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Nine Lebanese politicians are suspected of transferring a total of $2bn abroad in the past 15 days. Lebanon’s state prosecutor Ghassan Queidat was reported by by the national news agency as having asked for the help of the “the Swiss judiciary, the Special Investigation Commission of Banque du Liban and the Banking Control Commission of […]
Who is Kataib Hezbollah, the group the US attacked in Iraq and Syria? Hezbollah is one of the most important of the pro-Iranian militias in Iraq and a group with an extensive role in the Middle East.. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN DECEMBER 30, 2019 22:39 Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim men from the Iranian-backed group Kataib Hezbollah […]
Lebanon’s Hezbollah condemned on Monday US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria targeting the Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia, calling them a blatant attack on Iraqi sovereignty, security, and stability. In a statement, Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which is also backed by Iran, criticized the United States for attacking groups in Iraq that have helped it ISIS. The US […]
Soeren KernDecember 30, 2019 at 5:00 am A report by the Swedish Defense Research Agency found that Russia has threatened to cut energy supplies to Central and Eastern European more than 50 times. Even after some of those states joined the European Union, Russian threats continued. Not surprisingly, Germany’s current Social Democratic Foreign Minister, Heiko […]
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, and General Mark Milley told reporters that the strikes against Kataib Hezbollah were successful, but more may be carried out. DECEMBER 30, 2019 11:22 US officials said on Sunday that air strikes in Iraq and Syria against an Iran-backed militia group were successful, but warned that […]
Watch footage of the US airstrikes against the Kataib Hezbollah militia in Iraq. SETH J. FRANTZMAN DECEMBER 30, 2019 11:40 US airstrikes on five targets linked to Kataib Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia, has caused concern and fallout in Iraq as political leader jockey to condemn the US. Some Iraqi politicians who are in the […]
by Burak Bekdil December 30, 2019 at 4:00 am Erdoğan seems to think that his best defense in the Mediterranean power game is an offense. One emerging power in Libya, however, is not a Western state actor…. Russia has the potential to step into the Libyan theater with a bigger proxy and direct force, to […]
A member of a breakaway faction of the Taliban fighters guards a gathering in Afghanistan. (File photo: AP) The Taliban Monday denied agreeing to any ceasefire in Afghanistan after rumors swirled of a potential deal that would see a reduction in fighting after more than 18 years of war. “In the past few days, some […]
During visit to Israel, Gary North, vice president for customer requirements and former USAF senior commander, says the F-35 jet is most effective jet against advanced air defenses. (December 29, 2019 / JNS) The Israeli Air Force currently has 20 F-35 stealth fighter jets in its possession and is on the way to possessing 50 […]
Published: 12.30.19 , 10:40 Palestinian Coordination of Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh said on Monday the Authority will continue to pay families of terrorists killed or wounded by Israeli forces despite Security Cabinet’s Sunday decision to deduct NIS 150 million from the tax money that Israel transfers to the Palestinian Authority.”[The decision] is another step […]
News Desk2019-12-29 BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 A.M.) – During a press conference on Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry accused Israel of violating Jordanian airspace to bomb the Iranian forces in eastern Syria. According to Haaretz, who cited the Russian Foreign Ministry, Israeli warplanes targeted the Syria-Iraqi border area after flying over neighboring Jordan. The Russian Foreign […]
11:32 30.12.2019 On Sunday, the US carried out “defensive strikes” against five Kata’ib Hezbollah facilities in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for the group’s recent attack on a US base near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Tehran considers the US attacks in Syria and Iraq an act of terrorism, and demands the United States […]
US Africa Command says it conducted 3 airstrikes targeting al-Shabaab members, a day after Somalia’s deadliest attack in two years killed 79 By AFP Today, 4:44 am WASHINGTON — The US military launched airstrikes against the Al-Shabaab militant group in Somalia on Sunday, US Africa Command said, killing four terrorists. The strikes came one […]
A number of Palestinian leaders have this week claimed Jesus as one of their own, but one went further, naming him as the first Islamic Shahid. DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS DECEMBER 30, 2019 06:44 Jesus was not only a Palestinian, but was the first Islamic martyr, a senior Palestinian leader said this week. Writing on his […]