Month: January 2020
Israel Under Water
By David Israel – 13 Tevet 5780 – January 10, 2020 0 This week has seen two major storms that raged from the Golan heights and Nahariyya in the north to the northern Negev and everything in between. Here’s a collection of particularly unusual images. People try to release a car that became stuck due […]
Australia: Quarter of a million people told to evacuate their homes
Authorities in Australia instruct nearly a quarter of a million residents in Victoria to evacuate as brush fires threaten towns. Arutz Sheva Staff, 10/01/20 Australian authorities have instructed nearly a quarter of a million residents in Victoria to evacuate, as firestorms continue to plague eastern Australia. On Friday, authorities sent emergency texts to 240,000 people […]
Iran’s attacks against the US in Iraq accomplished what was intended
Behind the Lines: A large amount of noise and smoke JONATHAN SPYER Following the US killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and a number of other IRGC-related figures on January 3, this author and other analysts wrote that Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei faced a difficult dilemma. The attacks on […]
After the US took out Soleimani, Iran vowed retaliation. Was that it?
After the US took out Soleimani, Iran vowed retaliation. Was that it? To be continued…? By ANNA AHRONHEIM JANUARY 9, 2020 23:42 The new decade started off with a bang, with tensions soaring between the United States and Iran, nuclear-armed foes breathing flames of war. The killing of the top Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani, along […]
French minister: Iran could have nuclear weapon in one to two years
European leaders are scrambling to reduce tensions between the US and Iran, over fears that Iran’s exit from the nuclear deal could spell disaster globally. REUTERS JANUARY 10, 2020 12:51 Europe will look on Friday for ways to guide the United States and Iran away from open conflict, knowing that a miscalculation from either side […]
Top Iranian general: Strikes on US bases were just the start of big operation
Head of of the IRGC Aerospace Force says Iran chose not to kill 5000 US soldiers to avenge Soleimani; claims dozens of injured US soldiers evacuated via Israel, Jordan By TOI staff Today, A top commander of Iran’s missile array said Thursday that missile strikes on US bases were “the start of big operations which […]
EU foreign ministers hold emergency meeting on Iran crisis, nuclear deal
10 Jan, 2020 07:51 Foreign ministers for the EU states are holding an emergency meeting on Friday to seek ways to guide the United States and Iran away from confrontation, Reuters reported. President Donald Trump had earlier urged European allies to “break away” from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. However, the EU says it […]
Iraqi PM tells US to decide mechanism for troop withdrawal
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi has told the U.S. secretary of state to send a delegation to Iraq tasked with formulating the mechanism for the withdrawal of U.S troops from Iraq, according to a statement released Friday. The statement, from the office of the Iraqi caretaker prime minister, said the request came […]
Iranian press review: Iran designates US Pentagon a terrorist organisation
Meanwhile, Iranian officials say the real revenge for Soleimani’s killing is to expel American forces from the region, and US border officers harass citizens with Iranian background Pentagon designated a terrorist organisation In the aftermath of the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian parliament has voted to designate the US military and Pentagon as terrorist […]
IRGC Aerospace Commander: ‘Killing Pres. Trump wouldn’t be enough to avenge Soleimani’
Hajizadeh: ‘Trump should order coffins for American soldiers before threatening Iran; If war breaks out with US, Iran will finish and win.’ Mordechai Sones, 10/01/20 11:46 IRGC Aerospace Force Commander General Amir Ali Hajizadeh told a Channel 1 (Iran) interviewer at Qasem Soleimani’s funeral that even attacking every U.S. base, killing President Trump, and killing […]
Iran wants to handle black box data after plane crash blamed on missile
The head of Iran’s Civil Aviation authority has said that it could take months to extract information from the voice and flight data recorders. JANUARY 10, 2020 11:50 Iran said on Friday it wanted to download black box recordings itself from a Ukrainian airliner that crashed, killing all 176 people aboard, after Canada and others […]
Iranian press review: Iran designates US Pentagon a terrorist organisation
Meanwhile, Iranian officials say the real revenge for Soleimani’s killing is to expel American forces from the region, and US border officers harass citizens with Iranian background Pentagon designated a terrorist organisation In the aftermath of the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian parliament has voted to designate the US military and Pentagon as terrorist […]