Pakistan holds emergency security meeting after trading strikes with Iran

AFP January 19, 2024 4:22 am Pakistan’s prime minister will hold an emergency security meeting on Friday with military and intelligence chiefs after trading deadly air strikes with Iran on militant targets this week. The rare military actions in the porous border region of Baluchistan — shared between the two countries — have further stoked […]

Gallant to Austin: Israel determined to fight until Hamas eliminated, hostages returned

Israeli Defense Minister speaks to US Defense Secretary of progress of war against Hamas, need to address ongoing threat by Hezbollah in the north. Israel National NewsJan 19, 2024, 11:17 AM (GMT+2) Last night (Thursday), Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant held a call with his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Minister Gallant opened […]

Netanyahu: There will be a PA-run Palestinian state in Gaza without me

This conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is not about the absence of a Palestinian state, but about the existence of the Jewish state, he said. TOVAH LAZAROFF JANUARY 18, 2024 22:38 Updated: JANUARY 18, 2024 22:40  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu linked his political future with the prevention of a Palestinian Authority-run Palestinian state, precisely as […]

Russia tells US it must ‘stop aggression against Yemen’

By AFPToday, 12:12 pm   In this image provided by the UK Ministry of Defense taken on Jan. 11, 2024 shows an RAF Typhoon aircraft taking off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, for a mission to strike targets in Yemen. (Sgt Lee Goddard, UK Ministry of Defense via AP) Russia says the United States should stop […]

Biden says US to keep striking Houthis as they continue attacking ships in Red Sea

Acknowledging Iran-backed rebels in Yemen have not faltered in their attacks on shipping, US president nevertheless commits to proceeding on charted course By AGENCIESToday, 10:14 pm   President Joe Biden walks to speak to the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, January 18, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Yuri […]

Iran holding UN atomic agency ‘hostage,’ refusing to cooperate, director says

IAEA head Rafael Grossi shares concerns at Davos over ‘frustrating’ lack of oversight granted by Tehran, as well as inability to visit Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant By SOPHIE ESTIENNEToday, 10:22 pm   International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi (C) stands at the Congress Center, during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in […]

Netanyahu vows no Palestinian state, attacks Israeli media, denies blindsiding Gallant

In rebuke of the US, PM declares Israel must maintain security control over West Bank and Gaza; says Israel will know soon if medicines sent into Gaza have reached hostages By LAZAR BERMAN  FOLLOW Today, 11:16 pm   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference on January 18, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO) During a combative press […]

Pakistan Retaliates Against Iranian Bombing of Balochistan

By David Israel – 8 Shevat 5784 – January 18, 2024 On Thursday morning, the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan declared the initiation of an “intelligence-driven operation” targeting the hideouts of armed groups in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan province. This announcement came some 24 hours following Iranian air strikes in Balochistan, Pakistan.   The Balochistan region […]

US and Houthis exchange strikes as Red Sea conflict grows

Recent events follow the US redesignating the Houthis as a terrorist organization, as well as calls from multiple countries to de-escalate conflict in trade routes. JANUARY 18, 2024 03:53 Updated: JANUARY 18, 2024 09:54 Israel Navy missile ships head to the Red Sea after several aerial intrusions by Houthi drones, November 1, 2023(photo credit: IDF […]

Iran attacked Syria with long-range missile in message to Israel – analysis

Iran is openly admitting that it used these missiles to send a message to the US and Israel and that it basically targeted northwest Syria just to show off. SETH J. FRANTZMAN JANUARY 18, 2024 09:35 (photo credit: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA/Handout via Reuters)Iran carried out a long-range attack on Syria this week […]

Schumer: Democrats discussing possible conditions on aid for Israel

Senate Majority Leader says Democrats are discussing possible conditions that could be imposed on US aid for Israel but does not say they will seek such conditions. Elad Benari   Jan 18, 2024, 5:29 AM (GMT+2) Senator Chuck SchumerReuters/SIPA USA US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters on Wednesday that Democrats are discussing possible conditions […]

Hezbollah rejects US overtures, still open to diplomacy to avoid wider war

Hezbollah’s position is that it will fire rockets at Israel until there is a full ceasefire in Gaza. Hezbollah’s rejection of the proposals presented by Hochstein has not been previously reported. REUTERS JANUARY 18, 2024 07:51 Updated: JANUARY 18, 2024 08:40 Iran-backed Hezbollah has rebuffed Washington’s initial ideas for cooling tit-for-tat fighting with neighboring Israel, […]

Report: PM rejected US proposal for Saudi normalization in exchange for path to Palestinian statehood

By JACOB MAGID18 January 2024, 1:16 am   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, January 9, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly rejected a proposal from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that would’ve seen Saudi Arabia normalize relations with […]

Report: Biden administration laying the groundwork for post-Netanyahu era

NBC News reports: Biden administration working with other Israeli leaders after Netanyahu rejected plan for Arab countries to rebuild Gaza, which includes normalization with Saudis in exchange for a Palestinian state. Israel National NewsJan 18, 2024, 1:23 AM (GMT+2) The Biden administration is laying the groundwork with other Israeli leaders in anticipation of a post-Netanyahu […]