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Will Scott Morrison Move Australia's Embassy to Jerusalem?
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that his country is considering transferring its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. → Read More
Saudi Arabia Consolidates Its Alliance Against Iran
New Saudi king Salman bin Abdul Aziz has devoted himself to what Saudi Arabia calls “the blatant Iranian expansion” into the Saudi sphere of influence. → Read More
Israeli Settlers Torch Cars, Spray-Paint Racist Slogans In West Bank
The slogans — written in Hebrew — included 'Death to Arabs' and 'Glory to Jews' as well as the phrase 'Price Tag. → Read More
Hezbollah: The International Community’s Sole Concern
With an array of crises sweeping the Middle East, the “global community” is no longer taking much interest in Lebanon. Only Hezbollah continues to draw international attention, due to its expanding role in the region. → Read More
US General: Iranian Presence In Iraq Could Be Beneficial
The official’s statement comes as Iraqi forces closed in on Tikrit Tuesday on the second day of Baghdad's largest operation yet against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group. → Read More
US Police Arrest Five Anti-Israel Activists
Five activists were arrested Sunday in the American capital for demonstrating outside the Washington Convention Center where the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a well-known pro-Israeli lobby, was holding its annual policy conference. → Read More
Israeli Settlement Building Up 40% In 2014: Watchdog
More than 600,000 Israeli settlers, soaring from 189,000 in 1989, live in settlements across the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, in contravention of international law. → Read More
IAEA: Iran Halts New Sensitive Nuclear Centrifuge Tests
"The disconnection reflects Iran addressing concerns about its enrichment (of uranium)," said the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), which closely tracks Iran's nuclear program. → Read More
The “ISIS Spring” In North Africa
Libya is unique as it remains the largest haven for terrorist groups affiliated with ISIS, after being the main reservoir and source for all kinds of groups fighting in Syria. → Read More
Turkey Actively Assisting Rebels In Fight Against Syria
Turkey has now involved itself in the battle raging in Aleppo’s northern countryside. → Read More
UN Says Conflicts In Darfur Displace 41,000 In Two Months
Some 300,000 people have been killed in the conflict in Darfur, and the region is home to more than two million internally displaced persons, according to the UN. → Read More
Houthis Reject UN Resolution To Cede Power In Yemen
The UN Security Council, in a resolution adopted unanimously on Sunday, urged the Houthis to relinquish power, release President Abed-Rabbo Mansour Hadi along with other officials, and to negotiate in "good faith." → Read More
UN Envoy Says Assad Must Be Part Of “Political Solution” In Syria
This was the first time a UN envoy on Syria explicitly named Assad as part of a peaceful solution after nearly four years of fighting between pro-government fighters and Western-backed rebels seeking the leader's overthrow. → Read More
Assad Says Damascus Receives Information On US-led Airstrikes
Washington has ruled out cooperating with Assad's government against ISIS, and the Syrian leader said Damascus had no interest in joining the coalition. → Read More
Jordan, US, France Intensify Anti-ISIS Operations Following Murder Of Pilot
A statement from the Jordanian armed forces said tens of jets were deployed in the attacks on Thursday morning, "hitting training camps of the terrorist groups as well as weapons and ammunition warehouses." → Read More
9/11 Plotter Says Saudi Royal Family Directly Involved In 9/11 Attacks
Lawyers for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks say they have new evidence that agents of Saudi Arabia "directly and knowingly" helped the hijackers, including sworn testimony from the so-called 20th hijacker and from three principals of the U.S. government's two primary probes of the... → Read More
230 Egyptian Activists, Including Ahmed Douma, Get Life Sentences
Douma becomes the latest leader from the Tahrir Square uprising to face charges. All were charged with staging "riots." → Read More
Saudi Arabia In The Twitter Trap: Classified Security Documents Leaked
The Mufti of Saudi Arabia was right on the mark when he recently said that Twitter was a source of “evil” and a “scourge” for his kingdom. Secret Saudi documents from the interior and defense ministries were leaked on Twitter on Tuesday. → Read More
HRW: West’s Double Standards Fueled Rise Of Islamist Groups
Kenneth Roth, executive director of HRW, said that Wahhabism and western "double standards" were behind the meteoric rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other militant groups in the region in 2014. → Read More
Israel Kills A Spanish UN Peacekeeper In Lebanon
Israeli army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner said Wednesday's attack was the "most severe" Israel had faced since 2006, when its war with Hezbollah killed more than 1,200 people in Lebanon, mostly civilians, and some 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers. → Read More