Middle East / Levant

Amir Assad is slated to face an Iranian opponent on Wednesday, but the Israeli team estimates that the Iranian will boycott Assad as well.

EJA's Rabbi Margolin announced that Chatila will join a delegation of European politicians travelling to Auschwitz, where he will receive an award for his actions.

"We will not rest until quiet returns and our neighbors understand we can live together, that it is better to live in peace,” the President said.

Authorities have reportedly intervened in the matter and are seeking to ensure that no loudspeaker for the muezzin or green lighting is installed on the mosque.

Playing the Israeli anthem at the podium, which has happened twice in the last month, would not have been possible until last year, when the United Arab Emirates reversed its ban of Israeli athletes using their country’s symbols such as the flag and anthem at tournaments hosted by the UAE.

"We will also act to thwart Iran's effort to turn Iraq and Yemen into bases for launching rockets and missiles against the State of Israel."

Iran’s First Vice President Es’hagh Jahangiri warned that his country would respond resolutely to countries that try to interfere in Iran’s internal affairs.

"It is our intention to remain in that position working with our SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) partners to continue operations against ISIS."

Watch Syrian missile after missile simple turn over and hit the ground.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a statement after the attack, saying: "I made it clear that whoever hurts us – we will hurt him."

On Tuesday, Bogdanov attended a meeting in Moscow with Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat on the Iranian presence in Syria.

Amnesty believes the real death toll could be much higher, as some reports have suggested as many as 200 killed.

Amnesty International expressed "serious fears that the intentional lethal use of firearms to crush protests has become a matter of state policy.”

The report mentioned that Hezbollah and Iranian militias are active in the area that was attacked.

Satellite imagery released some three weeks ago suggest the Imam Ali compound is intended to be used for training Shiite militias.

Following the attack, there are no special alerts for Golan Heights residents this morning.

This is not the first time Iran has breached the heavy water cap in the nuclear deal; the first violations date back as far as 2016.

The new US Ambassador to Egypt earned a graduate degree at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Georgetown University in Washington DC.

Demonstrators in Shiraz over the weekend shouted: "Not Gaza and not Lebanon, I give my life for Iran."

Alon Leviev beat competitors from Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, as well as an athlete from Abu Dhabi, in the final, to win the gold in the under-55-kilograms (121 pounds) weight category.

Demonstrations and protests raged simultaneously in 75 cities.

Graham, who didn't look happy as Trump's errands boy, said, "I do hope that Turkey and Armenia can come together and deal with this problem."

U.S. assistant secretary of state for Near East Affairs David Schenker said “we have confidence in the Lebanese army, and we think they are important partners in the fight against Sunni jihadists.”

The attack in Damascus coincided with a Tuesday morning IDF attack in Gaza that killed another Islamic Jihad leader, Baha Abu Al-Ata

At present, Iran says it possesses some 150 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves.

31 Jewish farmers cultivate 370 acres in the enclave. This is their source of livelihood and their future is invested there.

The World Bank has warned this week that Lebanon's failure to quickly form a government that meets protesters' demands would likely cause an even faster failure of the local economy.

A report could lead to increased pressure by the White House on Jordan to extradite Ahlam Tamimi to the US. Tamimi played a major role in the 2001 Sbarro pizzeria bombing in Jerusalem that caused the deaths of 15 people, including two Americans, .

Safadi reportedly made it clear to Ben-Shabbat that there will no longer be any agreement between the two governments regarding the lands.

“Iran’s expansion of proliferation-sensitive activities raises concerns that Iran is positioning itself to have the option of a rapid nuclear breakout.”