Opinion Like Golda on Yom Kippur, Netanyahu Prepares to Fight Russia on All Fronts

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The similarities between what Golda Meir faced in 73 – with Israel trapped between the two front of Syria and Egypt, both orchestrated by the Soviet Union – with the situation today are troubling. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks … Read More

US claims Iran is spending $1 billion a year backing Hezbollah, other allies

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The United States is claiming that Iran spends nearly $1 billion a year providing support to Hezbollah, Hamas, and other allied militant groups in the Middle East. U.S. Ambassador Nathan Sales, a coordinator for counterterrorism at the State Department, told … Read More

Opinion: Citizens of Israel, Get the Bomb Shelters Ready

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In Iran, Syria, Lebanon and beyond, they’re watching, listening and drawing conclusions from Israel’s conduct during the last round of hostility with Gaza. Iron Dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets are launched from Gaza towards Israel as seen … Read More

Trump imposes new Hezbollah sanctions, promises more against Iran

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President also claims Tehran no longer looking for access to Mediterranean at White House event marking anniversary of Beirut Marine barracks bombing. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed legislation Thursday imposing new sanctions against Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terrorist group behind … Read More

Sessions: MS-13 gang, drug cartels among top threats to US

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions, joined by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, left, and Jessie Liu, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, right, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia in Washington, … Read More

Russia delivers S-300 missile system to Syria

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Russia’s defense minister confirms delivery of the long-range surface-to-air missile to Syrian army. Russia, a key ally of Syrian government, joined the seven-year war in 2015 [File: Alexei Nikolsky/Reuters] Russia has completed the delivery of an S-300 surface-to-air missile system to … Read More

Netanyahu uncovers 2nd Tehran atomic site

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed to the United Nations General Assembly that Israel has discovered a second hidden atomic site in Iran’s capital city of Tehran – before promising that whatever the Islamic Republic tries to hide, Israel will … Read More

US ‘disturbed and deeply disappointed’ by EU over Iran sanctions

US President Donald J. Trump is seen on a screen as he addresses the General Debate of the General Assembly of the United Nations at United Nations Headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 25 September 2018. [EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE] Tensions … Read More

Hezbollah rallies behind Iran ahead of new sanctions, boasts new missiles

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Nasrallah is known for his fiery speeches during Ashura that challenge Israel. (Photo: Reuters) ERBIL (Kurdistan) – The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Thursday asked supporters to stand by Iran, while boasting of its new “highly accurate” missiles, which, he … Read More

Idlib and Beyond – The Vultures are circling in Syria

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Wreckage from an airstrike by pro-Assad forces near Idlib Province, September 8, 2018  AMER ALHAMWE / AFP / Getty Over the past several weeks, the war in Syria has crept back into the headlines, even competing with the drama and … Read More

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