Day: December 26, 2021
Saudi Arabia accuses Iran, Hezbollah of aiding Houthis after deadly missile attack
Two people killed in latest assault from Yemen; coalition’s response leaves at least three civilians dead, medics say By AFP and TOI staff Today, 9:55 pm The Saudi-led coalition on Sunday accused Iran and Hezbollah of helping Yemen’s Houthi rebels to launch missiles and drones at the kingdom, where two people were killed. Since the […]
Israel turns to UN over Lebanese tender for drilling in its maritime waters
Israel’s ambassador the UN wrote a letter of protest on Sunday decrying Lebanon’s issuance of an offshore drilling tender in disputed maritime waters. TOVAH LAZAROFFPublished: DECEMBER 26, 2021 22:24 Israel has turned to the United Nations to protest Lebanon’s issuance of a tender for offshore drilling in disputed maritime waters, over which both governments have […]
Russia and Turkey’s role in Africa gains spotlight
Action in Africa is increasingly becoming part of the broader tensions between Moscow and the West. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Published: DECEMBER 26, 2021 13:18 Over the last week reports that Russia might send contractors to Mali have raised eyebrows in Europe and the West, as the US and Russia are in rising tensions over […]
35 Firebombs Thrown at Jewish Homes in Shiloach
Jewish Press News Desk22 Tevet 5782 – December 26, 2021 Photo Credit: @NatiRom / Twitter Shiloach Firebombing. Dec. 25, 2021 Three Arabs from the Silwan/Shiloach neighborhood in Jerusalem were arrested as suspects in a firebombing spree against Jewish homes on Saturday night, according to Channel 12. 35 Molotov cocktails were thrown at Jewish-owned homes in […]
Israel Warns Lebanon Against Unilateral Development of Off-Shore Gas Fields
Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency22 Tevet 5782 – December 26, 2021 Photo Credit: Sara Yahimovich/TPS A view on the Mediterranean Sea from the cliff of Rosh HaNikra nature reserve, in the Western Galilee, Northern Israel. Rosh HaNikra, Sep 15, 2018. Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Gilad Erdan dispatched a missive over the weekend […]
Iran threatens nuclear explosion in Israel’s Dimona facility
The IRGC threatened to attack the Dimona nuclear facility, as well as Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa, in a series of tweets. BENJAMIN WEINTHALDECEMBER 25, 2021 23:28DECEMBER 26, 2021 09:47 A Twitter account run by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Friday threatened to blow up the city of Dimona in the Negev desert, […]