Soldiers thwart attempted terrorist attack in Binyamin region

IDF soldiers identify terrorists preparing to throw firebombs, open fire at them and arrest them. Elad Benari, 11/03/20 05:03 IDF soldiers thwarted an attempted terrorist attack near Route 465 in the Binyamin region on Tuesday night, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said. The IDF fighters identified two suspects who were preparing to throw firebombs on vehicles. […]

No Jews on Temple Mount? Arab List makes demands in exchange for backing Gantz

The Arab party, the Joint List, has demands in exchange for its cooperation.  By David Isaac, World Israel News The Arab Joint List is feeling its oats. After a preliminary meeting on Monday with Benny Gantz, the Arab party which won 15 Knesset seats in the last election, has a list of demands in exchange […]

A Chat with Seth Frantzman: The Unfinished Wars: America, ISIS, Iran, Kurdistan and the Middle East

Washington Kurdish Institute Giulia Valeria Anderson 10 March, 2020 On March 4, the Washington Kurdish Institute hosted a roundtable panel hosting Seth Frantzman, analyst and author of After ISIS: America, Iran and the Struggle for the Middle East. The panel focused on Syria, Iraq and the Kurds, featuring on-the-ground insights from Frantzman’s experiences and moderated by Sirwan […]

Senior Hezbollah officials test positive for coronavirus

JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 11, 2020 08:23 Senior Hezbollah officials have been placed under quarantine after being infected with the coronavirus, Channel 13 reported. They may have been in contact with Iranian officials who also tested positive for the coronavirus. Channel 13 added that Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, is under quarantine to prevent him from […]

The future of Idlib

The question that remains to be answered now is: Will Idlib hold? By ANTHONY AVICE DU BUISSON MARCH 11, 2020 07:17 A recent ceasefire agreement signed between Turkey and Russia concerning Idlib presents a new step in an old game. On March 6th, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin […]

How many Iranian officials have died of coronavirus?

The coronavirus spread in Iran among the country’s elites, particularly the religious establishment and IRGC circles. SETH J. FRANTZMAN MARCH 11, 2020 08:04 The coronavirus spread in Iran among the country’s elites, particularly the religious establishment and IRGC circles. This is because of how it entered the country via Qom, a city known for holy […]

Updated every minute, 17-year-old whiz kid’s coronavirus site used by millions

A self-taught computer maven from Seattle, Avi Schiffmann uses web scraping technology to accurately report on developing pandemic, while fighting misinformation and panic Renee Ghert-Zand10 March 2020, 3:18 am A Jewish teenager from the Seattle area has built a website that is keeping the world updated on the COVID-19 pandemic as it spreads. The website, […]

IDF thwarts attack near Highway 465 in West Bank, two suspects arrested

By MAARIV ONLINE MARCH 11, 2020 01:55 An attempted attack was thwarted early Wednesday near Highway 465, after IDF combat soldiers identified two suspects who intended to throw Molotov cocktails on passing vehicles in the area. The soldiers fired at and injured the two suspects, who were later arrested.

Trump’s wrath to hit Russia and Saudi Arabia’s oil war

Oil shock prompts US to label Russia, Saudi Arabia as ‘state actors’ By Phil FlynnFOXBusiness         Video Continue Reading Below   While Saudi Arabia and Russia dig their heels in on an oil price war, the Trump administration is admonishing them for actions that are harmful to the global economy. In a […]

Russian Constitutional Amendments Create Path for Putin to Remain in Power Until 2036

Russian President Vladimir Putin approves of constitutional amendments that would allow him to remain in power for another sixteen years. As of Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin showed his approval for constitutional changes that would allow him to remain in power until 2036 – another sixteen years. Though Putin claims that he is a believer […]

U.S. Sanctions Have Crippled Iranian Oil Production

By Tsvetana Paraskova – Mar 10, 2020, 5:00 PM CDT Join Our Community The U.S. sanctions on Iran’s oil sector are impacting the Islamic Republic’s ability to potentially increase production in the long term if the U.S.-Iran tensions subside and sanctions ease. Iran relies 100 percent on imports for oil rig equipment, but the sanctions have stifled […]

Erdogan wants to jointly manage Syria’s oil fields

2020-03-10     /* custom css */ .td_uid_6_5e67fd6ad63be_rand.td-a-rec-img { text-align: left; } .td_uid_6_5e67fd6ad63be_rand.td-a-rec-img img { margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has proposed the joint management of oil fields in eastern Syria to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and has suggested that Russia and Turkey can manage the oil […]

Turkey will not receive Patriot system unless it returns Russian S-400 – Pentagon

(Releads with Pentagon statement on Patriot system) The United States maintains the supply of the Patriot air defence systems to Turkey rests on the condition of returning the already purchased S-400 systems back to Russia, U.S. Defence Department spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman said on Tuesday. “Turkey is not going to receive a Patriot battery unless it […]

Hating Jews has become mainstream, warns French writer Sfar

The comic artist and director tackles his fears in his latest book ‘The Last European Jew,’ a satirical novel exploring the reemergence of anti-Semitism in Europe Alain JEAN-ROBERT10 March 2020, 11:14 pm PARIS (AFP) — Watching anti-Semitism rise again across Europe, the acclaimed author Joann Sfar doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “When I […]