Middle East
Iran Files Suit in International Court Against US Over Sanctions
Iran has filed a lawsuit against the United States alleging that Washington's decision in May to impose sanctions after pulling out of a nuclear...
Buses Arrive to Evacuate Two Besieged Pro-Assad Syrian Villages
Buses arrived on Wednesday to evacuate thousands of people from two Shi'ite villages, which Sunni Islamist rebels have besieged for years, as part of a deal under which the Syrian government is expected to release...
Nuclear Chief: Iran Builds New Centrifuge Rotor Factory
Iran has built a factory that can produce rotors for up to 60 centrifuges a day, the head of its atomic agency said on Wednesday, upping the stakes in a confrontation with Washington over the Islamic...
Iranian Security Forces Arrest Four Members of Suspected Islamic State Cell
Security forces in southwest Iran have arrested four suspected Islamic State operatives who were planning attacks, Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi was cited as saying by the Tasnim news agency on Tuesday. Under Islamic State's ultra-hardline Sunni...
World’s Oldest Bread Found at Prehistoric Site in Jordan
Charred remains of a flatbread baked about 14,500 years ago in a stone fireplace at...
Syria Accuses Israel of Killing Nine Soldiers Prior to Trump-Putin Summit
JNS.org - An Israeli military strike late on Sunday is being linked with the killing of...
Egypt Issues Ultimatum to Hamas, Demands They Halt Flaming Kites Against Israel
JNS.org - Egypt issued a warning to Hamas to put a halt to the launching of...
Syrian Army Says It Captures Strategic Hill Overlooking Israeli Border
The Syrian army and its allies have taken control of a strategic hill overlooking Israel's Golan...
Iran’s ‘Supreme Leader’ Khamenei Celebrates Birthday With Genocidal Message for Israel
Visitors to the Twitter feed of Iran's "supreme leader"on Monday were treated to the incongruous...
Iran Files Suit in International Court Against US Over Sanctions
Iran has filed a lawsuit against the United States alleging that Washington's decision in May to impose sanctions after pulling out of a nuclear deal...
Buses Arrive to Evacuate Two Besieged Pro-Assad Syrian Villages
Buses arrived on Wednesday to evacuate thousands of people from two Shi'ite villages, which Sunni Islamist rebels have besieged for years, as part of a...
Nuclear Chief: Iran Builds New Centrifuge Rotor Factory
Iran has built a factory that can produce rotors for up to 60 centrifuges a day, the head of its atomic agency said on Wednesday, upping...
Iranian Security Forces Arrest Four Members of Suspected Islamic State Cell
Security forces in southwest Iran have arrested four suspected Islamic State operatives who were planning attacks, Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi was cited as saying by...
World’s Oldest Bread Found at Prehistoric Site in Jordan
Charred remains of a flatbread baked about 14,500 years ago in a stone fireplace at a site in northeastern Jordan have given researchers a delectable...
Syria Accuses Israel of Killing Nine Soldiers Prior to Trump-Putin Summit
JNS.org - An Israeli military strike late on Sunday is being linked with the killing of nine soldiers aligned with Syrian President Bashar Assad. Syrian state media...
Egypt Issues Ultimatum to Hamas, Demands They Halt Flaming Kites Against Israel
JNS.org - Egypt issued a warning to Hamas to put a halt to the launching of flaming kites and balloons into Israel from Gaza, according to...
Syrian Army Says It Captures Strategic Hill Overlooking Israeli Border
The Syrian army and its allies have taken control of a strategic hill overlooking Israel's Golan Heights as it expands an offensive to seize the remaining...
Iran’s ‘Supreme Leader’ Khamenei Celebrates Birthday With Genocidal Message for Israel
Visitors to the Twitter feed of Iran's "supreme leader"on Monday were treated to the incongruous sight of multicolored balloons floating above a series of incendiary...
Syrians Cross Frontier for Medical Appointments in Israel
Keeping their doctor's appointments in Israel, Syrian children and their mothers step across a tense Golan Heights border in the dead of night under the...
Kurdish-Backed Body Aims to Widen Authority in Syrian Northeast
The political arm of the Syrian Democratic Forces militia said on Monday it would work to set up a unified administration for areas it controls,...
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade Unit Head, Teenage Son Killed in ‘Mysterious Explosion’
JNS.org - A mysterious explosion has killed the head of an Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade missile unit, according to reports by the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry. The blast...
Syrian State Media: Israeli Rockets Strike Military Position Near Aleppo
Syrian state media said on Sunday that Israeli rockets had struck a Syrian military position near Nairab airport on the outskirts of the city of Aleppo. "The...
Iran’s Khamenei Criticizes Saudi Arabia Over Management of Haj Pilgrimage
Iran's top authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has criticized Saudi Arabia over its management of the haj pilgrimage and called for a fresh investigation into a...