Saudi Arabia, Russia sign military cooperation agreement

REUTERS AUGUST 24, 2021 01:38 Saudi deputy minister of defense Khalid bin Salman said on Twitter on Tuesday that the kingdom and Russia signed an agreement aimed at developing areas of joint military cooperation between the two countries.   I signed an agreement today with the Russian Deputy Minister of Defense Colonel General Alexander Fomin […]

Russia hosts Jordan’s king, hints at UAE deal

Russia’s interest in rapidly expanding its role from China to Afghanistan, across the Middle East to the Mediterranean, has major ramifications for Israel. SETH J. FRANTZMAN AUGUST 23, 2021 22:25 King Abdullah II of Jordan met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday. They discussed the situation in Syria and Afghanistan, according to Russian media reports. […]

Gaza terror groups say violence will continue until Israel opens border crossings

August 23, 2021 Hamas’ goal is to force Israel to return to the status quo that was before Operation Guardian of the Walls. By Baruch Yedid, TPS Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip said Sunday morning that “popular activity,” meaning cold-weapons terrorism, will continue in response to the continued “imposition of the siege on the […]

Four Hezbollah members reportedly killed in alleged Israeli Syria strike

August 22, 2021 The strikes targeted Hezbollah weapons depots and military outposts near Qarah in Dimashq Governorate close to the Syria-Lebanon border. By JNS Israel launched missile strikes against targets in northern Syria early on Friday, according to Reuters. The report cited a Syrian military source as saying that the strikes originated from the direction […]

Biden doesn’t know we have troops stationed in Syria

 | August 19, 2021 01:56 PM Does President Joe Biden know what’s going on? Well, one thing he doesn’t know is that there are U.S. servicemen currently stationed in Syria. The president spoke this week with ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos, who pressed the chief executive about the White House-created crisis in Afghanistan , in which […]

Egypt to close Rafah crossing into Gaza after weekend of violence

Cairo tells Hamas crossing will be closed from Monday, in seeming expression of anger over border riot that set back Egyptian-moderated ceasefire talks with Israel By TOI staff and AFP Today, 6:20 am Egypt has told Hamas that it will close its Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip from Monday, a Hamas spokesman said. […]

Hamas: This is an existential conflict

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh: The conflict is not a conflict over borders, but an existential conflict. Dalit Halevi , Aug 23 , 2021 6:39 AM Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Hamas movement, said on Sunday that the city of Jerusalem will be the focus in achieving the “great victory” and the liberation of “Palestine”. […]