“Netanyahu’s decision to reassert Israel’s claim to the Golan Heights comes amid a U.S.- and Russia-led push for a negotiated settlement to the conflict. Israel worries that may include a renewed effort […]
NETANYAHU TELLS PUTIN GOLAN HEIGHTS WILL REMAIN UNDER ISRAELI CONTROL
“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russian President Vladimir Putin that retaining the disputed Golan Heights under Israeli control is a “red line” for his country.” “Netanyahu spoke to Putin, on Thursday, […]
Netanyahu vows that Israel will never give up Golan Heights
“In a lead-up to the Geneva talks, representatives of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad signaled that they wanted the discussions to include a possible return of the region.” Netanyahu was having none of […]
Regional conflicts spill into Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps
“The situation is particularly worrisome right now at the Ain al-Hilweh camp, where Fatah security official Gen. Fathi Zeidan was assassinated April 12. Another member of the secular Fatah movement was killed […]
AEI link analysis of the transfer of 9M133 Kornet Launchers from KRG to ISIS
Michael Rubin, who writes for the American Enterprise Inistitute (AEI), is a former Pentagon official whose major research areas are the Middle East, Turkey, Iran and diplomacy. Rubin instructs senior military officers […]
Kurdish official calls defeating ISIS ‘a huge mistake’
The Article by the American Enterprise Institute states: “So, an up-and-coming official in Barzani’s political party believes that fighting Shi‘ites should trump defeating the Islamic State? The Obama administration’s response? Give the […]
Turkeys war against the PKK/Russian Ally
Today in Bursa, in the Aegian district 300 kilometers from Ankara, a female suicide bomber detonated her suicide vest injuring 13 civilians, outside of the city’s main mosque. The bombing is being […]
Pope Francis reneges on offer to take in Christian refugees
The article states: Roula and Malek Abo, who had been housed in a refugee camp on Lesbos, said they thanked their lucky stars when they found out the Vatican had selected them […]
Human Rights Watch: Christian Demonstration Blocked Sought to Protest Kurdish Land “Encroachment”
Human Rights Watch (HRW) obtained official documents dating to 1992 and 1994 ordering an end to Kurdish encroachments on Christian land in Kashkawa and Rabitki, two villages in Nahle Valley. Paul Khashaba, […]
Israel Providing Intelligence to Jordan, Egypt in Fight Against ISIS
JNS.org – Israel is providing intelligence assistance to Jordan and Egypt in the fight against the Islamic State terror group, a senior Israeli military officer said on Wednesday. “Egypt fights the Islamic […]