A secret national security meeting on Iran held unusually at the CIA HQ

CIA Director Gina Haskel, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joe Dunford, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Intelligence Director Dan Coats gathered at CIA Headquarters in Langley on Monday, April 29 for a secret security meeting on the Iranian situation. Revealing this, NBC TV notes that […]

Israel Police prepare for first Friday of Ramadan

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF May 10, 2019 08:26   Police took security measures and precautions, on Friday, in and around the Old City of Jerusalem for the first Friday of Ramadan. Police units and Border Police have been mobilized in different parts of the Old City to allow thousands of people to make the area […]

Deputy Guards chief says Iran will not hold talks with U.S.

REUTERS May 10, 2019 11:26 DUBAI – A deputy head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said that Tehran will not hold talks with its arch enemy the United States and that Washington “will not dare launch military action against us”, the semi-official news agency Tasnim reported on Friday. U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Iran’s […]

The Cleverest Kind of Lie: Accusing Israel of Future Crimes

By Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld May 9, 2019 Gérard Araud, photo via Wikimedia Commons   BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,168, May 9, 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: One tool of verbal demonization that is extremely difficult for Israel to combat is accusations of crimes it supposedly will commit in the future. These are far more difficult to […]

The World Ignored Israel’s Restraint in Gaza — and the Larger Story

by Sean Durns Smoke and flame are seen during an Israeli air strike in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, March 15, 2019. Photo: Reuters / Mohammed Salem. Not for the first time, many in the press and around the world have missed an important story in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In dozens of reports about Hamas and […]

North Korean ship used to illicitly transport coal is seized over sanctions violation, US announces

Katherine Lam | Fox News Video North Korea fires 2 short-range missiles, 5 days after previous launch The U.S. tests a long-range missile in California 10 minutes after the North Korea exercise; Greg Palkot has the details. A North Korean cargo vessel used to transport coal — in violation of international sanctions against the rogue regime […]

Iraq’s Hashd al-Shaabi Threatens to Declare Anti-US War If Iran Targeted

By IFP Editorial Staff – May 10, 2019 – 07:32 The Iraqi popular mobilization forces, known as Hashd al-Shaabi, have threatened to declare war against the United States if the country targets Iran. The threat was made by Jabar al-Ma’mouri, a Hashd al-Shaabi commander in the Iraqi province of Diyala, in response to the US’ […]

Trumped-up war: 7 things to know for March 10

As the US and Iran lurch toward confrontation, some hear war drums beating loudly, and even more see Trump dragging everyone into a battle nobody wants By JOSHUA DAVIDOVICHToday, 10:20 am  0 0shares The USS Abraham Lincoln sails south in the Suez Canal near Ismailia, May 9, 2019. (Suez Canal Authority via AP) 1. Beat the drum […]

Palestinian FM says US seeking to renew ties ahead of peace plan’s unveiling

But Riyad al-Malki stresses Washington ‘will not find a single Palestinian to accept’ its deal if it does not include a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital By TOI STAFF and AGENCIESToday, 10:19 am  0 0shares Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad Malki speaks during a press conference at the International Criminal Court on May 22, 2018. (AP […]

Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective in DC Makes Statement After Power Cut

Earlier, US authorities cut power supplies to the Venezuelan embassy in Washington DC. According to a statement, the Protection Collective was expecting and prepared for a power cut, and has no intention of leaving the embassy. The activists drew a parallel between US “attacks” on Venezuela’s electric grid, and this attack on the power supply at the embassy of Venezuela. “We are not […]

Behind apparent military escalation, US and Iran buy 2-3 months’ grace for reassessment

While the US and Iran seem to be on the knife edge of an armed clash, both have taken time-out to reassess their next steps. Iran has given the West 60 days to ease Trump administration sanctions, while the US after slapping sanctions on Iran’s metal experts has allowed 90 days for them to take […]

Turkey asks Russia to halt airstrikes in Syria’s Idlib

ANKARA- Anadolu Agency Turkey called on Russia on May 9 to halt airstrikes in Syria’s Idlib province, according to diplomatic sources. Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu asked his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, to stop the bombardments, which have killed more than 100 civilians in the past two weeks, the sources told Anadolu Agency on condition of […]

American B-52 bombers land in Qatar over unspecified Iran threat

US has said it is sending bombers to counter Tehran, though no details have been provided By AP and AFPToday, 8:11 am     In this Thursday, May 9, 2019 photograph released by the US Air Force, a B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron is parked on the ramp at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar (Senior […]

Experts see Russia fingerprints on North Korea’s new missile

Published:  05.10.19 , 09:15 The three new missiles North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has tested over the past week are eerily familiar to military experts: They look just like a controversial and widely copied missile the Russian military has deployed to Syria and has been actively trying to sell abroad for years.   Ending […]