Middle East
Turkey: Erdogan’s Rival Pledges to Repatriate all Refugees
i24 News - Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Turkey’s opposition leader in the presidential race, sharpened his tone on the issue of migrants on Thursday, vowing to...
Turkey Election Rivals Both Claim Early Lead but Runoff Likely
Turkey appeared headed for a runoff presidential election with the parties of Tayyip Erdogan and opposition rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu each claiming the lead but sources in both camps admitting they may not clear the 50%...
Palestinian Rockets Fired Towards Jerusalem, Israel Keeps Up Strikes on Gaza
Palestinian militants on Friday fired rockets towards Jerusalem for the first time since fighting across the Israel-Gaza border intensified this week while Israel kept up air strikes on Gaza amid Egyptian efforts to forge a ceasefire. Rocket sirens sounded in the town of Beit Shemesh and elsewhere in the hills outside Jerusalem, ending...
Iran Smuggled Arms into Syria Under Guise of Quake Aid
JNS.org - The massive US intelligence leak last month included a classified document showing that Iran and its proxies exploited earthquake relief intended for Syria to smuggle arms into the country. In addition to obtaining the...
Arab League Readmits Syria as Relations with Assad Normalize
The Arab League readmitted Syria on Sunday after more than a decade of suspension, consolidating...
Iran Hangs Swedish-Iranian Convicted Over Attack that Killed 25 People
Iran on Saturday executed a Swedish-Iranian dissident convicted of leading an Arab separatist group accused...
Norway Updates Policy on Israel, Jerusalem and Palestinian State
JNS.org - The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs conceded last November to the pro-Israel NGO...
Syria Touts for Gulf Tourists Amid Emerging Arab Rapprochement
Overlooked by a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad and offering sticky sweets, a Syrian tourism booth...
Alleged Israeli Strikes Shut Down Aleppo Airport in Syria
JNS.org - One Syrian soldier was killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes targeting Aleppo International Airport...
Turkey: Erdogan’s Rival Pledges to Repatriate all Refugees
i24 News - Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Turkey’s opposition leader in the presidential race, sharpened his tone on the issue of migrants on Thursday, vowing to send...
Turkey Election Rivals Both Claim Early Lead but Runoff Likely
Turkey appeared headed for a runoff presidential election with the parties of Tayyip Erdogan and opposition rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu each claiming the lead but sources...
Palestinian Rockets Fired Towards Jerusalem, Israel Keeps Up Strikes on Gaza
Palestinian militants on Friday fired rockets towards Jerusalem for the first time since fighting across the Israel-Gaza border intensified this week while Israel kept up air strikes on Gaza amid Egyptian efforts to forge a ceasefire. Rocket sirens sounded in the town...
Iran Smuggled Arms into Syria Under Guise of Quake Aid
JNS.org - The massive US intelligence leak last month included a classified document showing that Iran and its proxies exploited earthquake relief intended for Syria...
Arab League Readmits Syria as Relations with Assad Normalize
The Arab League readmitted Syria on Sunday after more than a decade of suspension, consolidating a regional push to normalize ties with President Bashar al-Assad...
Iran Hangs Swedish-Iranian Convicted Over Attack that Killed 25 People
Iran on Saturday executed a Swedish-Iranian dissident convicted of leading an Arab separatist group accused of attacks including one on a military parade in 2018...
Norway Updates Policy on Israel, Jerusalem and Palestinian State
JNS.org - The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs conceded last November to the pro-Israel NGO With Israel for Peace (Med Israel for fred, or MIFF)...
Syria Touts for Gulf Tourists Amid Emerging Arab Rapprochement
Overlooked by a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad and offering sticky sweets, a Syrian tourism booth in Dubai is trying to seize on an emerging rapprochement with Arab states to win...
Alleged Israeli Strikes Shut Down Aleppo Airport in Syria
JNS.org - One Syrian soldier was killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes targeting Aleppo International Airport in northern Syria late Monday night, according to Syrian media. The...
Israel’s Judicial Proposals Prompt Startups to Relocate – Govt Agency
The government's plan to overhaul the judicial system is harming investor confidence and pushing high-tech firms to relocate abroad, Israel's state-backed agency that supports high-tech companies said on Monday. A survey by...
Even One American in Iraq Is Too Many, Iran Leader Tells Iraqi President
The United States is an unreliable friend, and Iraq should not allow any US troops on its territory, Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told...
Yeshiva University Holds First Jewish Studies Conference in Dubai
i24 News - Yeshiva University and Mohammed Ben Zayed University for the Humanities will launch next week the first-ever joint conference between an American Jewish...
Iranian FM Meets Hezbollah chief, Tours Lebanon-Israel Border
i24 News - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met with Hezbollah's chief Hassan Nasrallah to discuss the latest developments in the region, during which the...
Iran Waging Foreign Influence Campaign on Social Media: ADL Report
The Republic of Iran's state media is using Facebook and Twitter to spread antisemitism, maneuvering around social media bans from YouTube and Western airwaves, according...
