How will Iraq respond to US air strikes?

Published date: 31 December 2019 15:53 UTC | Last update: 16 hours 7 min ago Attacks could shift the focus of ongoing protests from political corruption and Iranian influence, towards the US violation of Iraqi sovereignty Thousands of Iraqi protesters stormed the US embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday in response to US air strikes  that […]

Plans for Israeli Jordan Valley annexation moving forward

Israeli law prohibits an interim government, such as the one headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, from applying Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley or any part of the West Bank. TOVAH LAZAROFF DECEMBER 31, 2019 21:45 A committee to prepare for the Israeli application of sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and the Megilot Region […]

US to send 750 more troops to the Middle East

Pentagon announces more troops will be sent to Middle East following attack on US embassy in Baghdad. Arutz Sheva Staff, 01/01/20 02:43 The United States is sending around 750 more troops to the Middle East immediately, following an attack by pro-Iranian demonstrators on the US embassy in Baghdad, the Pentagon said Tuesday, according to AFP. […]

Pompeo: I hope Kim chooses peace

US Secretary of State responds to North Korea’s threats, says he hopes its leader will “take a different course”. Elad Benari, 01/01/20 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday he hoped North Korea would “choose peace” after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would continue developing nuclear programs and threatened […]

Will American Jews Flee to Israel?

JERUSALEM — The blood was barely dry from the attack by a machete-wielding assailant who wounded five Jews at a Monsey, New York Hanukkah party before an Israeli politician, Avigdor Lieberman, declared that the “main solution” to rising violent antisemitism in the US is for American Jews to emigrate to Israel. Such declarations by Israeli […]

Israel’s Foreign Minister Warns Iran Not to ‘Drag Us Into’ Iraq Crisis

Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz during his visit to Abu Dhabi. Photo: Israeli Foreign Ministry. Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz said on Tuesday that the Tehran regime should not try to drag Israel into the crisis surrounding the violent riots outside the US Embassy in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad by a pro-Iran mob. If […]

Israel’s Foreign Minister Warns Iran Not to ‘Drag Us Into’ Iraq Crisis

    Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz during his visit to Abu Dhabi. Photo: Israeli Foreign Ministry. Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz said on Tuesday that the Tehran regime should not try to drag Israel into the crisis surrounding the violent riots outside the US Embassy in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad by a pro-Iran […]

Iran at war could be good for Israel

Analysis: Should Tehran decide to retaliate for the U.S. attack on its militias in Iraq, it would be playing into the hands of those in Jerusalem who are advocating the use of Iran’s growing unpopularity in Iraq and its economic crisis at home to push it out of Syria altogether Alex FishmanPublished: The possibility that […]

Kim Vows DPRK to Continue Strategic Weapons Development Unless Trump Ends Hostile Policy – Report

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un earlier promised a “Christmas gift” for the United States unless the Trump administration changes its stance on denuclearization. Early on Wednesday, Kim, in a statement released by the North Korean news agency KCNA, warned of a “shocking” action, vowing that the world will soon see “new strategic weapons”. In […]

Trump warns Iran following riots at Iraqi embassy

Trump on Twitter: Iran will pay a very big price! This is not a warning, it is a threat. Elad Benari, 31/12/19 US President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned Iran it will pay a heavy price for the riots at the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. “The U.S. Embassy in Iraq is, & has been […]

Analysis: Did US change Iran policy over Iraq?

Confrontation between US, Iran escalates after Shiite militia kills US contractor, prompting massive American response. Yochanan Visser, 31/12/19 20:50 Iraqi rioters breach US embassy gate in Baghdad REUTERS The confrontation between Iran and the United States significantly escalated this week after the Iranian proxy Kataib Hezbollah, an Iraqi Shiite force that is part of the […]

White House: Trump spoke with Iraqi PM on need to protect Americans

U.S. President Donald Trump spoke on Tuesday with Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abd al-Mahdi and emphasized the need to protect U.S. personnel and facilities, the White House said in a statement, after an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.”The two leaders discussed regional security issues and President Trump emphasized the need to protect United […]

Iran denies connection to riots around US embassy in Baghdad

The Iranian foreign ministry has issued an official statement rejecting US President Donald Trump’s remarks that Iran is behind the violent riots surrounding the US embassy in Baghdad. “America has a surprising audacity to attribute to Iran the protests of the Iraqi people,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Tehran Abbas Musawi.