Syrian Army Says Intercepted Missiles Launched From Golan Heights

Syrian air defense systems were activated on Thursday evening following an attack coming from the Golan Heights, the official Syrian Arab News Agency reported. “Air defense systems were immediately put into action and downed a number of enemy missiles before they could reach their targets,” the report said, quoting a military source. The same information […]

Saudi FM endorses Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir endorsed Trump’s so-called Deal of the Century in a press conference on Thursday, stating that the controversial deal had some “positive elements”. “There are positive elements in Trump’s peace plan, which can serve as a basis for negotiation,” the top diplomat said during a visit to Romania. He said […]

Israel Caps Gas Output At Huge Offshore Field

By Tsvetana Paraskova – Feb 13, 2020, 5:30 PM CST Israel ordered on Thursday natural gas production at the huge offshore Leviathan field be reduced by around 40 percent after a fault was detected in a subsea pipeline leading to the wells, the energy ministry said. close [x] Pause Unmute Loaded: 21.55% Remaining Time -2:17 Picture-in-PictureFullscreen There wasn’t any damage to […]

Report in Syria: Israel carried out air strike in Damascus

s Syrian media says country’s anti-aircraft systems were activated against “hostile targets” over the capital.   Elad Benari, 14/02/20 00:02   Missile seen over Damascus Reuters [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQK-hSuNLZY?autohide=1&rel=0] Syrian media reported on Thursday evening that Israeli aircraft carried out an air strike in the Damascus area. The reports said the country’s anti-aircraft systems had been […]

In first, US Jewish umbrella group sends delegation to Saudi Arabia

Conference of Presidents members meet with senior Saudi officials, sheikh who visited Auschwitz; talks focus on counter-terror, regional stability By Ron Kampeas Today, 10:51 pm NEW YORK (JTA) — A delegation of members of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations visited Saudi Arabia this week, a first for the umbrella body for […]

US seizes ship carrying 150 Iranian missiles

USS Normandy seizes ship carrying Iranian weapons to Yemen in Arabian Sea. Gary Willig, 13/02/20 22:01 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb4iILRK7BA?autohide=1&rel=0] The US Navy seized a ship carrying 150 Iranian missiles, the American military announced Thursday. The USS Normandy warship found the weapons after boarding a dhow in the Arabian Sea on Sunday, Reuters reported. The weapons were […]

Report: Hamas decides to cease fire

Security source says Hamas sent message it was ending rocket launches, arson balloons. ‘We are skeptical.’   Arutz Sheva Staff, 13/02/20 22:25   rockets from Gaza Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90 A security source said this evening that “Hamas sent messages to Israel, which they unilaterally decided to stop launching incendiary balloons and firing rockets […]

Rocket hits northern Iraqi base housing US troops

No immediate reports of injuries in attack on K1 base, where an American military contractor was killed in December by rocket fire By AFP Today, 10:01 pm KIRKUK, Iraq — A rocket slammed into an Iraqi base where American troops are stationed in the remote province of Kirkuk, Iraqi and US security sources told AFP […]

Iran Guards commander threatens to hit Israel, US if ‘slightest error’ made

Threat comes in response to Times of Israel report Defense Minister Bennett said US agreed to counter Iran in Iraq, while Israel fights it in Syria TOI staffToday, 10:01 pm The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Thursday threatened to target both Israel and the United States if they make an “error.” Iranian […]

Pentagon Chief Says U.S., Taliban Seal Seven-Day Plan For Decline In Violence

The United States and the Taliban have negotiated a “proposal” for a week-long scaling-down in violence, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has told journalists in Brussels. Esper said on February 13 a drawdown of troops and further negotiations with the militants would be “conditions-based” and begin after a decline in violence. “The United States and […]

Secretary Pompeo: ‘US will never cooperate with anti-Israel blacklists’

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says decision by UN Human Rights Commissioner to publish list of 112 companies shows ‘unrelenting bias.’ Gary Willig, 13/02/20 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned the decision yesterday by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to publish a list of 112 companies which do business in […]

From ‘Waze of War’ to a general devoted to countering Iran – the IDF’s new plan

Multiyear Momentum Plan is designed to create a deadlier, more integrated military, though lack of government makes money an issue By Judah Ari Gross Today, 5:24 pm 1 Edit   Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel’s military correspondent.   The Israel Defense Forces this week began in earnest the rollout of its sweeping […]

Syrian Parliament Unanimously Recognises Armenian Genocide as Tensions With Turkey Rise – Report

12:05 GMT 13.02.2020 The overwhelmingly symbolic move comes in the wake of a serious escalation in northwestern Syria, where Turkish and Syrian troops have been trading fire in the rebel-held province of Idlib. The People’s Council of Syria, the nation’s unicameral parliament, has backed a resolution condemning as genocide the mass killings of Armenians by the […]