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Sometimes Iran or other adversaries counterattack and hit their target. This week may have been one of those weeks. By YONAH JEREMY BOB Published: MARCH 17, 2022 23:44 A SATELLITE view of Iran’s Fordow nuclear plant. (photo credit: GOOGLE) Although the focus in recent years has been a list of allegedly astounding Mossad operational successes against Iran […]

By REUTERS Published: MARCH 18, 2022 21:58 Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad met Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum in Dubai, Syrian presidency said in a statement on Friday. The meeting marked the latest in a series of diplomatic overtures that point to a shift underway in the Middle East where several Arab countries are reviving ties […]

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Published: MARCH 18, 2022 11:55 Updated: MARCH 18, 2022 11:56 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid expressed outrage at reports that the US is considering removing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) terror label on Friday, saying they found the reports “hard to believe.” “The Revolutionary Guards are […]

“Allegations of arms transfer to non-state actors continue and remain of serious concern,” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. By TOVAH LAZAROFF Published: MARCH 17, 2022 20:26 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during an interaction with the media after a United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine with Russia, in New York […]

German Chancellor Scholz promises more military aid for Ukraine, but rules out NATO-led military intervention 16:25 March 17, 2022 Germany on Thursday promised additional military assistance to Ukraine, but ruled out NATO’s direct intervention to stop Russia’s aggression. Speaking at a joint news conference with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg in Berlin, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz […]

David Israel14 Adar II 5782 – March 17, 2022 Photo Credit: Safwat Sayed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. According to Barak Ravid, reporting for Axios, three Israeli officials and two American sources have told him that the Biden administration is considering removing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from the terror blacklist if Iran issues a […]

“We have made significant progress, we are close to a possible deal, but we’re not there yet,” said State Department Spokesperson Ned Price. By OMRI NAHMIAS Published: MARCH 17, 2022 08:55 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi gestures as he speaks at Tehran’s Friday prayer on the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of […]

By David Z MorrisLayer 2 Mar 16, 2022 at 1:35 p.m. EDT In the latest sign the dollar-centric global financial system is under immense strain, China and Saudi Arabia have “accelerated” ongoing talks to price oil contracts in yuan instead of greenbacks, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The dollar’s ongoing steady decline as a global trading and reserve […]

Both Moscow and Kyiv expressed openness to holding peace talks in Jerusalem. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Published: MARCH 16, 2022 23:25 Updated: MARCH 17, 2022 00:51 Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the annual ceremony for soldiers whose burial places are unknown, at the National Hall of Remembrance, Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, March 10, 2022. (photo credit: ALEX […]

Analysis: With President Herzog’s visit to Ankara, Turkey and Israel have marked a turning point in relations between the two regional powers, but whether their shared interests will be enough to overcome years of strained ties remains to be seen. On March 9, Israel’s President Isaac Herzog paid a two-day landmark visit to Ankara, the first of […]

Russia also appreciates Turkey’s full implementation of Montreux Convention, says Foreign Minister Lavrov  News Service 16:32 March 16, 2022 AA Russia appreciates Turkey’s “balanced position” between Moscow and Kyiv, the Russian foreign minister said on Wednesday ahead of a bilateral meeting with his Turkish counterpart. Noting that Turkey and Russia have different positions on Ukraine, […]

The quake hit Fukushima prefecture, home to a large nuclear power plant where a 2011 earthquake caused a severe disaster. By REUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF Published: MARCH 16, 2022 16:43 Updated: MARCH 16, 2022 18:51     Houses and buildings are seen in an electric stoppage at the area after an earthquake at Toshima ward in Tokyo, Japan March 17, […]

Iran has defied Western powers by converting some of its uranium enriched to near weapons-grade into a form less easily recovered, diluted and shipped out of the country, a report by the UN nuclear watchdog on Wednesday showed. The move is unlikely to wreck indirect talks between Iran and the United States to revive the […]