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Ziyad Al-Nakhaleh, Secretary-General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad was interviewed by the Lebanese Mayadeen TV on May 7, 2019. Al-Nakhaleh said that his organization only demonstrated a portion of its “power and determination” in its armed conflict with Israel in early May, 2019. He continued to say that his organization has “sufficient capabilities for a […]

The US has concentrated naval power and B-52s in the Persian Gulf in recent days. Seth J. Frantzman May 12, 2019 15:08 A military vehicle carrying Iranian Zoobin smart bomb (L) and Sagheb missile under pictures of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and Late Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during a parade to commemorate […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]