Day: July 20, 2020

Turkey is not looking for war with Egypt and France in Libya: presidency

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Syria says Israel strikes southern Damascus, sources say Iranian bases hit

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AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian air defenses on Monday intercepted a new Israeli “aggression” above the capital Damascus, state media said, in the latest wave of attacks that Western intelligence sources have said were Israeli strikes on a major Iranian-backed ammunition depot on the edge of the capital. State television said Israeli missiles had flown over […]

The Hamas-Houthi Plan to Attack Arabs as Well as Israel

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by Khaled Abu Toameh July 20, 2020 at 5:00 am These Arabs and Muslims are worried, however, that the Hamas-Houthi alliance would not stop [with eliminating Israel] but also strengthen an Iran-led axis to threaten the stability of Arab countries. For first time, the Houthi movement spoke of possessing information about “vital targets.” The announcement […]

Could War With Iran Be an October Surprise?

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Jonah Shepp Over the past few weeks, a series of suspicious fires and explosions have occurred at Iranian civilian and military facilities, including the country’s main missile-production and nuclear complexes. While a few of these incidents might have been accidental, the timing and specific targets suggest that at least some were the result of sabotage […]

Iran executes ‘US and Israeli spy’ as a message to Washington

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The timing of the execution, after the wave of mysterious incidents in Iran and after Zarif’s Iraq visit, may be designed to send a message to Iran’s adversaries. SETH J. FRANTZMAN JULY 20, 2020 11:44 “A Mossad spy was hanged,” Iran’s Fars News said on Monday morning. Iran accused Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd of being “linked to […]

North Korea striving to build nuclear-capable missiles that can defeat BMD systems, says CRS report

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17 July 2020 by Gabriel Dominguez North Korea’s recent ballistic missile tests suggest that Pyongyang is striving to build a credible nuclear warfighting capability designed to evade ballistic missile defence (BMD) systems in the region, according to a 14 July report published by the US Congressional Research Service (CRS). The report, which was authored by […]