Qatari PM: Hostage deal shouldn’t be condition for truce, talks ‘not very promising’

Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani suggests sides should halt fighting regardless of captives’ release, which Israel has repeatedly indicated will not happen By AGENCIES and TOI STAFFToday, 10:40 pm   Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani speaks during a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured) as part of Blinken’s weeklong trip […]

Al-Qaeda resurfaces in Afghanistan with new training camps, Islamic schools

A UN Security Council report has found that since the Taliban resumed ruling Afghanistan in 2021, the country has returned to being a shelter for terrorist organizations. DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE FEBRUARY 17, 2024 21:03 Updated: FEBRUARY 17, 2024 21:04 Taliban fighters celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street […]

Netanyahu: Those telling us not to enter Rafah are essentially saying ‘lose the war’

At Jerusalem press conference, PM says civilians will be given chance to leave; says hostage deal doesn’t seem close, pledges to oppose unilateral recognition of Palestinian state By LAZAR BERMAN  Today, 11:43 pm   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at his office in Jerusalem on February 17, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Prime Minister Benjamin […]

Blinken: ‘Virtually every Arab country’ now wants peace with Israel, but… February 17, 2024

 February 17, 2024 Secretary of State Antony Blinken (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP) Israeli ministers have said a Palestinian state would be a ‘reward’ for terrorist acts against Israelis on October 7th. By Vered Weiss, World Israel News US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he saw an “extraordinary opportunity” in the next few months for […]

Iran Unveils New Air Defense Weaponry

Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani speaks at a press conference during the unveiling of a new surface-to-surface 4th generation Khorramshahr ballistic missile. Photo: Reuters/West Asia News Agency i24 News – Iran demonstrated new weaponry on Saturday, including what it said was the locally made Arman anti-ballistic missile system and the Azarakhsh low-altitude air […]

Hamas Suspends Hostage Deal Talks and Demands Aid, Arab Media Reports

by i24 News Palestinian group Hamas’ top leader, Ismail Haniyeh, gestures as he speaks during his visit at Ain el Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon, Lebanon September 6, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher i24 News – In a recent statement published on Telegram, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh pointed fingers at Israel for the lack of advancement […]

Iran unveils new air defense weaponry as regional tensions ramp up – IRNA

Iranian media said the Arman missile system “can simultaneously confront six targets at a distance of 120 to 180 km.” REUTERS FEBRUARY 17, 2024 10:07 A missile is launched during a military exercise in an undisclosed location in the south of Iran, in this handout image obtained on January 19, 2024(photo credit: IRANIAN ARMY/WANA/REUTERS)Iran unveiled […]

Israel reportedly behind rare pair of recent strikes on Iran civilian infrastructure

Iranian oil minister insists disruption caused by attacks on gas pipelines was minor, but NYT report says the blasts caused major outages across five provinces By TOI STAFFToday, 3:33 am   Flames leap into the air after a natural gas pipeline explodes outside the city of Boroujen in the western Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran, early […]