Middle East / Levant

The decree came a few days after a visit to Fez by the king, where he launched the construction of the Museum of Jewish Culture.

Zarif added a paranoid note to the interview when he warned that some people could "plot an accident” that would trigger a crisis leading to war.

U.S. aircraft also reportedly bombed the military airport at the Deir es-Zor air base.

The terror group said the bombings came as revenge for last month’s New Zealand mosque massacres.

“We are ready to draw Lebanon’s maritime borders and those of the Exclusive Economic Zone using the same procedure that was used to draw the Blue Line."

Iran wishes to keep Israel busy around its borders with proxy threats, on the defensive, and deterred.

Nassiri reportedly entered a US embassy in a Persian Gulf state, bringing along strategic documents and asking for political asylum.

Scores of Sri Lankan ISIS terrorists have returned from Syria in 2016.

The epicenter of the quake was located less than 30 miles north of the Israeli community of Kiryat Shemona and even closer to Metullah.

The money will be paid in connection with the State Department’s ‘Reward for Justice’ program.

“I may not remain among you for very long," Nasrallah said, "It is possible that the entire first echelon of leadership could be killed, including myself.”

“We will continue to apply maximum pressure on the Iranian regime until its leaders change their destructive behavior."

It’s not clear why Khamenei made the change, and no reason was given for the new appointment.

The pattern is one that is similar to Iran’s sponsorship of its Gaza-based Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror proxy groups.

“The motives for the dissemination of such blatant misinformation, as well as anyone who would believe it, are incomprehensible."

The Romans absorbed the Golan into the province of Syria, but Caligula restored the territory to Herod's grandson Agrippa in 37 CE.

The Israeli delegation headed by Ben Shabbat includes senior officials from the defense and foreign ministries, as well as the IDF, Mossad and additional agencies.

Cohen’s watch was returned to his widow with great emotion last year after a complex and secret operation by the Mossad.

“We are laser-focused on what’s going on in Lebanon,” said U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. “We will continue to have a heavy focus on any entity or organization that is moving money on behalf of Hezbollah.”

The main target, the Center for Scientific Research, was attacked in July 2018.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani also denounced the United States as the actual “head of global terrorism.”

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the designation is “recognizing a basic reality.”

"The Americans fear the consequences of war with Iran and know that if such a war starts, they will lose."

“Yet another example of how Netanyahu uses electoral politics to justify occupation and undermine the two-state solution.”

A man threw a Molotov cocktail onto the sidewalk outside Beth Israel Synagogue; no damage was reported.

“Syria will liberate the occupied Golan, and all means and all choices are on the table.”

Russia also played a key role.

Baumel’s remains were reportedly recovered in the Yarmouk refugee camp in southern Syria. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed Wednesday evening that that Baumel’s tank jump-suit and his tzitzit were found with his bones.

"I use force when necessary and I'm willing to pay the price, but only when necessary."

Ahlam Tamimi, a Hamas terrorist sentenced to 16 life sentences for her involvement in the 2001 Sbarro pizzeria suicide-bombing in Jerusalem, said to Al Jazeera: “Why are we considered to be terrorists? ... I am part of a resistance movement that strives for liberation.”