Pompeo: If you facilitate Iran’s activities, you will be sanctioned

Secretary of State clarifies Washington intends to continue its maximum pressure campaign on Iran. Elad Benari, 24/01/20 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo clarified on Thursday that Washington intends to continue its maximum pressure policy on Iran. “Maximum pressure on the Iranian regime will continue until its behavior changes. Today we imposed sanctions against China, […]

Jordan: Annexation of Jordan Valley would blow up peace process

Jordan: Annexation of Jordan Valley would blow up peace process Jordan’s Foreign Minister warns against Israeli annexation of the Jordan Valley, says it would “destroy the two-state solution”.   Elad Benari, 24/01/20 03:10   Ayman Safadi Reuters Jordan’s Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, warned on Thursday that an Israeli annexation of the Jordan Valley would “blow […]

Hamas to end IED balloon attacks on Israel

Hamas to end IED balloon attacks on Israel At Cairo’s request, Islamist movement to rein in balloon bomb attacks from Gaza By DIMA ABUMARIA/ THE MEDIA LINE JANUARY 24, 2020 00:45 Hamas, the Islamist movement that rules the Gaza Strip, has, according to sources, accepted an Egyptian request to prevent the firing of balloons and […]

Hebzollah Chief: “Kill Every American Soldier in the Middle East”

By Dr. Edy Cohen January 23, 2020 Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah (center) with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, photo from website of Ali Khameini via Wikipedia   BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,419, January 23, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, chief of Tehran’s Lebanese proxy terror group Hezbollah, made […]

US official warns Soleimani’s successor faces ‘same fate’ if he kills Americans

Top Iran envoy Brian Hook threatens new Quds Force chief Esmail Ghaani: ‘They can’t attack America and expect to get away with it’; Iran condemns ‘governmental terrorism’TOI staff America’s top Iran policy official warned of a repeat of its January 3 killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani if the latter’s successor follows in his footsteps […]

Israeli imprisoned in Russia: I believe Putin that everything will be okay

Naama Issachar, jailed for 7.5 years for pot smuggling, was allowed to watch broadcast of Russian leader’s press conference with her mother and Netanyahu TOI staffToday, 12:38 am An Israeli-American woman jailed in Russia said Thursday she believed Russian President Vladimir Putin when he assured her mother that “everything will be all right.” “I am […]

‘This is an emergency in China’ says WHO, as virus death toll rises to 18

GENEVA/BEIJING (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) called a new coronavirus that has killed 18 people in China and infected around 650 globally “an emergency in China” on Thursday, but stopped short of declaring the epidemic of international concern. Chinese state television said 634 cases had been confirmed so far. China’s National Health Commission […]

PA furious at Trump peace plan

Palestinian Authority warns Israel, US not to cross ‘red lines’ after Netanyahu, Gantz invited to White House. Dalit Halevy, 23/01/20     The Palestinian Authority reacted angrily to the invitation the Trump Administration extended to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Blue and White leader MK Benny Gantz to the White House next week to discuss […]

US general says troop surge in Middle East may not end soon

Over the past eight months, the United States has poured more than 20,000 additional troops into the Middle East to counter the escalating threat from Iran that peaked with the recent missile attack on American forces in Iraq.Despite President Donald Trump’s pledge to bring troops home, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East on […]

Trump plan said to give Israel sovereignty throughout Jerusalem, all settlements

TV report: Palestinian state only if PA accepts Israel as Jewish state and Hamas is disarmed; no big refugee influx; if Abbas rejects plan, Israel can start annexing TOI staff23 January 2020, 9:21 pmUpdated at 9:39 pm The Trump administration’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan — to be presented next week at the White House to Prime […]

What we know about Abdolhossein Mojaddami’s killing

What we know about Abdolhossein Mojaddami’s killing January 23, 2020 · by Seth Frantzman · in Uncategorized. · Basij commander Abdol-Hossein Majdami (عبدالحسین مجدمی) in Khuzestan was gunned down as he left his home in the early hours of Wednesday, January 22. But what do we know? The first report might have been here at […]

Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq threaten Iraqi president for meeting Trump

Iraqi President Barham Salih met US President Donald Trump on Wednesday at Davos during the economic summit. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN JANUARY 23, 2020 23:56 Iraqi President Barham Salih met US President Donald Trump on Wednesday at Davos during the economic summit. Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq are outraged and on social media and in incitement-laden […]

Unidentified Aircraft Spotted Over Iraq’s al-Qaim, Explosions Heard – Reports

Unidentified Aircraft Spotted Over Iraq’s al-Qaim, Explosions Heard – ReportsAn unidentified aircraft conducted at least three strikes on a Hezbollah headquarters in the Iraqi town of al-Qaim early Friday morning, according a local reports. According to al-Hadath, reports suggest the air strike was targeting a Kataeb Hezbollah commander who was in the Iraqi city some […]