After Arab League rejects peace plan, US official laments approach as outdated

Senior official says Palestinian fate won’t change if group of 22 countries doesn’t alter methods; CIA chief said to visit Ramallah, assure PA of opposition to snap annexation By TOI staff Today, 11:14 pm   A senior US official on  Saturday lambasted the Arab League’s rejection of the recently released Trump peace plan, saying in […]

Iran says it will launch observation satellite in ‘coming days’

Tehran says device intended to collect imagery for civilian ‘peaceful’ needs, will be operational for 18 months By AFP Today, 11:42 pm TEHRAN — Iran is preparing to launch a new scientific observation satellite in the “coming days,” the head of the country’s national space agency told AFP on Saturday. Manufacture of the Zafar (Victory […]

Left rallies in Tel Aviv against ‘apartheid,’ ‘transfer’ plan

Opinion True peace can only be achieved between the Israeli and Palestinian leadership and not between two leaders. TOVAH LAZAROFF FEBRUARY 1, 2020 22:52 Left-wing politicians rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday night against the “Deal of the Century” which they said was a plan for ‘transfer’ and ‘apartheid. “This isn’t a peace plan, it’s […]

CIA chief Haspel says no annexations before Israel’s elections

The CIA Director Gina Haspel paid brief visits to Ramallah and Jerusalem. Last Thursday. She conveyed a message to Palestinian Intelligence chief Gen. Majid Faraj and the PA minister in charge of Palestinian-Israeli interrelations, Hossein a-Sheikh that the annexation of Israeli settlements would not take place before Israel’s March 2 elections. The same message was […]

US Reportedly Deploys New Low Yield Nuke on Submarine as Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight

The newest addition to the American nuclear warehouse came as a result of a change in policy introduced by US President Donald Trump, seeking to renew the country’s ageing nuclear arsenal. US Navy installed new W76-2 low-yield nuclear warheads on Trident ballistic missiles carried by Ohio-class USS Tennessee submarines, according to the Federation of American Scientists. […]

US believes Al Qaeda leader in Yemen ‘likely’ killed by airstrike, source says

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for Jan. 31 Fox News Flash top headlines for Jan. 31 are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. U.S. officials believe the leader of Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen was “likely” killed by an American airstrike earlier this month, a well-placed source told Fox News Friday.     […]

Secret CIA visit to Ramallah – one day after ‘deal of the century’ debut

Arutz Sheva Staff, 01/02/20 CIA Director Gina Cheri Haspel paid a secret visit to Ramallah one day after US President Donald Trump presented the “deal of the century” peace plan, reports said. According to Kan, Haspel met senior Palestinian Authority (PA) officials, and was told of the PA threat to cut security ties with both […]

Iraq’s Sadr calls on supporters to rejoin anti-government protests

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Firebrand Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Friday criticized the country’s political elite for not nominating a new prime minister to succeed outgoing Adil Abdul Mahdi and ordered his supporters to return to protests and sit-ins near the Green Zone in central Baghdad. In a statement he published on social media, Sadr […]

Several rockets reportedly hit Iraqi base housing US forces

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Turkey’s Erdogan welcomes Hamas, again

Erdogan met with Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh according to Turkey’s pro-government Anadolu media. SETH J. FRANTZMAN Turkey’s President met with Hamas representatives on Saturday according to Turkish media. The meeting comes as Turkey’s ruling party, which has roots in the Muslim Brotherhood, is seeking to oppose the Trump administration’s ‘Deal of the Century’ and portray opposition […]

The fall of Qasem Soleimani and the Mahdi Doctrine

This messianic creed is the raison d’être for the Islamic Republic of Iran according to its founders and leaders. BRIAN SCHRAUGER JANUARY 29, 2020 11:35 When he left Damascus for Baghdad late Thursday evening January 2, Qasem Soleimani was flying high. As the military leader, chief strategist and charismatic face of what he knew to […]

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan Say Final Agreement on Blue Nile Dam Ready by Next Month

Several aspects of the dam agreement, including its safety and provisions for the resolution of disputes, still have to be finalized ReutersFeb 01, 2020 6:24 PM Workey Tadele, a radio operator, at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia, on December 26, 2019AFP  Ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan said on Friday […]

US Pressure on Iran to Continue Despite Lifting Sanctions on China’s COSCO Unit, Official Says

 by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a Friday prayers sermon, in Tehran, Jan. 17, 2020. Photo: Official Khamenei website / Handout via Reuters. A decision by the United States to lift sanctions on one of two units of the Chinese tanker company COSCO was not a sign that the Trump administration […]