Saudis make 4 demands of US for peace with Israel; 1 demand is shockingly missing

April 30, 2023 A US official said the process of assessing the Saudis’ demands is expected to take several months. By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News The Biden administration is seriously considering four policy changes Saudi Arabia is demanding of the U.S. in order to normalize relations with Israel, Israel Hayom reported Sunday. The four […]

Iran pushes for new maritime security zone in bid to intimidate West – analysis

Iran wants to use the SCO to increase defense and military cooperation, and they want India to play a part in this as well. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Published: APRIL 29, 2023 15:24 Iran’s Army chief Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi and Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani visit a drone site at an undisclosed location in Iran, […]

Israeli airstrikes hit targets near Homs, Syrian state media says

Latest alleged attack sparks fires, leaves 3 injured; comes hours after Iran’s foreign minister visits Lebanon’s border with Israel, and days after reported artillery strikes ToI StaffToday, 2:23 am Israel launched airstrikes against targets near the Syrian city of Homs during the pre-dawn hours of Saturday morning, Syrian state media reported. Syria’s state news agency, […]

Syria claims: Israel attacked targets in Homs region using missiles

Syrian media report air defense systems activated against “hostile targets” over Homs following air strike attributed to Israel. Elad Benari, CanadaApr 29, 2023, 1:22 AM (GMT+3) Air strike in SyriaReuters Israel carried out an air strike near the city of Homs in western Syria overnight Friday, the official Syrian news agency SANA reported. According to […]

Iran foreign minister says embassies in S.Arabia, Iran to open ‘within days’

An announcement was also made declaring Iran’s FM would be visiting Syria soon. By REUTERS Published: APRIL 28, 2023 18:53 Updated: APRIL 28, 2023 23:15 The building of the Saudi Arabian embassy pictured before its reopening in Tehran, Iran April 8, 2023 (photo credit: Majid Asgaripour/WANA/via Reuters) Saudi Arabia and Iran will reopen embassies in each other’s capitals “within […]

The state of the State of Israel: Judicial reform crisis shakes nation

Israel celebrates 75 years with pride and trepidation while facing internal and external challenges amid a judicial reform crisis. By MARK WEISS Published: APRIL 28, 2023 11:00 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi at a toast with the IDF General Staff Forum on April 4. […]

China warns US, South Korea against ‘provoking confrontation’ with North Korea

April 27, 2023 3:50 am China warned Washington and Seoul against “provoking confrontation” with North Korea on Thursday, after President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart said Pyongyang would face the “end” of its leadership if it uses its nuclear arsenal. “All parties should face up to the crux of the (Korean) peninsula issue […]

Top Iranian cleric gunned down in broad daylight

April 27, 2023 Ayatollah Abbas Ali Soleimani was a member of the Assembly of Experts, a group of 88 clerics that selects the country’s supreme leader. By JNS Ayatollah Abbas Ali Soleimani, a high-ranking Iranian cleric, was assassinated on Wednesday in the city of Babolsar in the northern province of Mazandaran. He was a member […]

US plans rare nuclear missile submarine visit in message to North Korea

The submarine visit is also seen as a way to reassure South Korea and quell talk in Seoul of developing homegrown nuclear weapons. By REUTERS Published: APRIL 27, 2023 08:20     USS Ohio, a US submarine (R), is docked at a South Korea’s naval base in Busan, about 420 km (262 miles) southeast of Seoul, February 26, […]

US Emptying Out Munition Stockpiles in Israel to Help Ukraine

Israel Hayom6 Iyyar 5783 – April 27, 2023 Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 A US Army helicopter lands in Ben Gurion Airport. July 15, 2022. By Shirit Avitan Cohen and Ariel Kahana (Israel Hayom via JNS) The volume of U.S. munitions stored in Israel has been dwindling due to the Ukraine war and it is unclear […]