Report names new IS chief as top terrorist who oversaw operations around world

UK paper identifies previously secret successor to slain Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi as Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi By TOI staff and AP Today, 11:50 pm   The new leader of the Islamic State terror group is Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi, The Guardian reported Monday, citing officials from two intelligence services. Salbi is […]

The Battle for Libya: The UAE Calls the Shots

By Dr. James M. Dorsey January 20, 2020 Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Muhammad bin Zayed, photo via Office of the Presidet of Russia   BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,412, January 20, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Last week’s inauguration of a new Egyptian military base on the […]

The team behind the US ‘Deal of the Century’ is heading to Israel

The team is still considering whether to release the plan before Israel’s election in March OMRI NAHMIAS JANUARY 20, 2020 21:49 WASHINGTON – The entire US peace team – Jared Kushner, Avi Berkowitz and Brian Hook – are headed to Israel and expected to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny […]

Three Killed and Dozens Injured as Protests Continue in Iraq Overnight

Protests continue for the 16th week throughout Iraq; Security forces are reported to have killed at least 3 protestors and wounded at least 50 others, with that number on the rise. Southern Iraq and Baghdad are facing another serious wave of protests as of Sunday evening/Monday morning. Early reports indicate that security forces have already […]

‘Secret’ River Discovered Connecting Jerusalem to Dead Sea

January 20, 2020 , 2:27 pm Do you see, O mortal?” he said to me; and he led me back to the bank of the stream. Ezekiel 47:6 (The Israel Bible™) courtesy: screenshot A previously unknown river in the Israeli wilderness was revealed to the world on Sunday night.  Channel 11 Kan News, Israel’s public […]

Report: Rockets hit near US embassy in Baghdad

Elad Benari, 20/01/20 Three rockets hit near the US embassy in the high-security Green Zone in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Monday evening, security sources told AFP. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Sirens could be heard across the zone immediately after the rockets made impact. There have been several similar attacks on […]

Al-Aqsa preacher: Jerusalem will soon be capital of global Caliphate

The crowd cheered as Nidhal “Abu Ibrahim” Siam called upon them to wage Jihad and seek martyrdom. DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS JANUARY 20, 2020 13:15 Jerusalem will soon become the capital of a global Caliphate, a Palestinian preacher has told a crowd of Muslim worshipers at the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s old city, before calling on […]

EU foreign ministers to discuss Israeli-Palestinian conflict Monday

TOVAH LAZAROFF JANUARY 20, 2020 13:56 European Foreign Ministers are slated to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during a scheduled meeting in Brussels on Monday. But the talks come amid rumors that US President Donald Trump is slated to finally publish his long awaited “Deal of the Century” to resolve the conflict. The EU and the Trump […]

Iranian official warns US will never be ‘comfortable’ in the Middle East after Soleimani’s assassination

2020-01-20     /* custom css */ .td_uid_6_5e25989b47f41_rand.td-a-rec-img { text-align: left; } .td_uid_6_5e25989b47f41_rand.td-a-rec-img img { margin: 0 auto 0 0; } BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:55 P.M.) – Hussein Amir Abdullahian, assistant to the head of the Iranian Shura Council, stressed that “the region will not be comfortable for the Americans after the assassination of the commander […]

What happens when world’s leaders visit Israel en masse?

Dozens of dignitaries will land at Ben-Gurion Airport this week to attend a ceremony at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp; British, Spanish, Dutch and Norwegian royalty among attendees along with Macron, Pence and Putin Gilad Cohen , Itay Blumenthal, Published: 01.20.20 , 11:30 Israel […]

Tense weekend sees stabbing attacks, explosive balloons from Gaza Strip

One wounded in stabbing attack near Hebron, suspect in custody • IDF strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after explosives-laden balloons are found in the southern city of Sderot. Efrat Forsher , Shlomi Diaz and Daniel Siryoti (January 19, 2020 / Israel Hayom) An Israeli man was moderately wounded in a stabbing attack on Saturday in […]

Fire sparked by explosion in northern Israel, leaving 3 injured

2 men seriously injured in explosion in northern Israel, with a third moderately injured. 20/01/20 12:22 At least three people were injured in an explosion Monday morning in the northern Israeli town of Tamra. Two men, roughly 30 years of age, suffered serious injuries in the explosion, while a 23-year-old man suffered moderate injuries. The […]

Iran warns of further rollbacks of its commitments to nuclear deal

Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said country still committed to 2015 deal, but only if its interests are met. By REUTERS JANUARY 20, 2020 09:50 Iran said on Monday that it had not closed the “door to negotiations” in efforts to resolve a dispute over its nuclear agreement with world powers that has escalated steadily […]

Iran says Zarif not attending Davos as its organisers “changed its agenda”

Published: 01.20.20 , 09:54 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will not attend the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos this week because its organizers had “abruptly changed its agenda”, its foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday. “He was scheduled to attend … but they abruptly changed the schedule and it was not the […]