Month: September 2020

By Dr. Edy Cohen September 14, 2020 Doha skyline from the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar, photo by Florian Wehde via Unsplash   BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,745, September 14, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Normalized relations between Gulf States and Israel function as a deterrent to Iran. Qatar, which favors Iran at its Gulf […]

Opening week arguments to focus on whether UN’s top justice forum has jurisdiction to rule on Tehran’s claim against Washington; final judgement will take years By AFP and TOI staff Today, 7:35 am   The HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — The United States and Iran will face off at the UN’s top court on Monday in […]

Satellite images show one building completely destroyed, another damaged following last week’s reported bombing near Aleppo Judah Ari Gross13 September 2020, 6:31 pm A reported Israeli airstrike on Friday targeted a missile production facility outside Aleppo, completely destroying one building and damaging another, according to satellite images released by a private Israeli intelligence firm. “The […]

Tehran announced resumption of enrichment at Fordo site last November in a further step away from 2015 nuclear accord abandoned by Washington in May 2018 AFP13 September 2020, 11:35 pm TEHRAN, Iran — The head of Iran’s atomic agency said Sunday that 1,044 centrifuges were active at the Fordo uranium enrichment plant, in line with […]

CAIRO: An interim government in eastern Libya resigned Sunday amid street protests that erupted across the divided country over dire living conditions, officials said. Prime Minister Abdallah al-Thani submitted the resignation of his government to Aguila Saleh, speaker of the eastern-based House of Representatives, said the government’s spokesman, Ezzel-Deen al-Falih. Abdallah Abaihig, a spokesman for […]

Politico reports that Lana Marks, a Jewish South Florida-based luxury handbag designer, was likely chosen due to her closeness to Trump, who ordered killing of Iranian general By TOI staff Today, 4:59 am 4 Edit Iran is plotting to assassinate the US ambassador to South Africa as it seeks to further avenge the killing of […]

MNA – Referring to an upcoming Iran, China, China, and Russia joint exercise, Iran’s Navy Commander said that this 3 world powers’ joint effort conveys the message that they are capable to influence the equations of the World. While speaking in an IRIB TV program, Iran’s Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi made some remarks […]

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United Kingdom’s chief of defence intelligence, Lt. Gen. Jim Hockenhull, has warned that Russia’s nuclear-powered Burevestnik (NATO name Skyfall) cruise missiles could remain in the atmosphere for multiple years if necessary and could pose a threat at any moment. “Moscow is testing a sub-sonic nuclear-powered cruise missile system which has global […]

by Jackson Richman / JNS.org White House senior adviser Jared Kushner speaks during the Wall Street Journal CEO Council, at the Newseum in Washington, DC, Dec. 9, 2019. Photo: Reuters / Al Drago. JNS.org – Senior adviser to the president Jared Kushner said he thinks the announcement by Bahrain and Israel to normalize ties will […]