Mar 15, 2021
Kosovo opens embassy in Jerusalem
There has been a flurry of exciting diplomatic activity in Jerusalem. Kosovo opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem on Sunday, following through on the commitment it made last year.…
Mar 09, 2021
IAEA: Iran speeds up uranium enrichment
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has informed its member states that Iran has started enriching uranium with a third set of advanced IR-2m centrifuges at the Fuel Enrichment Plant…
Mar 09, 2021
US affirms defense of Saudi Arabia
The United States has expressed alarm at “genuine security threats” to Saudi Arabia from Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis and elsewhere in the region after attacks on the heart of the Saudi…
Mar 04, 2021
Israel: Any new Iran nuclear deal must be ‘improved’
Israeli leaders have long been outspoken in their opposition to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers, and applauded the United States…
Mar 04, 2021
US-Iran tensions soar over Iraq attack
Hostilities between the United States and Iran are escalating after the death of one American in the latest attack on an Iraqi military base that bears all the hallmarks of…
Mar 03, 2021
US sanctions 2 Houthi leaders
The United States has blacklisted two leaders of the Houthi movement in Yemen, on charges that they procured procuring weapons from Iran and organized attacks. The sanctions contradict the State…
Mar 01, 2021
Iran accused of attacking Israeli ship
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Iran of responsibility for an explosion aboard an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman last week. The MV Helios Ray was hit…
Mar 01, 2021
Gantz reportedly holds secret talks with Jordanian King
Israeli Alternate Premier and Defense Minister Benny Gantz recently travelled to Jordan for secret talks with King Abdullah II. This, according to unnamed sources cited by Israel’s Ynet news agency,…
Feb 26, 2021
US strikes Iran proxies in Syria
United States President Joe Biden authorized his first known military action by ordering air strikes on Iran-backed militia in eastern Syria at dawn. The strikes appeared to be limited in…
Feb 25, 2021
UN: urgent help needed to avert Yemen crisis
The United Nations describes Yemen as the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with 80% of the people in need. Sir Mark Andrew Lowcock, a British economist who serves as the Under-Secretary-General…