Middle Orient

Local reports say barrage included pamphlets warning Syrian forces against co-operating with terrorist group Israel shelled a site in Syria belonging to Hezbollah early on Monday morning, according to reports in state-affiliated Syrian media. No injuries have been reported. The barrage was claimed to have taken place just across Israel’s …

An Israeli citizen was shot and injured on Tuesday in the northern West Bank as the country was marking Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and terror victims. The incident comes against a backdrop of increased tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank in recent weeks, including a deadly …

The prime minister of Kazakhstan will arrive in Tehran on Wednesday to hold meetings with Iranian officials about the bilateral ties, particularly the trade and economic cooperation. The Iranian president’s deputy chief of staff for political affairs, Mohammad Jamshidi, announced on Tuesday that the Prime Minister of the Republic of …

The international coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria said Monday there has been a “reduction in attacks” by jihadists in both countries this year. The IS extremists in 2014 launched their self-proclaimed “caliphate” across swathes of both countries in a campaign marked by its brutality …

Issuing a statement, the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced that the Turkish army has renewed airstrike on the positions of PKK elements in northern Iraq. According to the statement, three PKK elements were killed in the attack. Earlier on April 17, two people were killed and two others were injured …

The Iranian Army on Thursday took delivery of more than 200 strategic drones manufactured by the Defense Ministry. In an event attended by Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, the strategic unmanned aerial vehicles, designed and manufactured by the Defense Ministry in cooperation with the Army, were delivered to various …

Nothing succeeds like success. Despite every prediction to the contrary, Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, was not swept away during the Arab Spring but, with the considerable support of Russia and Iran, has clung to power. In an utterly ruthless, no-holds-barred civil war, which included the use of deadly chemical weapons …

According to the Israeli Defense Ministry’s data, Hezbollah received $700 million from Iran last year as well as “knowledge and strategic weaponry” such as precision-guided munitions. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned on Thursday that the IDF must prepare for a multi-front war in which Israel faces many serious security threats …

Reza Pahlavi’s trip to Israel and his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to be part of his campaign to garner support for regime change in Iran, as the opposition camps were scrambling for unity. A visit to Israel this week by Iran’s last crown prince, Reza Pahlavi, has …

Syrian Kurds, whom Bashar al-Assad once labeled “traitors” and “collaborators,” now seek a new peace with the Syrian government. As Arab governments and Turkey seek to mend fences with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the country’s Kurds have unveiled a new initiative to make peace with Damascus, saying that Western governments …