Oct 28, 2019
ISIS leader al-Baghdadi killed in U.S. raid
The self-proclaimed Muslim Caliph of the 21st Century, leader of Daesh – the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead.…
Oct 22, 2019
Turkey threatens to resume military offensive in Syria
Turkish Recep Tayyip President Erdogan told reporters that Ankara would resume the military offensive in Syria with greater determination unless the United States fulfills its pledge to secure a complete…
Oct 14, 2019
Syrian Kurds ‘cut a deal’ with Damascus and Moscow to confront Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared over the weekend that Ankara will not stop its Syria operation “Peace Spring,” irrespective of growing international condemnations and threats of global retaliatory sanctions.…
Jun 28, 2019
PA: U.S. Peace Plan “Divorced from Reality”
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh sought to diminish the initial impact of the American peace-initiative in Bahrain, referring to it as merely “an intellectual exercise” that “has been fully…
Jun 26, 2019
Kushner Promises Palestinians “Fair Political Solution”
The U.S.-led "Economic Workshop" in Bahrain is set to conclude this evening, after two-days of intensive discussions regarding the fiscal dimension of President Donald Trump's so-called "deal of the century."…
Jun 25, 2019
U.S. to Form Global Coalition in Case of War with Iran
While the Trump Administration is clearly signaling its desire to end the stand-off by diplomatic means, it has not scaled back on efforts to form a global coalition that will…
Jun 13, 2019
Iran Supreme Leader: “Trump unworthy of dialogue”
The country's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared that his country is not interested in exchanging messages with the United States. In a meeting with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo…
Jun 11, 2019
U.S. imposes fresh sanctions on Iran
The United States has slapped another round of sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran, this time against its petrochemical industry. The new punitive economic measures specifically target the “Persian…
Jun 03, 2019
Hezbollah: ‘If Iran attacked, U.S., Israel and Saudi Arabia will be annihilated’
At a state ceremony commemorating "Jerusalem Day," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed that while a sharp sword was laid upon Jerusalem's neck during the 1967 Middle East war, the great…
May 23, 2019
Pompeo hails Israel as “inspiring” at 71st independence event
The Israeli embassy marked the 71st Independence Day of the Jewish State with a special celebration, during which Jerusalem's Ambassador to Washington termed the return of the Jewish people to…