Middle East / Levant

Israel revealed new intelligence information in the Security Council: Iran and Syria are smuggling dual-use equipment into Lebanon to build up Hezbollah.

The bloggers and journalists are in Israel on the invitation the Foreign Ministry, some coming from Arab countries which have no diplomatic relations with the Jewish state.

Yassin had already identified at least 100 Lebanese living in Uganda for possible recruitment by Hezbollah.

Al-Arouri: "We are on the same path as the Islamic Republic — the path of battling the Zionist entity and the arrogant ones.”

"The F-35 cannot coexist with a Russian intelligence collection platform that will be used to learn about its advanced capabilities.”

The journalists and bloggers, include citizens from Saudi Arabia and Iraq. They will tour Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa and Nazareth, and will meet with Members of Knesset, Foreign Ministry officials and academics.

Measures being contemplated by the UK include pushing for the renewal of EU and UN sanctions as well as the freezing of Iranian assets in London.

Hezbollah: “The sanctions (on Iran) now have us preparing for dealing with the Israeli front. We will fire the first shot this time."

A source at Twitter confirmed to the BBC the Iranian news agency accounts were suspended for “coordinated and targeted harassment of people associated with Baha’i."

Some 800 – 1,000 of the families receiving the funds belong to the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing.

It is still not clear why the airline chose to suspend its flights to the Egyptian capital, and the company hasn't offered any explanation.

Photos of Syrian children were repackaged for a Gaza campaign.

The UK foreign office issued a travel advisory to British nationals planning to visit Egypt, saying "there is a heightened risk of terrorism against aviation."

U.S. Central Command has announced the development of a multinational plan to increase protection in key international waterways after the Iranian seizure of the British vessels.

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt warned that Iran is choosing a "dangerous path" of "illegal and destabilizing" behavior.

The unmanned aerial vehicle threatened the American amphibious assault ship, the USS Boxer, while it was in the Strait of Hormuz.

A senior Hamas delegation arrived in Russia this week for an official visit, during which the renewal of ties between the Gaza-based terror organization and Syria were examined.

Carbon fiber is a crucial component for making a nuclear bomb, announced the U.S. Department of Justice.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh had planned to travel to Iran, Turkey and Qatar to raise funds • Gaza media claims Egypt and Israel are working together to undermine the terrorist group's ties to Iran.

Back in 2005, Lebanon's labor ministry allowed Palestinian refugees to engage in professions from which they had been barred since 1948.

Egyptian pressure on Hamas is meant to soften the terror group’s stance vis-à-vis Israel and the PA while detaching it from Qatari influence.

Nasrallah counted the rich targets bank concentrated in a very small area in Tel Aviv

The IAEA has not made the information public, nor was it shared during a quarterly meeting of the agency's 35 member nation Board of Governors this past week.

Five Iranian boats attempted to seize a British-flagged oil tanker, ordering it to move into Iranian waters, in an apparent retaliation for the detention of the Iranian oil tanker.

Ra’nem was a member of the delegation of PA businessmen who participated in the Peace to Prosperity summit in Manama last month.

On Wednesday, Iran’s military chief of staff Major General Mohammad Baqeri said that a crushing response is awaiting those who threaten the security of Iran and its borders.

“The Agency continues to verify the non-diversion of nuclear material declared by Iran under its Safeguards Agreement. Evaluations regarding the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities continue.”

Israeli intelligence agencies have helped prevent at least 50 terror attacks planned by the Islamic State group and Iran in 20 countries across the globe over the past three years, according to Israel's Channel 12 television.

"The United States’ maximum pressure campaign against Iran and its proxies, Hezbollah chief among them, has already succeeded in limiting the financial support Hezbollah receives from the Iranian regime."

The deal was based on a lie: that Iran was not seeking nuclear weapons.