Middle Orient

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps on Saturday unveiled two cavernous military bases accommodating missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles. IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami unveiled the two bases hiding underground tunnel systems. The subterranean bases accommodate ground-to-ground missile systems with new advanced equipment as well as assault drones capable of …

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met on Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss the Ukrainian crisis, Reuters news agency reported. Israel reportedly offered to mediate in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Since the beginning of the Russian military operation on February 24, Bennett has urged …

Israel has maintained a cautious stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, even as it voted in favor of a UN resolution denouncing Putin’s assault Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday, just hours after the Israeli leader spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart. Russian media, citing …

Iran agrees to a roadmap to resolve all of its issues with the UN nuclear watchdog by late June after the agency’s chief says a nuclear deal would not possible without it Russia’s demand for written U.S. guarantees that sanctions on Moscow would not damage Russian cooperation with Iran is …

Finland shares the longest European border with Russia, and while not a NATO member, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has renewed debate over the prospect of joining Finland aims to buy an anti-aircraft defense system from Israel to help guard its long border with Russia, Finnish Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen said …

Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday to discuss the Ukraine crisis, his office said, followed by a phone call with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The Kremlin confirmed Bennett’s snap visit “to discuss the situation surrounding Ukraine,” spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, in …

In recent months, the phone lines between Ankara and Tel Aviv have been unusually busy. In November, following the release of an Israeli couple that had been detained while vacationing in Istanbul, Israeli President Isaac Herzog rang his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, thanking the leader for his role in …

On Thursday, the city of Qamishli, north of Hassakeh, witnessed an intense security alert of the Russia-backed National Defense Forces militia and pro-Iran militias affiliated with the IRGC. This came after armed clashes took place between the two sides. “The Revolutionary Guards shot at civil defense personnel as they tried …

Syrian government forces used automatic weapons to attack a military checkpoint in the village of Kozliya in the northern countryside of al-Hassakeh governorate. The outpost was run by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is backed by the Washington-led International Coalition. The attack resulted in the death of a government …

A legendary Syrian rebel fighter has offered his expertise to the Ukrainian army in helping them roll back a Russian invasion. Suhail al-Hamood – nicknamed Abu Tow after the anti-tank missile – is said to have destroyed more than 100 Russian-made tanks in Syria during the Free Syrian Army’s battles …