Lebanese troops go to border as IDF points weapons at farmers – report

JERUSALEM POST STAFF MAY 3, 2020 13:37 Lebanese media outlet Al-Manar reported that Lebanese troops mobilized to the Israel-Lebanon border on Sunday after IDF soldiers pointed their weapons at Lebanese farmers. Al-Manar, which is affiliated with the terrorist organization Hezbollah, reported that the two groups of weapons stood “head-to-head” with their weapons directed at one […]

Iran weighs holding its anti-Israel ‘Quds Day’ amid pandemic

SETH J. FRANTZMAN MAY 3, 2020 10:36 Iran’s leaders have closed mosques and taken other measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus after thousands of their countrymen died and almost 100,000 were infected. However, the leaderships is now facing questions about how it will handle its annual anti-Israel bashing event called Quds Day. The […]

Israel’s Supreme Court discusses Netanyahu’s fate as prime minister

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s Supreme Court began a two-day hearing on Sunday to determine whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been indicted for corruption, will be allowed to form a new government. A ruling against Netanyahu would likely trigger a snap election, the fourth since April 2019, as the country grapples with the coronavirus […]

Don’t Trust Putin’s Lies on Coronavirus

    From left: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Russia, 2017. Photo: Kremlin. The coronavirus has caused a three-dimensional crisis in Russia: a health crisis, an economic crisis, and a personal crisis for President Vladimir Putin. The false low figures that Moscow has released about domestic […]

Iranian proxies in Iraq blame US for ISIS attacks

One of the comments came from an Iraqi member of the parliament’s Defense and Security committee. SETH J. FRANTZMAN MAY 3, 2020 11:27 Iranian-backed militias and politicians in Iraq have blamed the US for recent ISIS attacks. The same groups and activists have also demanded the US leave Iraq. US forces returned to Iraq in […]

US faces uphill battle to extend UN arms embargo on Iran

A ban on conventional weapons sales to the Islamic Republic is slated to be lifted in October in accordance with stipulations in the nuclear deal CHARLES BYBELEZER/THE MEDIA LINE MAY 3, 2020 02:09 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on the UN Security Council (UNSC) to extend an arms embargo on Iran that […]

Iran condemns Germany’s ban on Hezbollah activity

“It appears that certain countries in Europe are paying regard only to the objectives of the propaganda machine of the Zionist regime and the confused US regime.” MAY 2, 2020 20:22 Iran has condemned Berlin’s ban of Hezbollah activity in Germany and its designation of the Iranian-backed Lebanese group as a terrorist organisation, saying the […]

Large explosion rocks southern district in Idlib city

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 P.M.) – A powerful explosion has been reported in the heart of Idlib city’s southern district this evening, opposition activists reported from the administrative capital. According to the reports, a big explosion hit the large Al-Qusour District, causing a shock wave throughout the city. The cause of the explosion is unknown and […]

High Court to rule if PM can form next gov’t in live televised hearings

High Court to rule if PM can form next gov’t in live televised hearings On Thursday, Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit green-lighted Netanyahu despite significant misgivings regarding the bribery indictment pending against him. By YONAH JEREMY BOB MAY 2, 2020 21:22 The High Court of Justice will hold hearings on Sunday and Monday on whether Prime Minister […]

Mossad gave Berlin intel on Hezbollah ops on German soil ahead of ban — report

Unnamed Israeli official tells TV Germans were provided info on warehouses where terror group stashed materials for explosives, as well as money laundering networks By TOI staff and Agencies Today, 5:32 pm Israel’s Mossad spy agency gave information to Germany on Hezbollah’s activities on its soil ahead of the country banning the Lebanese terror group […]

ISIS is on track to double its attacks in Iraq and Syria

With US-Iran tensions rising and the US-led Coalition withdrawing from around six military posts in Iraq, ISIS appears to be on the offensive. SETH J. FRANTZMAN ISIS in Iraq is regrouping and carrying out more sophisticated attacks, as illustrated by assaults on numerous locations around Samarra overnight that lasted into Saturday morning. The Popular Mobilization […]

Hezbollah’s new offensive – cutting holes in border fence raises tensions

Hezbollah’s new offensive – cutting holes in border fence raises tensions Hezbollah knows that it is sitting on a powder keg, in a Lebanon that is financially strapped. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN APRIL 30, 2020 14:04 UNIFIL PEACEKEEPERS deploy at the Lebanese-Israeli border in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila in 2012, when parts […]