On ‘Nakba Day,’ Palestinians vow to foil annexation, Trump plan

Due to the coronavirus pandemic and the state of emergency announced in the West Bank, Palestinians marked this year’s “Nakba Day” with statements and speeches. By KHALED ABU TOAMEH MAY 14, 2020 15:57 Palestinian protestors burn a Photo of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East […]

Islamic Terrorists Target Europe — and Jews

    Islamic state fighters and their families walk as they surrendered in the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria March 12, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Rodi Said. Coronavirus isn’t the only threat Europe is now facing. On Friday, police in Spain arrested a Moroccan man on suspicion he was planning a terrorist attack in […]

EU ministers set to review possible responses to Israeli annexation in West Bank

Top diplomats to convene Friday, with Jerusalem’s plan to apply sovereignty to settlements, Jordan Valley ‘the most important item on the agenda’ TOI staffToday, 10:44 am European Union foreign ministers were set to meet Friday to consider potential measures against Israel over its plan to annex parts of the West Bank. The ministers were expected […]

US tracking Iranian tankers is violation of international law: Venezuelan FM

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UN, WHO work with Assad to starve eastern Syria of aid during pandemic

The World Health Organization has also stopped supporting eastern Syria, an area of millions of people who are recovering from ISIS atrocities. SETH J. FRANTZMAN MAY 14, 2020 15:31 International organizations partnering with the Syrian regime are cutting off aid to the poorest and most vulnerable people in Syria during the global pandemic. A recent […]

US weighs measures in response to Iran fuel shipment to Venezuela

The United States has a “high degree of certainty” that the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is paying Iran with tons of gold, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. By REUTERS MAY 14, 2020 19:48 WASHINGTON – The United States is considering measures it could take in response to Iran’s shipment of […]

Hezbollah leader: Israel eyes missile-making in Syria

Hassan Nasrallah said Israeli airstrikes in Syria have not pushed either Hezbollah or Iran from the country, and that Israeli claims that their policy was working were “imaginary victories.” (May 14, 2020 / JNS) Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah claimed on Wednesday that Israel is concentrating on attacking missile-making sites in Syria. He asserted that Syrian […]

Iran seeks to break through US blockade to deliver fuel to Venezuela

    /* custom css */ .td_uid_4_5ebd7fd55f2ed_rand.td-a-rec-img { text-align: left; } .td_uid_4_5ebd7fd55f2ed_rand.td-a-rec-img img { margin: 0 auto 0 0; } BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:20 A.M.) – According to the ship tracking data issued by Refinitiv Icon, at least one fuel tanker in the port of Bandar Abbas is sailing towards Venezuela in violation of the sanctions […]

The U.S. Military Cannot Fill The Middle East’s Political Vacuum

  Over the past four decades, the United States has pursued a Middle East policy once characterized as “gunboat diplomacy.” While its massive capabilities may have been appropriate at the time to defend the Persian Gulf from Soviet invasion, protect Israel, liberate Kuwait and deter Iranian hegemonic aspirations, the region is significantly different from earlier […]

Chinese State Media Warn Country Will Interfere in U.S. Election

Adam KredoMay 14, 2020 2:40 PM China is threatening to meddle in the upcoming U.S. presidential election as retribution for a flurry of American lawsuits seeking to hold Beijing accountable for the spread of the coronavirus. The Communist Party “won’t just strike back symbolically, but will impose countermeasures that will make them feel pain,” according […]

PA PM Says Paying Salaries to Terrorists Is ‘Sacred’

    Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas looks on as PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh sits next to him as Abbas delivers a speech, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Jan. 28, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Raneen Sawafta / File. Earlier this month, under Israeli pressure, some Arab banks doing business in the […]

New Nuclear Threats to the U.S.: Better to Deter Them or Play Dead?

Peter HuessyMay 14, 2020 at 4:00 am At present, exactly zero percent of America’s nuclear platforms are modernized. Worse, when, in 2017, General Hyten… warned of the Russian threat, a common counter-narrative in the U.S. arms control community – and shared by some members of Congress — was that simply by proposing to modernize a […]