Day: April 14, 2021

Iranian-US talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal should not “drag on,” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has said, warning Washington against demanding Tehran return to its commitments before sanctions are lifted. “The talks shouldn’t become talks of attrition. They shouldn’t be [conducted] in a way that parties drag on and prolong the talks. This […]

i24NEWS April 14, 2021, 04:49 AMlatest revision April 14, 2021, 05:41 AM  3 min read Flash90Israeli troops stand still as a two-minute siren sounded across the country, marking Memorial Day which commemorates fallen soldiers and victims of terror, on the border with Gaza Strip, on April 14, 2021. ‘We all stand together unified and hurt,’ […]

This “reserves the right” story about retaliation appears to be a dialing back of Iran’s claims it would retaliate. SETH J. FRANTZMAN APRIL 13, 2021 12:46 Iran won’t climb down from claims it may retaliate for what it says is an Israeli sabotage, nuclear terror “war crime” against its Natanz facility. It also says that […]

The tourists will need to undergo a PCR coronavirus test before boarding the plane and another PCR test and a serological test when they arrive in Israel. ROSSELLA TERCATIN APRIL 13, 2021 19:51 Vaccinated tourists will be allowed to enter Israel starting on May 23, the Health and Tourism ministries announced Tuesday. In the first […]

News Desk2021-04-13 BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:10 P.M.) – Damascus demanded that the American administration “compensate for the heavy damage and heavy losses inflicted by the American aggression and occupation against the Syrian people.” The Syrian Foreign Ministry said that Syria “bears the US administration’s consequences for its criminal policies against the Syrian people,” adding that “the […]

Signatories to the Iran Nuclear Deal of 2015 said the recent attack on Iran’s nuclear power plant in Natanz, attributed to Israel, was meant to disrupt negotiations for a return to the deal taking place in Vienna. Officials said the attack could also have the opposite effect, leading to the U.S. administration feeling “guilty” towards […]

This would be the third attack in the last month and a half on alleged Israeli-owned ships in that area. SETH J. FRANTZMAN APRIL 14, 2021 07:25 In the absence of being able to actually strike at Israel, Iran’s regime may invent stories of “successful” operations in the wake of the Natanz incident. Iran painted […]

David Israel2 Iyyar 5781 – April 14, 2021 The Biden administration on Wednesday approved the sale of weapons worth more than $23.37 billion to the United Arab Emirates, initiated by former President Donald Trump. According to Reuters, citing congressional aides, the sale includes 50 F-35 Lightning II aircraft, as many as 18 MQ-9B armed drones, […]

David Israel2 Iyyar 5781 – April 14, 2021 An MV-22 Osprey takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge which is deployed to the US 5th Fleet in the Persian Gulf. The New York Times cited a person familiar with the Hyperion Ray, a cargo ship owned by Israeli businessman […]

Trump left a booby-trapped minefield that could be difficult for the Biden administration to untangle even if it wishes to. YONAH JEREMY BOB APRIL 13, 2021 19:09 Among the many obstacles which might block the US and Iran from their mutually professed desire to return to their 2015 nuclear deal, one of the stickiest issues […]