Iran’s IRGC Commander: ‘If America Makes a Move, We’ll Hit Them in the Head’

12.05.2019 This comes after Hossein Salami, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has claimed that the US is waging a psychological war in the Middle East amid ongoing tensions between Tehran and Washington. The US’ military presence in the Gulf used to be a serious threat but now it is an opportunity, according to a commander […]

A Memo to Jared

By Dr. Alex Joffe and Dr. Asaf Romirowsky May 12, 2019 Jared Kushner, photo via Flickr Photostream of Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff   BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,170, May 12, 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A recent report indicates that President Trump’s son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner suggested that then Secretary of State Rex Tillerson […]

Satellite images reveal heavy construction, expansion of Russian military base in Syria

News Desk2019-05-12     .td_uid_6_5cd7eb8c7c7bb_rand.td-a-rec-img{text-align:left}.td_uid_6_5cd7eb8c7c7bb_rand.td-a-rec-img img{margin:0 auto 0 0} BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:20 P.M.) – New satellite images from the Israel-based Image Satellite International revealed this past week that the Russian Hmeimim Airbase was undergoing some kind of contraction and potential expansion. According to Image Satellite International, the Russian project is not fully known yet; however, […]

Standoff: US, Iran Play Dangerous Game of Chicken in Middle East

CHARLES BYBELEZER 05/12/2019 Analysts skeptical Tehran will directly target American assets but note the regime could lash out through proxies Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday compared the regime’s current predicament to the Iran-Iraq War, which killed millions and left both countries’ economies in shambles. “Today, it is not possible to say if conditions are […]

Houthis Reportedly Begin Pullout from Key Port City in Yemen

CHARLES BYBELEZER 05/12/2019 Iranian-sponsored Shi’ite Houthi rebels have reportedly started withdrawing forces from a major port in the city of Hodeidah, in accordance with a long-stalled United Nations-brokered agreement to end the four-year civil war in Yemen. Houthi representatives described their “unilateral step” as a show of commitment to implementing the pact, and called on […]

Caroline Glick: Trump’s Policy on Iran Is Working

Media analysts and Obama administration officials are working overtime to blame President Donald Trump for Iran’s decision, announced Wednesday, to breach key limitations on its nuclear operations that Teheran had accepted in 2015 in the framework of the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), otherwise known as the nuclear deal. Had Trump not withdrawn […]

Iran May Attack Israel if U.S. Standoff Escalates, Warns Top Israeli Minister

Yuval Steinitz, a close Netanyahu ally in the Likud, warned on Sunday of possible direct or proxy Iranian attacks on Israel should the stand-off between Tehran and Washington escalate An Israeli cabinet minister warned on Sunday of possible direct or proxy Iranian attacks on Israel should the stand-off between Tehran and Washington escalate. The United […]

Iran’s Rouhani calls for unity to face ‘unprecedented’ US pressure

Published:  05.12.19 , 08:25 President Hassan Rouhani called on Saturday for unity among Iran’s political factions to overcome conditions which he said may be harder than those during the 1980s war with Iraq, state media reported, as the country faces tightening US sanctions. “Today, it cannot be said whether conditions are better or worse than […]

Trump envoy: PA dismissal of peace plan hurts ordinary Palestinians

Ahead of proposal’s expected unveiling next month, Jason Greenblatt urges Ramallah not to ‘continue on the road of rejection’ By TOI STAFFToday, 9:20 am     Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with Jason Greenblatt, the US special representative for international negotiations, in Ramallah on March 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Abbas Momani) The Trump administration’s top peace […]

Netanyahu: We’ve chosen spot on Golan for town to be named after Trump

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said at the cabinet meeting: “We mark a year since the transfer of the Embassy, and the official residence is also moving to Jerusalem. We greatly appreciate Trump’s historic decision, like the recognition of the Golan Heights. “I hereby announce that we’ve located a spot on the Golan where town named […]

Here is where all the US bases are located near Iran

News Desk2019-05-12 .td_uid_6_5cd7d41ed9a76_rand.td-a-rec-img{text-align:left}.td_uid_6_5cd7d41ed9a76_rand.td-a-rec-img img{margin:0 auto 0 0} The Pentagon doubled down on the deployment of its carrier strike group on Friday, saying it would beef up its Middle Eastern theatre command’s assets with additional Patriot missile defence batteries, an amphibious assault ship full of Marines and an amphibious dock ship to complement the recently deployed USS Abraham Lincoln and several nuclear-capable B-52 […]

US Aware of Inability to Confront Iran Militarily: Boroujerdi

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Alaeddin Boroujerdi, a member of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, shrugged off the recent deployment of US warships to the Persian Gulf waters, saying the Americans know that they cannot afford a military confrontation with Iran. May, 12, 2019 – 12:05 – Politics news – “This (the deployment […]

Israel reopens Gaza crossings after border clashes fail to derail ceasefire

Erez and Kerem Shalom terminals to allow traffic through, a week after deadly fighting and days after Palestinian man was killed during Friday protests along fence By TOI STAFFToday, 6:07 amUpdated at 10:40 am  4 108shares A protester hurls stones at Israeli troops as a woman holds a Palestinian national flag, during a demonstration near the border […]

Report: Qatari funds to enter Gaza on Monday, as first stage of ceasefire agreement begins

Published:  05.12.19 , 08:32 The first stage of the implementation of the agreement reached between Israel and Hamas after the latest ceasefire will begin on Monday, according to a report in the London-based Asharq al-Awsat newspaper Sunday.   This includes the transfer of Qatari funds to the Strip, as well as lifting of some restrictions […]