middle east
Israeli Ministers Say U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Does Not Bind Israel, Israel Will Not Abandon Conquered Territories
Top Israeli officials said not only that Israel is not bound by the U.S.-Iran peace pact to be signed on Friday, but also that it will not abandon the territories it has illegally seized in Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon.The nation’s ministers of…
Israeli Ministers Say U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Does Not Bind Israel, Israel Will Not Abandon Conquered Territories
Top Israeli officials said not only that Israel is not bound by the U.S.-Iran peace pact to be signed on Friday, but also that it will not abandon the territories it has illegally seized in Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon.The nation’s ministers of…
Iran Denies Agreeing to Trump’s Peace Deal; Netanyahu Not Informed, Says Israel Will Never Permit Iran to Get Nukes
President Trump announced an end to the Iran War last night and said a peace deal will be signed in Europe, but Iran quickly denied that its leaders had agreed to any terms.Trump announced the putative peace pact, called a memorandum of…
Trump: U.S. Will Hit Iran Tonight and Soon “Be Taking Kharg Island”
President Donald Trump said today that U.S. forces will take Iran’s Kharg Island, which handles 90 percent of the nation’s oil exports, and take control of the nation’s energy infrastructure. Such a move would require U.S. ground troops.And, he…
U.S. Strikes Iranian Military Facilities After Drone Takes Down Apache Helicopter
The war in Iran appears to be escalating again.U.S. forces hit military targets in Iran yesterday to retaliate for Iran’s downing of a U.S Army Apache helicopter. The chopper was flying near the Strait of Hormuz and was hit by an Iranian…
U.S., Iran Agree to 60-Day Ceasefire; Awaits OK From Trump, Iranian Leaders. Trump Threatens to Blow Up Oman.
Iran and the United States have agreed to a 60-day ceasefire in their nearly three-month-long war and only await the approval of U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s top officials.President Trump will think the deal over for a few days, Axios’…
Iran Threatens Retaliation for U.S. Attack After Trump Said Peace Was at Hand, Israel Hits Lebanon
Iran has said it will retaliate against the United States after U.S. attacks on Monday, which trespassed the ceasefire in the increasingly senseless war.Despite President Trump’s claim early yesterday that negotiations to end the war against…
Netanyahu: We Will Sue NYT for Exposé Alleging Sexual Torture in Israeli Prisons
Israel is planning to sue The New York Times over a shocking report that Israeli prison officials are sexually torturing Palestinian prisoners.Opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof’s 3,500-word exposé graphically details mind-boggling cruelty,…
Joint Chiefs: War in Iran Benefits China, Shifts Global Balance of Power
The war against Iran has not only depleted American weapons stockpiles, but also given China a good look at U.S. military capability and strategy and the chance to portray the United States as an out-of-control superpower flailing away in…
Trump Opposed Sending Weapons to Kurds for Iranian Opposition, Knew Weapons Would “Never Get There”
President Trump appeared completely befuddled yesterday about the failure of Iraq-based Kurds to provide opponents of Iran’s Islamic regime with the American-supplied weapons they need to overthrow it. And, he said, he opposed giving weapons to…