Middle East / Levant

The U.S. military has put its forces in Iraq on high alert amid the escalating tensions with Iran.

Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain condemned the attack.

Few Arab or Muslim intellectuals or politicians recognize the simple fact that the Nakba was the direct result of the total Arab rejection of the 1947 UN partition plan, which awarded them their own state, alongside a Jewish state.

Mogherini: The Secretary "heard very clearly from us . . . the most responsible attitude to take . . . should be that of maximum restraint, avoiding escalation on the military side."

The U.S. has warned that “Iran or its proxies” may be targeting maritime traffic in the region.

Israel has already begun to implement the understandings with Hamas by extending the Gaza fishing zone to 15 nautical miles last Friday and opening the border crossings.

“As of now, we only know that he is planning to oversee the distribution of funds to poor families. We will not know any other details until after he arrives.”

The International Judo Federation (IJF) announced they reached an historic agreement with Iran’s Judo Federation.

Israel is complying and the situation in Gaza is returning this morning to the routine of the days before the sudden attack a week ago Saturday.

Following talks with the Iranian Sports Ministry, "the IJF is pleased to announce that it received a favorable response and commitment from the Iranian side.”

Two B-52s were deployed to U.S. Central Command in Qatar in addition to the Patriot missile batteries in a further show of force as tensions rise with Iran.

"We will not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, and we will deepen our roots even further in our homeland, as our forefathers did," Netanyahu vowed.

“We currently have 1,044 centrifuges in [the Fordo nuclear facility], and if the establishment wants, we will restart 20% uranium enrichment in Fordo.”

It’s believed Iran may be weighing an attack in response to the Trump administration’s stepped-up sanctions against Tehran.

Qatar, Iran, Egypt, Hamas and Islamic Jihad are in a complex power play, as part of a war of prestige, allegiance and influence.

While Hamas and the PA are half a billion dollar richer, Israel, with a growing budget deficit of more than 3% and counting, is licking its wounds.

Earlier this year, Turkey’s Islamist Justice and Development Party, the AK Party, as it is called (AKP), lost its battle for control over the...

Bolton said the U.S. wanted to make clear that "any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force.”

"A citizen was martyred and three others were wounded by Israeli fire at car in the center of Gaza City."

Despite the complaints there were no injuries or deaths reported.

Turkey has yet to condemn Gaza's attacks on Israel.

President Donald Trump reportedly “views the Muslim Brotherhood as a key national security threat.”

The residents have called for a mass demonstration against what they called “displays of normalization with the Zionists.”

The sense of there being no place to go directly connects us to the plight of our parents and grandparents in Europe in the 1930s and '40s.

There are no diplomatic ties between Dubai and Israel

Among economic and other incentives, the Saudi offer apparently also includes the founding of a 'Palestinian' embassy in the West Bank town of Abu Dis, located on Jerusalem’s eastern outskirts.

The projection comes amid U.S. sanctions that were lifted under the 2015 nuclear accord, but reimposed in November under the Trump administration, in addition to new economic penalties against Tehran.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon thanked the Times for the apology, but noted that “now comes the hard part.”

U.S. CentCom chief says Washington will create a united front with its allies against Tehran.

One of the Syrians is a terrorist, the other, a drug dealer.