

Dec. 29, 2019 In response to repeated Kata’ib Hizbollah (KH) attacks on Iraqi bases that host Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) coalition forces, U.S. forces have conducted precision defensive strikes against five KH facilities in Iraq and Syria that will degrade KH’s ability to conduct future attacks against OIR coalition forces. The five targets include three […]

US forces launch attack on Kataib Hezbollah base in Iraq – report

Sky News Arabia reported just before 8 in evening Iraqi time that a bomb struck near the city of Al-Qaim in Iraq near the Syrian border. SETH J. FRANTZMAN THE BORDER between the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Iran. On Sunday evening in Iraq US forces bombed the headquarters of Kataib Hezbollah, an Iraqi-based Shi’ite […]

Hamas faces backlash over ‘ceasefire deal’ with Israel

Hamas spokesman Abdel Latif Qanou on Sunday denied the report, saying the talk was only about “confirming previous understandings related to ending the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip.” KHALED ABU TOAMEH DECEMBER 29, 2019 18:07 The Palestinian Authority and several Palestinian factions have criticized Hamas for its reported readiness to reach a long-term ceasefire […]

In Iran, It Is a Crime to Be a Christian

Majid RafizadehDecember 29, 2019 at 5:00 am Three of the Islamist judges known to preside over the trials of Christians are Mashallah Ahmadzadeh, Mohammed Moghiseh, and Ahmad Zargar. The international community needs to consider imposing sanctions on them. Converts to Christianity from Islam, according the Iran’s Islamic law, can face the death penalty. The Iranian […]

Leave the latkes, take the cannoli in honor of this Hanukkah heroine

Centuries before Judah Maccabi led his uprising, biblical prophetess Judith headed off (literally) Israel’s enemies, which is why some eat dairy during the weeklong holiday Steph BlackToday, 2:39 pm Alma via JTA — Hanukkah season means latkes, menorahs and the retelling of the classic story about Judah and the Maccabees. But there’s a woman from […]

U.S. monitoring North Korea closely, finds situation concerning

Published: 12.29.19 , 16:38 The United States is monitoring North Korea’s actions closely and finds the situation there concerning but there are open lines of communications between the two countries, White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien said on Sunday. Washington wants to hold North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to his commitment to denuclearize […]

The Time Came

Charles E. McCracken   Most people of faith who read the Bible would agree that the Nativity was an event planned in the foreknowledge of God. Examining world conditions on the night of our Lord’s birth forcefully underscores that reality. LUKE 2:6-7 (NIV) “While they were there [registering in Bethlehem], the time came for the […]