Middle East / Levant

The Prime Minister’s Office has denied President Shimon Peres ever reached a deal with PA Chairman Abbas.

Iranian Fars news agency reports a massive explosion in Qazvin city in Iran. The explosion supposedly happened in a "storage facility".

Egypt is to receive 4.5 BCM (billion cubic meters) each year for 15 years, valued at 1.1 to 1.3 billion dollars a year.

Iran has outlawed WhatsApp, reportedly because it is now owned by that wily, Jewish, Zionist Mark Zuckerberg.

In photos of the two bloody crucified Syrians, passersby don't even give them a second glance.

Syrian soldiers and rebels killed more than 50 people and wounded more than 100 others in a car bomb blast in a regime-held neighborhood...

Kerry: I do not believe nor have I ever said that Israel is or intends to become an Apartheid State.

On Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day, President Peres focused on anti-Semitism and its dangers to Jews around the world.

It is one thing “never to forget,” and it is another to remember not to let it happen again.

NYU SJP students crept into a primarily Jewish dorm and shoved propaganda under the doors of the sleeping students.

Turkey “will strongly support the reconciliation agreement and offer all humanitarian aid” for the Hamas-Fatah unity government that was announced Wednesday,  Turkish Foreign Minister...

At the press conference with the Israeli reporters, Abbas threatened to cancel the Oslo Accords, dismantle the Palestinian Authority, and force the Israeli government to pay the salaries of PA employees and the police.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Abbas must choose between peace with Israel or Hamas.

Tunisian lawmakers are questioning their tourism minister over a decision to allow Israelis to enter the country for the El Ghriba synagogue pilgrimage.

Egypt receives an estimated $700 million of oil every month from Arab countries, according to a report in the Egyptian Independent. Egypt's Petroleum Minister Sherif...

The US has decided to begin restoring its military aid to Egypt, apparently in response to the Egypt-Russia MiG-35 deal that is on the table.

Bashar Assad will be running for president of Syria again...

This massive Russian-Egyptian arms deal is a slap in the face for President Obama and his failed foreign policy.

Jordan’s foreign minister summoned the Israeli ambassador to protest what it called Israel’s “violations” on the Temple Mount. The Jordanian government told Ambassador Daniel Nevo...

A special unit in the Israeli army comprised solely of Bedouin trackers is keeping Israel’s northern border safe.

The United States has announced it possesses evidence the Syrian government is using chemical weapons against its own civilians.

On Friday afternoon, Syrian fighter jets hit opposition/rebel targets and villages on the Syrian side of the Ramat HaGolan (Golan Heights), in the Quneitra...

The US may pretend it was forced to give up Pollard, but it is US that most wants to continue talks.

A report in the Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, citing sources in Lebanon, said Hezbollah is facing increasing financial pressure over austerity measures by the Iranian...

Israel has launched another military satellite to keep an eye on Iran as Tehran ramps up its nuclear development program.

Two Israeli Merkava tanks crossed the electronic fence on the northern border and entered Lebanese territory Tuesday, the Lebanese-run National News Agency reported. The IDF...

The United States has awakened to the fact that Tehran is ignoring its policies and moving ahead with nuclear development.

A self-described former terrorist, Dr. Tawfik Hamid states that the Arabs' suffering must be acknowledged, but the source of their suffering is their own leadership.

Iran named a terrorist as ambassador to the UN, the Senate passed a bill banning his entry.

A masked terrorist shot killed a widely-known Dutch priest and another priest in the city of Homs Monday, another sign of what the awaits...