Analysis: Erdogan’s plan to take over the Palestinian Authority

By inviting Turkey to monitor the elections, Abbas is advancing Turkey’s mission of replacing his regime with a Muslim Brotherhood-led government. By Khaled Abu Toameh, The Gatestone Institute On September 21, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas phoned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and requested that Turkey send Turkish observers to monitor Palestinian elections, if and when they […]

Iran’s mullahs and the American elections

Salem AlKetbi , 03/10/20 20:03 For some time now, the mullahs of Iran have been tirelessly speaking out against instrumentalizing their country in the upcoming US presidential elections. But at the same time, they have been loudly proclaiming that the Trump administration’s sanctions strategy went belly-up. The strategy earned the US unprecedented international isolation, they […]

Are we witnessing a geopolitical realignment in the Middle East?

Saudi Arabia is likely to be the next country to sign an agreement with Israel. MOHAMMAD AMJAD HOSSAIN OCTOBER 3, 2020 20:31 The signing of normalization of relations with Israel by two Arab Gulf countries: United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on September 15 at White House in presence of US President Donald Trump gives the […]

World must compel Israel to destroy Its nuclear arsenal, Iran FM tells UNGA

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on the international community to mount pressure on the Israeli regime “to promptly accede to the NPT and destroy its nuclear arsenal”. “The international community must compel Israel—which has aggression in its very DNA—to promptly accede to the NPT and destroy its nuclear arsenal. And given its six […]

‘We need Israel’: Top official says Sudan will have ties with Jerusalem

Sudanese deputy head of state Gen. Mohammad Hamdan Daglo, however, insists relations will stop short of full normalization, indicates split with civilian leaders By Aaron Boxerman Today, 3:16 am   Sudanese deputy head of state Mohammad Hamdan Dagalo, popularly known as Hemedti, discusses normalization with Israel in Juba, South Sudan (Screenshot: Youtube) A senior Sudanese […]

Azerbaijan uses Israeli LORA missile in conflict with Armenia – WATCH

In the video, a truck is seen approaching a bridge on the Armenian side of the conflict zone when a missile suddenly strikes and levels the bridge. By ZACHARY KEYSER, REUTERS OCTOBER 3, 2020 07:56 A video shared from the clashes between Armenian and Azeri forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh region show Azerbaijani forces using an […]

Iran: Israel is the biggest threat to global peace, security

Created on Thursday, 01 October 2020 18:36 The Iranian Foreign Ministry has stressed that Israel is the biggest threat to international peace and security, pointing out that Tel Aviv possesses hundreds of nuclear warheads. In a statement to reporters on Wednesday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh described the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s […]

Pompeo: Europe key to Mideast peace process

Published: 10.02.20 , 09:10 European countries have a fundamental role in supporting the Middle East peace process, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview on Friday.”I believe that European leaders have a strategic role…[also in] stemming and rejecting the Islamic Republic of Iran, which still is the greatest force of destabilization in […]

‘Jerusalem is our city,’ Turkey’s Erdogan declares

Addressing lawmakers in Ankara, Turkish president says the Palestinian people have lived in the capital ‘for thousands of years’ By RAPHAEL AHREN Today, 9:54 pm  17   Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inspects a military honor guard at the parliament, in Ankara, Turkey, October 1, 2020 (Turkish Presidency via AP. Pool) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday […]

Lebanon Agrees to Discuss Maritime Border with Israel

THE MEDIA LINE STAFF 10/01/2020 A top Lebanese official has publicly confirmed that the country will hold maritime border talks with Israel under the auspices of the United Nations. “This is a framework agreement, not a final one,” Nabih Berri, speaker of Lebanon’s parliament, told reporters in Beirut on Thursday. Earlier this week, Israeli officials […]

Iran’s Other Threat to Civilization

by Peter Vincent Pry and Peter Huessy October 1, 2020 at 4:00 am The US and its allies need to do everything possible never again to be caught in a state of unpreparedness. The Congressional EMP Commission estimates that, given U.S. current unpreparedness, within one year of an EMP attack that causes a nationwide blackout… […]

Syria demands Israel immediately end its occupation of the Golan Heights

ByNews Desk2020-10-01 BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:50 A.M.) – The permanent representative of Syria to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Hussameddine Aalla, renewed Damascus’s demand to end the Israeli occupation of the Syrian Golan. The ambassador said during the 45th session of the Human Rights Council: “Despite repeated calls by the Human […]

Azerbaijan launches heavy overnight attack against Armenian forces: video

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 A.M.) – The Azerbaijani forces launched another heavy overnight attack against the Armenian forces in the Karabakh region this week. In a video released by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense, their troops can be seen targeting the Armenian forces in Karabakh, as they fired several missiles and artillery shells towards the latter’s […]

Four rockets strike close to US military base in Erbil, Iraq

Four rockets strike close to US military base in Erbil, Iraq Kurdistan Regional Government’s anti-terrorism department confirms attack Four rockets struck near a US military base north-east of Erbil, northern Iraq on Wednesday night but did not cause any casualties among American troops. The Kurdistan Regional Government’s anti-terrorism department said six rockets were launched by […]