Month: April 2020

One of Iran’s new radar systems, the Monitor, has a range of 400km,. /* custom css */ .td_uid_4_5e9f443833525_rand.td-a-rec-img { text-align: left; } .td_uid_4_5e9f443833525_rand.td-a-rec-img img { margin: 0 auto 0 0; } The radar systems are expected to radically improve Iran’s air defence capability, and to make the country less vulnerable to surprise attack. Iran’s defence […]

By Michael Kern – Apr 21, 2020, 5:30 AM CDT Join Our Community After yesterday’s historic crash which left the West Texas Intermediate U.S. benchmark settling at -$37, panic is beginning to spread through markets, with Brent crude oil prices plummeting by over 20 percent into the $18 range in early morning trading. The drop, sparked by a perfect storm of […]

Results come following severe violence against Jews in American in America, including Poway, Jersey City, and Monsey attacks JEREMY SHARON APRIL 21, 2020 14:03 Two-thirds of US Jews believe they are less safe today than they were a decade ago, according to a new survey published on Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League. The results of […]

The Syrian regime doesn’t always blame Israel for airstrikes in Syria, however it appears it has increased its reporting of incidents in the last few months. SETH J. FRANTZMAN APRIL 21, 2020 10:08 On Monday evening just before midnight the Syrian regime and its sources reported airstrikes near Palmyra. Later reports asserted that the airstrikes […]

‘To dishonor the memory of the Holocaust and the dignity of the survivor is beyond shame,’ Israel’s envoy says Anti-Israel activists tried to disrupt an online event commemorating Holocaust victims organized by the Israeli embassy in Berlin, Jerusalem’s envoy to the country said on Twitter Tuesday. According to Jeremy Issacharoff, the embassy set up an […]

  North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un is reportedly in “grave danger” after undergoing a cardiovascular surgery earlier this month. CNN has reported Kim US intelligence officials are monitoring the situation. There are further unconfirmed reports Kim is now brain dead, according to a since-deleted tweet from NBC Kim recently missed the celebration of his […]

Why would a country that prides itself on its indigenous missile technology also claim to be copying its most hated enemy, the “Zionist regime?” SETH J. FRANTZMAN APRIL 21, 2020 00:31 Iran’s media bragged on Monday that it reportedly “replicated” an Israeli anti-tank missile. At the same time Iran claims it is now among the […]

Within days of the US officials’ attempts to deter American adversaries, Newsweek reported that US nuclear and associated forces have 106 uniformed personnel off duty due to coronavirus. YONAH JEREMY BOB Nuclear deterrence is a delicate matter that can determine the world’s fate, and the coronavirus crisis could put the entire equation out of whack, […]

Seth J. FrantzmanApril 20, 2020 2:14 PM Flag in front of Iran’s Foreign Ministry building in Tehran (Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters) It’s one place where the U.S. Navy has operated with impunity. Eleven Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard fast boats harassed U.S. naval vessels in the Persian Gulf in mid April. Footage released by the U.S. Navy shows the Iranian speed […]

Incident follows condemnation of Israeli ‘annexation’ government by Palestinians The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) foiled a terror attack near Bethlehem in the West Bank, the IDF said in a statement late Monday night. “The troops spotted a number of suspects preparing to hurl Molotov cocktails at an IDF post… adjacent to Amos junction,” the statement […]