Senior Lebanon based Hezbollah member warns Israel will suffer if attacks his organization Daniel Salami

Published: 03.03.21 , 23:19 Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem on Wednesday said that if Israel launches an attack against his organization it will be hurt. “We have no intention of starting a war but will remain on aler,” Qassem said in an interview to Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen channel. We are prepared for an Israeli attack […]

Blaming Iran, environment minister calls oil spill ‘environmental terrorism’

Gila Gamliel says Libyan ‘pirate ship’ that sailed from Iran is responsible for huge leak that polluted coastline, but claim reportedly disputed by Israel’s security establishment By TOI staff Today, 8:56 pm2 Environmental Protection Minister Gila Gamliel on Wednesday blamed a Libyan “pirate ship” that sailed from Iran for a massive oil spill that has […]

Iran’s Rouhani: Our centrifuges are spinning faster

Europe is pushing for an IAEA resolution on Iran, despite Russia and Iranian warnings. Iran won’t meet with the US or Europeans unless sanctions are lifted by Washington. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN MARCH 3, 2021 14:10 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani boasted on Wednesday that Iran’s “economy and centrifuges are spinning faster.” The statement comes amid […]

Hezbollah’s precision missiles: A bigger threat than Iran’s nuclear program?

Although it flies in the face of traditional Israeli defense strategy, a preventative strike to eradicate the conventional threat of Hezbollah’s precision missile project in Lebanon might be unavoidable.  By  Yoav Limor  Published on  03-03-2021 12:55 Last modified: 03-03-2021 13:13 Hezbollah fighters stand next to a mock rocket under a poster of leader Hassan Nasrallah | Photo: […]

10 rockets hit Iraq base hosting US troops: security sources

i24NEWS – AFP March 03, 2021, 03:37 AMlatest revision March 03, 2021, 03:40 AM  2 min read AFP Photo/AHMAD AL-RUBAYEIraqi security forces are deployed in front of the US embassy in the capital Baghdad on January 1, 2020. Iraqi security forces said 10 ‘Grad-type rockets’ hit the sprawling Ain al-Assad base on Wednesday morning At […]

Austria, Denmark agree to produce vaccines with Israel in break with EU

Reuters March 02, 2021, 06:27 AMlatest revision March 02, 2021, 06:28 AM  3 min read GEORG HOCHMUTH / APA / AFPAustrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz gives a press conference at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, on the occasion of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine rollout on December 27, 2020. Vienna, Copenhagen are angry at the […]

Russia threatens sanction retaliation, saying US shouldn’t ‘play with fire’

by Tom Rogan  | March 02, 2021 04:48 PM   Responding to the Biden administration’s imposition of new sanctions on Tuesday, the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry pledged retaliation on the principle of “reciprocity,” though “not necessarily symmetrically.” That might sound like boring diplomatic jargon, but Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime has a specific motive for […]

Israel, U.S. reach behind-the-scenes agreement on Iran

Itamar Eichner | Updated: 03.02.21 , 16:07 Foreign Affair Minister Gabi Ashkenazi confirmed that Israel had reached an behind-the-scenes agreement with the United States, according to which no country would surprise the other regarding the negotiations with Iran and its nuclear program. “If anyone thought the Americans would run to make an agreement with Iran, […]

Jordanian FM pushes for 2-state solution in meeting with Ashkenazi at border

Top envoys hold their 3rd meeting at Allenby crossing between West Bank and Jordan; Israeli FM says they discussed ‘promoting commercial, economic and civic cooperation’ By TOI staff Today, 5:03 pm Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi met with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi on Tuesday at the Allenby Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, where […]

A NATO for the Middle East

A NATO for the Middle East Isn’t it time to combine the monumental struggle against Iran with this blossoming Arab-Israeli partnership? By RONALD S. LAUDER MARCH 1, 2021 13:46 In the past few weeks, I have held numerous conversations with opinion makers and decision takers in the Middle East. They are all worried. They are […]

Israel in talks with Saudi, UAE, Bahrain for defense alliance against Iran

Following op-ed by Ronald Lauder in Saudi paper, PMO says its ‘not confirming report, but we are always interested in upgrading ties with our Middle East partners.’ MARCH 1, 2021 22:08 Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have discussed expanding cooperation in facing common enemies, an Israeli official familiar with the matter […]

Iranian-backed Houthis threaten to attack Aramco: ‘Wider scope than 2019 attack’

The Houthis pointed to the “Safer oil fields”, as an example. It was not clear where this red line was or what specific infrastructure they don’t want targeted. SETH J. FRANTZMAN MARCH 2, 2021 11:44 The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, who released footage of their ballistic missiles targeted Saudi Arabia’s capital over the weekend, […]