The massive – but reversible – defeats of Iran and Turkey

With our attention focused on other things – Israel’s elections, the legal fraternity’s aggressive lawfare against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump’s peace plan, to name just a few – profound strategic shifts have upended the strategic balance in the Middle East. Israel’s two most formidable adversaries – Iran and Turkey – both came […]

US Monitoring Iranian Missile Threats Across Middle East With Saudi Arabia

JNS.org – Along with Saudi Arabia, the United States is “aggressively monitoring Iranian missile threats across the Middle East,” reported The Washington Free Beacon on Thursday, citing US military officials who briefed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a visit that day to the nation’s Prince Sultan Air Base. The air base took in more than […]

Turkey should bomb Damascus

Tom Rogan  | February 21, 2020 10:45 AM Having lost two more soldiers to Syrian airstrikes on Thursday, Turkey should retaliate by striking regime targets in Damascus. While an operation against the Syrian capital would attract Bashar Assad’s fury, it would send a clear message to the dictator and his Russian allies. And from a […]

Naftali Bennett: To stop Gaza terrorism, focus on Iran and Syria

“I will do everything to prevent a third Lebanon war, a 14th Protective Edge, to go to the source, to go to the same people who pay $1b. a year to Hezbollah” TZVI JOFFRE FEBRUARY 20, 2020 19:29 As Israel granted a record number of travel permits to Gaza merchants after weeks of explosive balloons, […]

Turkish-backed militants suffer devastating losses in disastrous east Idlib offensive

2020-02-22 BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:20 A.M.) – The Turkish-backed militants suffered a devastating defeat on Thursday when their forces attempted to retake the key town of Nayrab in eastern Idlib. Backed by the Turkish military, the National Liberation Front (NLF) and Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) attempted to capture Nayrab in order to make their way towards […]

How can Jesus as a twelve-year-old boy debate with the experts of the Mosaic Law at the Temple?

By Johan Jansen van Vuuren  Posted February 21, 2020  In Uncategorized  0 In Luke 2:40 we read “And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.” In this one verse, Luke summarised Jesus’ development from the age of four to the age of twelve. Although Jesus was brought up […]

Coronavirus in the Middle East – LIVE UPDATES

  Feb 21: Total cases COVID-19 coronavirus worldwide: More than 76,700 and 2,249 deaths Israel’s Ministry of Health on Friday confirmed a passenger returning from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan has tested positive for COVID-19. The first case of coronavirus was confirmed in Lebanon on Friday after a woman arriving from Iran tested positive, […]

Pompeo talks confronting Iran in Saudi and Oman amid tensions

Oman is important for regional security and for discussions with Iran because Oman frequently hosts Iranian diplomats. SETH J. FRANTZMAN FEBRUARY 22, 2020 00:15 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stopped in Saudi Arabia and Oman as part of a world tour that saw him travel to Munich and then Africa. He underlined the importance […]

EU foreign minister reiterates commitment to ‘two-state solution’

EU foreign minister Josep Borrell reiterates support for Palestinian state building following meeting with PA “foreign minister”. Elad Benari, Canada, 21/02/20 23:17 Josep Borrell, the EU Foreign Minister, met on Friday in Brussels with the Palestinian Authority (PA) “foreign minister”, Riyad Al Malki. In a statement following the meeting, the EU said the two “exchanged […]

France, Germany slam plan to build, expand East Jerusalem neighborhoods

European nations condemn Netanyahu’s announcement of approval for 3,000 homes for Jews in project that would cut off Palestinian areas in capital from West Bank By TOI staff and Jacob Magid Today, 8:33 pm France and Germany on Friday slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that he had lifted restrictions against the construction of a […]

France, Germany call on political solution to “catastrophic” Idlib crisis

Published: 02.21.20 , 20:08 The leaders of France and Germany told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that the humanitarian crisis in Syria’s northwest Idlib province needed a political solution and that the three should meet soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin.President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel “expressed their shared concern over the catastrophic humanitarian […]

Iran blacklisted by global dirty money watchdog

Financial Action Taskforce places Iran on its blacklist after it failed to comply with international anti-terrorism financing norms. Elad Benari, Canada, 21/02/20 The Financial Action Taskforce (FATF), a global dirty money watchdog, on Friday placed Iran on its blacklist after it failed to comply with international anti-terrorism financing norms, Reuters reports. The decision came after […]

Why Jordan Denies Any Jewish Connection to Its Land

 by Elder of Ziyon Demonstrators hold Jordanian national flags and chant slogans during a protest against an agreement to import natural gas from Israel, in Amman, Jordan, Jan. 17, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Muhammad Hamed / File. The Arabic outlet Rai al Youm has a paranoid article about how Jews want to take over Jordan. […]

Iran, Hezbollah stir chaos in Syria’s southwest

Behind Enemy Lines: Iran, Hezbollah and ongoing, armed resistance to Syria’s regime merge to create constant chaos JONATHAN SPYER FEBRUARY 20, 2020 22:28 The global spotlight has currently returned to Syria because of the Assad regime’s current bloody offensive in Idlib, Aleppo and Latakia provinces. The regime is trying to reduce the last enclave held […]