Putin Not Currently Planning Talks With Erdogan in Istanbul on 5 March – Kremlin

Middle East 10:03 GMT 27.02.2020Get short URL 2212 MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Erdogan said on Wednesday that he was most likely to discuss the developments in Syria’s Idlib with Putin on 5 March in Istanbul. Russian President Vladimir Putin currently has no plans to pay a visit to Istanbul on 5 March and hold talks with […]

Mladenov condemns E1 building, as plans deposited

“I urge the Israeli authorities to refrain from such unilateral actions that fuel instability,” said Mladenov By TOVAH LAZAROFF FEBRUARY 27, 2020 10:54 Construction in the E1 section of the Ma’aleh Adumim would divide the West Bank in two and undermine the viability of a Palestinian state, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace […]

Israeli fighter jets down drone that took off from Gaza

Drone identified taking off from Gaza and flying, abnormally, westward over the Mediterranean.   Arutz Sheva Staff, 27/02/20 11:48   Israeli Air Force F-35 fighter jet Flash 90 Fighter jets downed a drone that took off from the Gaza Strip on Thursday afternoon and flew, abnormally, westward over the Mediterranean. The incident takes place just […]

Israelis scientists: New anti-coronavirus vaccine for fowls is adaptable for humans

Feb 27, 2020 @ 11:43 Researches at Israel’s Ministries of Science and Technology and Agriculture told reporters on Thursday that the anti-coronavirus vaccine for fowls they developed in the past four years can be adapted for humans. They estimate that it would take around two months for preclinical tests and a third month to be […]

Israel seizes $4 million in Iranian terror money sent to Hamas

DM Bennett: “We will pursue anyone who harms us, in order to make killing Israelis an unprofitable business.” Arutz Sheva Staff, 27/02/20 Defense Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday signed an order to seize $4 million transferred from Iran to Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The money is intended to develop Hamas terrorist infrastructure in Gaza, […]

The Palestinians Need to Accept the Reality of Jerusalem and Israel

by Rami Dabbas A view of Jerusalem. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Israel isn’t going anywhere, and Jerusalem will always be its capital. Period. Every head of state that visits Israel meets the prime minister in Jerusalem, not Tel Aviv, and has always done so. And while most of these world leaders won’t acknowledge as much publicly, […]

The “Al-Aksa Is in Danger” Libel: The History of a Lie

Nadav Shragai Palestinians often hear from their leaders that a Muslim holy site in Jerusalem, al-Aksa mosque, is in danger of collapse – and the Jews are to blame. Whether printed in cartoons, preached in mosques or taught in schools, the lie is accepted as common knowledge across the Arab world. Millions of Muslims accept […]

The Iran nuclear front: From deterioration to deadlock – analysis

Why did nothing come out of the European Union’s meeting on Wednesday with Iran? YONAH JEREMY BOB FEBRUARY 27, 2020 10:16 The parties to the Iran nuclear deal met late Wednesday for the first time since several crucial changes have taken place with the surprising signal being that the trajectory of the US-Iran standoff has […]

Germany permits Iran’s regime to build European network – report

“It is clear that Iran is expanding its network in Europe to this day and that Hamburg is still at the center of this network,” says the historian and Islam expert Christian Osthold. BENJAMIN WEINTHAL FEBRUARY 27, 2020 07:42 The Iranian regime-controlled Islamic Center in the northern city of Hamburg oversees a growing network in […]

US blacklists Hezbollah-affiliated companies

US adds host of Lebanese individuals and entities linked to Hezbollah-affiliated Martyrs Foundation to its terror blacklist. Elad Benari, 27/02/20 The United States on Wednesday added a host of Lebanese individuals and entities it said were linked to the Martyrs Foundation to its designated list of “global terrorists”, Reuters reports. US officials have previously targeted […]

US forces in Afghanistan strike ISIS during partial truce with Taliban

An Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle from the 332rd Air Expeditionary Wing takes off Feb. 13, 2020, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. U.S. airstrikes Feb. 25, 2020, killed four Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, U.S. officials said. ALEXANDRIA BRUN/U.S. AIR FORCE By J.P. LAWRENCE | STARS AND STRIPES Published: February 25, […]

Syrian opposition fighters retake key town from government

BEIRUT (AP) — Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters on Thursday retook a key northwestern town in Syria that was recently captured by government forces, and cut the highway linking the capital, Damascus, with the northern city of Aleppo. The development comes days after the government reopened the road for traffic for the first time since 2012. […]

10 bouts in Gaza later, Israel not much closer to preventing the next round

The Strip remains a powder keg, with terror groups just waiting for another excuse — like Sunday’s bulldozer incident — to set it off By Judah Ari Gross Today, 1:09 am   Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel’s military correspondent.   Israel’s two-day battle with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group this week […]