Report: Israel attacked weapons truck on Iraq-Syria border

Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese network reports Israeli planes attacked weapons truck near Al Bukamal, on Iraq-Syria border. Elad Benari, 10/01/20 The Lebanese Al-Mayadeen television network, which is affiliated with the Hezbollah terrorist organization, reported on Thursday night that Israeli planes attacked a weapons truck on the Iraq-Syria border. Sources quoted by the channel reported that a loud […]

Report: 8 dead in Israeli airstrikes on Iraq-Syria border

Observer group claims eight pro-Iranian fighters killed in Israeli bombings in Syria near Iraqi border. Death toll expected to rise.   David Rosenberg, 10/01/20 11:22   Airstrikes in Syria (archive) Reuters Airstrikes attributed to Israel killed eight in eastern Syria overnight, a London-based observer group claimed Friday morning. According to a report by the Syrian […]

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan deadlocked over giant Nile dam, look to Washington talks

(This Jan. 9 story corrects paragraph 12 to reflect options after Jan.15 deadline) By Giulia Paravicini and Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan remained deadlocked after two days of talks in their disputes over a giant hydropower dam on the Nile though Cairo said it hoped the issues would be resolved […]

Israeli Analyst: Iran Is Taking a Step Back for Fear of Trump

by Algemeiner Staff     US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters / Marco Bello / File. Iran is pulling back from its latest confrontation with the US because it fears President Donald Trump, a top Israeli analyst asserted on Thursday. Ehud Yaari, a veteran Israeli journalist and expert on the Middle East, wrote at the […]

Diane Francis: Russia is the only winner after Iranian strikes, plane shoot-down

The Kremlin intends to fill the power vacuum in the Middle East created by the U.S., and, along the way, keep oil prices higher This week’s stock market and oil price roller-coaster ride, due to U.S.-Iran tensions, isn’t over, even though experts believe that Iran’s retaliation is finished. More likely, however, is that it is […]

U.S. to join probe of jet disaster, no missile link: Iran official

PARIS (Reuters) – Iran has invited the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board to take part in its investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian jetliner and the U.S. agency has agreed to assign an investigator, an Iranian official said on Thursday. “The NTSB has replied to our chief investigator and has announced an accredited representative,” […]

Iran likely downed Ukraine airliner with missiles -Canada’s Trudeau

Iran likely downed Ukraine airliner with missiles -Canada’s Trudeau US and Canadian sources have said that the plane was likely struck by a stray missile. By REUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF JANUARY 9, 2020 23:27 A Ukraine airliner that crashed in Iran, killing all 176 people aboard, was likely brought down by an Iranian missile, Canada’s […]

Israel and US will handle the Iranian challenge in their own ways

Iran has crossed the threshold on low-enriched uranium, shortening significantly the time to produce enough fissile material for a nuclear device. JACOB NAGEL JONATHAN SCHANZER JANUARY 9, 2020 23:07 Residents of Qom, Iran meet Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei after US assassination of Qasem Soleimani In a rare and very open speech he delivered on Christmas […]

FDA approves Israel’s IceCure tumor-treating tech for liver, kidney cancer

IceCure uses probes to freeze tumors, killing the tissue. The tumor then disperses naturally. ILANIT CHERNICK IceCure, a Tel Aviv-based medical device company has received additional US Food and Drug Administration approval for its tumor-treating cryoablation technology. In an interview with The Jerusalem Post on Thursday, Tlalit Bussi Tel Tzure, IceCure’s vice president of business […]

Iran calls on Canada to hand over information on Crashed Ukrainian plane

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran called on Canada on Thursday to share its information with Tehran about the Ukrainian plane after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Ottawa had intelligence indicating it was hit by an Iranian missile. “We are calling on the Canadian Prime Minister and any other government that has information about the crash to […]

We Shall All Be Changed in An Instant

The third passage pertaining to the rapture of the church is 1 Corinthians 15:50-58. These verses deal with the change in the nature of the bodies of the raptured saints. Verse 50 declares the necessity of this change, stating that flesh and blood are unable to inherit the kingdom of God, and decay cannot inherit immortality. The background to this statement is found in Genesis 2:17 and is further developed in Genesis 3:17-19. Because of sin, man has become subject to corruption and mortality. All humans beings are seen as guilty, by imputation, of participating in Adam’s sin (Rom. 5:12-14). …

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US-Iran and Israel-Iran tensions timeline 2020

This timeline is the second part of a timeline that goes back to 2017, see the first part here. It seeks to include details about rising US-Iran tensions and also Israel-Iran tensions. 2020 January 1 US deploys 100 Marines to Baghdad and sends 750 paratroopers to Middle East. Trump condemns attack on embassy and Pompeo […]

Why Hamas Supports Turkey’s Invasion of Northern Syria

Omer DemirJanuary 9, 2020 at 4:00 am The American pullout from the area, which borders on Turkey, was evidently perceived by Erdoğan as a green light for an invasion for which he had been waiting for nearly a decade. Hamas, like Turkey, not only seeks Israel’s destruction, but also has close ties with the Erdoğan […]