Saudi-led coalition strikes Yemeni capital after attack by Iran-backed Houthi rebels

Assault on Sanaa follows wave of drone, missile attacks on Saudi targets, as Houthis call truce and condition peace talks on removal of ‘foreign forces’ from Yemen By AFP Today, 12:37 pm RIYADH — The Saudi-led coalition carried out airstrikes in Yemen early on Sunday after the country’s Houthi rebels called a three-day truce and […]

Lapid and Blinken at odds on Iran nuclear deal

Mar 27, 2022 @ 12:25 After a conversation with visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday morning, FM Yair Lapid reiterated that Israel will do everything necessary to stop Iran from attaining a nuclear weapon. “The world cannot accept a nuclear-armed Iran or a permit its Revolutionary Guards to continue to disseminate terror, […]

Iran now knows its attacks on Saudi could bring Israel’s support – analysis

Iran’s understanding that its increased attacks on Saudi Arabia and the UAE could not only move those countries closer together regarding Yemen but also draw Riyadh closer to Israel. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Published: MARCH 27, 2022 12:33 Saudi Civil Defence member is seen at the site of what Saudi-led coalition claims was a drone a attack […]

Bennett issues statement condemning Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia

The attacks are “further proof that Iran’s regional aggression knows no bounds,” Bennett wrote. By REUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF Published: MARCH 26, 2022 20:53 Smoke billows from a Saudi Aramco’s petroleum storage facility after an attack in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia March 26, 2022. (photo credit: STRINGER/ REUTERS) Israel condemns the latest Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett […]

Major attack on Saudi Aramco is Iran’s message of worse to come – analysis

While Tehran is still seeking a new nuclear deal in Europe, it is attacking Saudi Arabia using proxies. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Published: MARCH 26, 2022 21:40     Saudi Aramco logo is pictured at the oil facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia October 12, 2019 (photo credit: REUTERS/MAXIM SHEMETOV) A major attack by the Iranian-backed Houthis on […]

Azerbaijan enters Russian peacekeepers’ zone in Nagorno-Karabakh – report

The Azeri forces executed four strikes using Bayraktar TB-2 drones on units of the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh, in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Furukh. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Published: MARCH 26, 2022 20:18 An Azeri soldier is seen at fighting positions near divided Taghavard village in Nagorno-Karabakh region (photo credit: REUTERS) Azerbaijani armed forces entered […]

Iran’s FM: Lifting of US sanctions on Revolutionary Guards a key demand in nuke talks

Iran’s foreign minister says the lifting of US sanctions on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is one of Tehran’s chief demands in talks on restoring the 2015 deal limiting its nuclear program. “Certainly the issue of [lifting sanctions against] the Guards is part of the talks,” Hossein Amir-Abdollahian tells Iranian state television, according to Reuters. […]

Egyptian Foreign Minister to join Abraham Accords summit – report

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Published: MARCH 26, 2022 12:34 Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry announced that he will be joining a summit of the foreign ministers of Israel, the US, UEA and Bahrain, Hebrew media reported on Saturday morning. The summit is scheduled to begin on Sunday evening in a hotel in southern Israel and continue on Monday. […]

Russia claims 1st phase of invasion over; 4 dead in attack on Kharkiv medical center

Moscow says troops will now focus on ‘liberation’ of Donbas region; Kyiv says talks ‘very difficult’; residents of Kharkiv claim Russia using cluster munitions on civilian areas By Agencies and TOI staff 25 March 2022, 9:22 pm   Smaller-scale strikes on Ukrainian targets continued without pause on Friday as Russia, suffering heavy losses and meager […]

The US dollar’s global standing as the top reserve currency has lost ground to China’s yuan and others, says IMF

The IMF says the dollar has lost ground in its share of international currency reserves. The dollar’s dominance has been dented due to central banks looking to diversify their holdings. China has pushed for greater adoption of the yuan, and recently held talks with Saudi Arabia for a yuan-based oil deal. Get the inside scoop […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Insists Tehran Won’t Budge on ‘Red Lines’ at Vienna Talks on Revived Nuclear Deal

Iran’s foreign minister continued his tour of Tehran’s regional allies on Thursday, arriving in Beirut from the Syrian capital Damascus, where he reiterated that any progress at talks in Vienna to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement depended on US willingness to compromise. “Instead of wasting time by playing with words, the United States should take […]

Houthis attack Saudi energy facilities

Oil giant Aramco’s distribution station in Jeddah hit by Houthi missiles, causing a fire in two storage tanks but no injuries. Elad Benari, Canada 25.03.22   Yemen’s Houthi rebels said on Friday they launched attacks on Saudi energy facilities and the Saudi-led coalition said oil giant Aramco’s petroleum products distribution station in Jeddah was hit, […]

US offering $1 million to report on Israeli human rights violations

The grant raised concerns for the potential of abuse by organizations to act against Israel via BDS and international law tribunals. By LAHAV HARKOV Published: MARCH 23, 2022 16:20 Updated: MARCH 24, 2022 18:24 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks on the Havana Syndrome, which U.S. officials refer to as “anomalous health incidents”, in the Benjamin […]