Palestinians Announce ‘Popular Uprising’ Against Trump Peace Plan

JNS.org – A “popular Palestinian uprising” against US President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan was announced on Sunday following a meeting of PLO faction representatives, Palestinian civil society organizations and private individuals in the West Bank city of el-Bireh. The protests are to coincide with the US-sponsored June 25-26 “Peace to Prosperity” conference in Bahrain, […]

Iran scrambles to lift petrochemical sales as sanctions hammer oil

LONDON/DUBAI/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Iran has been racing to step up exports of petrochemicals and tap new markets to compensate for sliding oil sales, Iranian and international industry sources said, but now risks losing that crucial revenue as Washington tightens the screw on sanctions. Tehran has been selling increased volumes of petrochemical products at below […]

Israeli missile attack claimed by Syria hit Iranian-held Tel Al Harrah radar overlooking Golan

The Israel missile strike that Syrian military sources claimed took place early Wednesday, June 12, struck Iranian radars situated at Tel Al-Harrah, a hill overlooking the Golan, Galilee and the Sea of Galilee, DEBKAfile reports. Hizballah also maintains an observation post in the same Quneitra region some 15km from the Israeli border. The Syrians claimed […]

Report: Syria intercepts missiles fired from Israel

Syrian media reports that defense systems intercepted a number of missiles fired from Israel towards Daraa region.   Elad Benari, 12/06/19 03:01 Syria airstrike (archive) Reuters Syrian media reported overnight Tuesday that the country’s defense systems intercepted a number of missiles fired from Israel towards southern Syria. The Israeli attack reportedly targeted the town of […]

Syrian air defense responds to Israeli attacks – report

SANA reported that there were damages, but no casualties. Tzvi Joffre June 12, 2019 02:49 Syrian air defenses are responding to Israeli missile attacks on Tel al-Harah in southern Syria on Wednesday morning, according to the Syrian state news agency SANA. SANA reported that there were damages, but no casualties. SANA also reported that Israel […]

Syria says no to restoring ties with ‘terrorist-supporting’ Hamas

Hamas’s refusal to support the regime of Bashar Assad in the civil war that erupted in Syria in 2011 prompted the Syrians to cut their relations with the movement. By Khaled Abu Toameh June 11, 2019 19:24   2 minute read. Syria is not interested in restoring their relations with Hamas despite the Palestinian movement’s […]

Danon pens letter in response to Palestinian complaint to UN Security Council

“This 52-year, illegal occupation has caused immense suffering and misery for the Palestinian people.” Zachary Keyser June 12, 2019 02:08 During Jerusalem Day, which took place on June 1st, the Palestinian Representative to the UN, Riyad Mansour, penned a letter of complaint against the Israeli government to the United Nations Security Council. “This 52-year, illegal […]

Danon pens letter in response to Palestinian complaint to UN Security Council

“This 52-year, illegal occupation has caused immense suffering and misery for the Palestinian people.” Zachary Keyser June 12, 2019 02:08 “This is the deed to our land,” stated Danny Danon, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations as he read from the Bible at the Security Council, April 29, 2019. (photo credit: screenshot) During Jerusalem Day, […]

Palestinians ‘deeply regret’ Egypt, Jordan decision to attend Bahrain meet

PA calls on them and other ‘brotherly’ countries to withdraw from US-led economic workshop in Manama; top PLO official calls Trump administration ‘ruling Zionist lobby in US’ By TOI STAFF and ERIC CORTELLESSAToday, 12:38 am  1 8shares Illustrative: Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, left, meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on August 24, 2017. (courtesy, […]

Trump’s Iran Crackdown Isn’t Enough to Stop Hezbollah

  Unless Washington targets the group more effectively, it can outlive the pressure on Tehran. By Emanuele Ottolenghi| June 11, 2019, 5:01 PM Iranian demonstrators carry a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and an effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump during a rally in the capital, Tehran, on May 10. Hezbollah is reportedly […]

Pompeo: Hezbollah using Venezuela drug trafficking to ‘make payroll’

Joel Gehrke  | June 11, 2019 05:26 PM A major Iranian-backed terrorist group is using drug trafficking operations in Venezuela to fund operations in the Middle East, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday. “It is mostly a money-making enterprise,” Pompeo said of Hezbollah’s Venezuela operations during a Senate panel Tuesday afternoon. “That is, it […]

U.S. pushes for Saudi progress on Khashoggi probe before anniversary of killing

“There will be increased sensitivity around the anniversary,” the official said. “It would be in everyone’s best interest to have some tangible progress by then.” REUTERS June 12, 2019 01:11 The Trump administration is pressing Saudi Arabia to show “tangible progress” toward holding to account those behind the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and […]

Trump’s Iran Crackdown Isn’t Enough to Stop Hezbollah

Unless Washington targets the group more effectively, it can outlive the pressure on Tehran. By Emanuele Ottolenghi| June 11, 2019, 5:01 PM Hezbollah is reportedly feeling the pain of U.S. President Donald Trump administration’s maximum-pressure campaign against Iran. Tehran, after all, contributes about $700 million to the U.S.-designated terrorist group’s estimated yearly budget of approximately […]