Israel, US defense chiefs discuss Iran

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz held his first telephone conversation with his new counterpart in the United States, retired four-star Army general Lloyd James Austin III. Gantz, who also serves…

Lebanon rocked by unrest

Protesters in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli rioted for the fourth consecutive day against new COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in a country already wracked by economic hardship. Enraged demonstrators set fire…

IDF renews Iranian military option

IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Aviv Kochavi is warning the United States against rejoining the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action deal with Iran. “Returning to the 2015 nuclear agreement, or…

US halts foreign arms deals

The administration of United States President Joe Biden has suspended massive arms sales to foreign nations. The State Department maintained that it is “temporarily pausing the implementation of some pending…

Israel signs UAV deal with Asian nation

The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced that it has signed two deals to sell Heron MK II UAV systems to an unspecified “central Asian country,” valued at tens of millions…

Turkish Militias and Proxies

By Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, Expert on modern Turkey and Dr. Jonathan Spyer, Expert on Syria, Iraq, radical Islamic groups, and Kurds Erdoğan has created a private military and…

World memorializes Holocaust

Today marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day. 27 January was selected by the United Nations in 2005 as the day to memorialize the worst genocide in human history, as it is…

Turkey, Greece discuss sea dispute

Turkey and Greece ended their 5-year refusal to negotiate a resolution to escalating hostilities over the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Representatives from Ankara and Athens resumed talks yesterday in Istanbul, aimed…

US to deploy Iron Dome to Gulf?

Israel has agreed to allow the United States to deploy Iron Dome missile defense system to protect its military bases and other strategic infrastructure abroad. This, according to the Haaretz…

Israel closes int’l airport

Israel will ban all incoming and departing passenger flights from the Ben Gurion International Airport tonight in a further efforts to prevent the spread of new coronavirus mutations. No one…