Following Release of Hezbollah Rocket Unit, Israel Demands UNSC Denounce Lebanese Government

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency – 7 Elul 5781 – August 15, 2021 Photo Credit: Lebanon Twitter Ali Kajak – Hezbollah Terrorist Following the rocket attack from Lebanon into Israel last week, and the subsequent quick release of the four Hezbollah terrorists who were responsible for shooting rockets, by the Deputy Attorney General of […]

Taliban starts invasion of Kabul from all sides

Taliban ordered fighters to refrain from acts of violence in Kabul and to allow safe passage to anyone who chooses to exit the city. REUTERS AUGUST 15, 2021 11:07  Taliban have started entering Kabul from all sides as they have the city entirely surrounded, the Afghan Interior Ministry has said on Sunday. After its lightning […]

Taliban enter Kabul, say they don’t plan to take it by force

By AHMAD SEIR, RAHIM FAIEZ, TAMEEM AKHGAR and JON GAMBRELLAugust 15, 2021 GMT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday while panicked workers fled government offices and helicopters landed at the U.S. Embassy as the militants’ further tightened their grip on the country. Three Afghan officials told […]

U.S. begins evacuating embassy staff from Kabul as Taliban closes in

Rebecca Falconer The U.S. began evacuating diplomats from the American embassy in Kabul and sent more troops to its airport, as the Taliban entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday, per multiple reports. Driving the news: Helicopters began landing near the embassy to conduct “rapid shuttle-run flights,” hours after the Taliban captured the […]

The West is choosing to lose – in Afghanistan and beyond

This is a choice about the kind of world we want and allies we’ll support. So far we’re choosing to lose. My friends have said I’m angry and taking the withdrawal from Afghanistan personally. They’re right. We weren’t forced out and the losses we sustained in the early years had abated to such an extent […]

BREAKING: Massive Earthquake Hits Haiti, Thousands Feared Dead

Ryan SaavedraAug 14, 2021 A major earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday morning as the island nation still struggles to recover from a devastating earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands back in 2010. The 7.2 magnitude earthquake reportedly struck off the coast of Haiti at a depth of seven miles and was felt hundreds of miles […]

Afghan president says consulting with local leaders, international partners

REUTERS AUGUST 14, 2021 12:55 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Saturday he was consulting with local leaders and international partners on the situation in the country, as the Taliban continues its rapid advance. “As your president, my focus is on preventing further instability, violence and displacement of my people,” Ghani said in a brief […]

US official warns against Judea and Samaria construction

A US official on Friday warned that Israeli construction in Judea and Samaria would inflame Israeli-Palestinian Arab tensions while impeding efforts to achieve a two-state solution, Haaretz reports. “We believe it is critical for Israel and the Palestinian Authority to refrain from unilateral steps that exacerbate tensions and fundamentally undercut efforts to advance a negotiated […]

Biden faces mounting blame for chaotic Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

US president said a month ago that the now-unfolding situation would be ‘highly unlikely’; 3,000 troops rushed back to evacuate embassy staff and Afghans who worked with Americans By SHAUN TANDONToday, 11:29 pm   Internally displaced Afghan families, who fled from the northern province due to battle between Taliban and Afghan security forces, sit in the courtyard […]

Avi Berkowitz: ‘More peace deals to come’

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Lahav Harkov and Yaakov Katz LAHAV HARKOV AUGUST 13, 2021 06:44 A year after US president Donald Trump tweeted the announcement that Israel and the United Arab Emirates were making peace and establishing diplomatic relations, former assistant to the president and special representative for international negotiations Avi Berkowitz looks back […]

Taliban advances in Afghanistan, capturing major cities

As the UN warned that a Taliban offensive reaching the capital would have a “catastrophic impact on civilians,” the US and Germany urged all their citizens to leave Afghanistan immediately REUTERS AUGUST 13, 2021 09:03 The Taliban claimed control over two of Afghanistan’s biggest cities on Thursday, according to media reports, as the United States […]

Hezbollah has inter-regional tunnel network stretching hundreds of k.m.

The large-scale network was built with the help of North Korea and is much larger than Hamas’ ‘metro’ network in Gaza. ANNA AHRONHEIM AUGUST 13, 2021 10:18 A new report released by the ALMA Center has exposed a large-scale inter-regional tunnel network belonging to Hezbollah, stretching across Lebanon and designed to allow the group to […]

Israel Says It Downed Hezbollah Drone that Crossed From Lebanon

A pickup truck with a rocket launcher is seen in Chouaya, Lebanon, August 6, 2021. REUTERS/Karamallah Daher The Israeli military said on Thursday it downed a drone belonging to the Lebanese Hezbollah group that crossed into Israeli airspace from Lebanon. In a brief statement, it said the incident occurred on Wednesday. “Our troops monitored and […]