Middle East / Levant

“This is part of a maximum, unprecedented U.S. economic pressure campaign the United States is waging against the world’s largest state-sponsor of terror.”

Mnuchin warned SWIFT, the bloodline of global banking, the US would penalize if should it not cut off financial services to entities doing business with Iran.

During Sunday's rallies, the demonstrators chanted slogans against the US and Israel.

The Gaza fishing zone would be expanded to 14 nautical miles. The Kerem Shalom and Erez crossings would open permanently.

"The effect of the initial sanctions is already being felt - the rial has plummeted, Iran's economy is depressed and the results are evident."

The security delegation will discuss measures to stabilize the current cease-fire and prevent friction on the Gaza Strip border, but talks will not address halting tomorrow's return marches.

Promsyryeimport has been operating an "oil-for-goods" program in Iran.

"At present, Russian advisers are preparing Syrian military personnel for combat work on these modern air defense systems."

Oron is the second official female ambassador to an Arab nation; the first was Einat Klein, who represented Israel in Jordan.

Netanyahu: "There is much hope when we hear our national anthem; everyone is moved by this honor and pride. It is not only your personal achievement and the Jewish achievement of Israeli sports, but also the fact that the anthem was being played in Abu Dhabi."

Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev was invited by an official representative of United Arab Emirates to an official visit at the Sheikh Zayed...

Israel was looking to end the constant infiltrations from the Gaza Strip of Fedayeen terrorists, who robbed and murdered Israeli settlers—many of whom were recent newcomers to the Jewish State.

"To prevent more attacks against Jews, the battle against all manifestations of antisemitism must be fierce and global."

For the first time ever, the Israeli national anthem, Hatikvah, played in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.

The last visit to Oman by an Israeli leader took place in 1996, when then-Prime Minister Shimon Peres arrived for talks.

"In the future, we plan to carry out a joint patrolling mission directly to the southernmost end of the demilitarized zone."

Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh played down President Trump's attempts to "zero down Iran's crude exports," warning that the US sanctions will only inflame the market.

“At this time the soldiers are wrapping up rescue operation and will continue to search for those who are still missing to the best of their ability as the weather conditions permit in the area of the flood zone.”

So far, operations in the village include mainly observations, using equipment provided by Hezbollah to local enlisted activists who report back to the terror organization.

But Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, announced on Wednesday that his government plans to fulfill its arms sales contracts with Saudi Arabia despite his personal "dismay" over the journalist's killing.

"Everyone, those who ordered his murder and those who executed it, should answer for their doing," Erdogan said, labeling the killing of Khashoggi a "political murder."

As of February 2009, many key points in Resolution 1701 remain insufficiently addressed.

Tehran police and the courts would have to find new scapegoats for the falling rial.

Naturally, the thousands of anti-Israel demonstrators were drinking fresh water drawn from lake Kinneret and other Israeli water sources—as part of the same 1994 peace treaty.

"We have the same minds and we have the same hearts," Netanyahu said, adding, "We have the same interests and the same values."

This model offers the latest cockpit and training system modifications to help Saudi pilots transition to the Eurofighter Typhoon combat jet.

Come Friday, all hell should break loose around 2 PM, when the mosques in Gaza let people out.

The Israeli and Saudi military leaders discussed the Iranian issue, about which their views are similar.

Basij recruitment efforts include the training of Iranian children as fighters for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force, who then deploy to Syria to support the brutal Assad regime.

It took more than five years of trials and appeals for German prosecutors to finally convict Motassadeq in 2007.