Kim Jong Un and Putin appear on course for summit as North Korea hedges its bets

By Simon Denyer and Anton Troianovski April 17 at 8:47 AM TOKYO — Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un may finally be ready to meet for the first time, as Russia seeks to extend its influence and North Korea tries to hedge its bets after the failed summit with President Trump. The potential of closer ties between Putin […]

Israeli official met Lebanese foreign minister in Moscow, report says

i24NEWS Latest Revision 18 April 2019, 05:34 AP Photo/Hussein Malla In this Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018 photo, UN peacekeepers hold their flag while standing next to Hezbollah and Lebanese flags, at the site where Israeli excavators are working, near the southern border village of Mays al-Jabal, Lebanon ‘Israel does not view Lebanon as an enemy, […]

North Korea bars Pompeo from nuclear talks

Pyongyang no longer wants to see US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo involved in nuclear talks and calls for “someone more careful and mature in communication.” Kwon Jong Gun, a senior North Korean foreign ministry official, also told the official news agency that  that “no one can predict” the situation on the Korean peninsula if the United […]

New satellite images reveal deployment of Russian missile system in Syria

News Desk2019-04-18 BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:35 P.M.) – The Israel-based Image Satellite International group released new satellite images from the Russian Hmeimim Airbase in southwest Latakia this week. The ISI satellite images showed the deployment of the Russian Iskander (SS-26) missile system to the Hmeimim Airbase near the coastal city of Jableh. #NOW: an #SS26 #Iskander […]

North Korea rejects Pompeo from nuclear dialogue: KCNA

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea no longer wants U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo involved in nuclear talks, calling for someone who “is more careful and mature in communicating”, state media said on Thursday.The official KCNA news agency also said, quoting Kwon Jong Gun, a senior official at the North’s foreign ministry, that “no one […]

Germany Calls for UN Security Council Meeting On Libya

THE MEDIA LINE STAFF 04/18/2019 Germany has requested an urgent UN Security Council meeting on Libya after negotiators failed to agree on a draft resolution for a ceasefire in Tripoli. The council is expected to meet behind closed doors on Thursday to “consult on the way forward,” according to AFP. The World Health Organization announced on Thursday that about […]

EU High Representative/VP Federica Mogherini lies about the Green Line, and no one calls her on it

The EU Parliament Plenary session on US recognition of the Golan Heights as Israeli territory and the possible annexation of the West Bank settlements. Some right wing MEPs supported Israeli control over the Golan, although most did not. You can watch the debate here: The statement from High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini was predictably against Israel – […]

Zarif slams US policy as ‘Netanyahu firsters,’ blames Israel for Yemen war

Blaming Israel for the US support of Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen represents a new stretch, even for the Iranian regime. By Seth J. Frantzman April 18, 2019 12:40   Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. (photo credit: REUTERS/KHALID AL MOUSILY) Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has a new term for US policy in the […]

Turkey criticizes US blacklist of Iran Revolutionary Guards

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says US decision to designate IRGC a terrorist organization is dangerous. Elad Benari, 18/04/19 The US decision to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization is a dangerous development that could lead to chaos, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu warned on Wednesday, according to The Associated Press. Speaking at […]

Did Israel attack an Iranian WMD site in Syria?

It appears that the raid may have taken out an Iranian WMD site in Hama, Syria, that appeared to be modeled on the disputed site in Iran.   Israel News Talk Radio, 18/04/19 05:47   Israel-Syria puzzle Rod Reuven Dovid Bryant and Jerry Gordon interview Stephen Bryen, noted Washington, DC military technologist, Asia Times columnist […]

PA calls for European recognition of ‘Palestine’

PA cabinet leader urges European countries to immediately recognize Palestine in order to save the two-state solution. Dalit Halevi, 18/04/19 Mohammad Shtayyeh, the new leader of the Palestinian Authority (PA) cabinet, on Wednesday called on European countries to hurry up and recognize the “state of Palestine” within the 1967 borders. In a meeting with the […]

President Rouhani: Iranian Armed Forces Serve Regional Security

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – President of Iran Hassan Rouhani reassured the neighbors and all regional countries that the Iranian Armed Forces would stand against terrorism and foreign aggression, and slammed the US and Zionism as the root cause of all regional problems. April, 18, 2019 – Politics news – Speaking at a military ceremony marking the […]

Israel’s air supremacy over Lebanon leaves Syria in serious trouble

News Desk2019-04-18   BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:20 A.M.) – Israel’s air supremacy over Lebanon has proven difficult for the Syrian military counter, especially when the former uses this airspace to launch airstrikes on border governorates like Homs, Damascus, and Tartous. While the Syrian military frequently tracks Israeli warplanes along the Syrian-Lebanese border, they have refrained from […]

US Peace Plan Will Not Be Unveiled Before End of Ramadan in June

CHARLES BYBELEZER 04/18/2019   Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner confirmed that the Trump Administration’s much-hype and long-delayed Israeli-Palestinian peace plan will not be unveiled before the completion of the Muslim holiday of Ramadan in early June. Kushner, the chief architect of the proposal, made the announcement while speaking to dozens of foreign diplomats, whom […]