Dozens of Israeli settlers forced their way into East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday, according to a Palestinian official. Dozens of Israeli settlers forced their way into East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday, according to a Palestinian official. “More than 150 Jewish settlers stormed the holy compound through the Al-Mugharbah gate,”…
Iran’s state-owned Persian news outlets have put significant emphasis on the recent announcement by US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley that President Donald Trump is planning to chair a meeting on Iran in late September. The meeting to discuss the Islamic Republic will be attended by the heads of state of the UN Security Council’s members….
We’ve broken down all the latest news and military movements to give you a clear picture of what is and what is likely to come. Syrian dictator Bashar Al Assad looks set to launch a new, all-out offensive into the country’s largely rebel-held Idlib governorate with the help of Russia and Iran. The campaign could officially begin…
U.S. sanctions are pushing Iran to try and carve out even more profits from Syria’s post-war reconstruction. Russian Navy frigate Admiral Essen sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to Syria, in Istanbul, Turkey August 25, 2018\ YORUK ISIK/ REUTERS U.S. offered Assad to leave Syria if Iran withdraws from south, report says Iran reveals…
Justin Waggoner swings his combine into wheat growing outside Condon, Oregon, last August. Seven ships loaded with wheat grown in the Pacific Northwest are sailing for Yemen, where civil war has pushed over 8 million people to the brink of starvation. The U.S. Agency for International Development purchased the wheat to benefit America’s wheat farmers…
The US on Tuesday reimposed the first segment of economic sanctions on Iran after President Donald Trump gave carte blanche for America to exercise more pressure on the Iranian government. This is in order to get it to return to the negotiating table and reconsider new articles and amendments to the 2015 nuclear agreement that was signed by Tehran and the five permanent states of the UN…
Israel hits 150 Gaza targets ■ Three Gazans said killed, including pregnant woman and child ■ Woman severely wounded in Israel ■ Israeli official: Hamas was dealt a serious blow, IDF instructed to prepare for any scenario. Site where rocket fired from Gaza hit southern Israeli town, Thursday morning, Aug. 9, 2018.Courtesy Eshkol security Israel…
Palestinian refugee school boys play at their United Nations Relief and Work UNRWA school yard at Wihdat refugee camp in Amman. [Jamal Nasrallah/EPA] Jordan warned on Wednesday (8 August) that a severe financial shortfall facing a United Nations agency that helps Palestinian refugees could have a “catastrophic” impact on the lives of millions of refugees…
THESSALONIKI, Greece – The Latest on immigration into Europe (all times local): 2:30 p.m. Spain is setting up a central operational command for migrant management amid a summer surge in arrivals from North Africa, which is placing a strain on public services. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Friday that the unit will coordinate Spain’s response…
Iran hit back on Tuesday morning after an angry warning from President Trump. Mr. Trump said in a Sunday tweet that Iranian President Hasan Rouhani would “SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE,” if he threatens the United States. As CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports, on Tuesday a spokesman for…