Middle East / Levant

Iraq has officially been at war with Israel since 1948.

Hamas and the Islamic Jihad terror groups in the Gaza Strip issued similar threats against Israel in recent days.

Reports indicate a drone attack against an Iranian military base.

Israel is outraged by the American leak to the New York Times that said Israel is responsible for the assassination of senior Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) officer Hassan Sayyad Khodayari in Tehran.

The sanctioned individuals and companies are said to be generating hundreds of millions of dollars for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force and Hezbollah.

Delek Group and its subsidiary, NewMed Energy, announce developing the disputed Aphrodite offshore gas field off the Cypriot coast.

“This is additional proof of Iranian efforts to advance toward achieving nuclear weapons,” said Bennett.

The event took place at a time when both countries are seeking to strengthen bilateral ties following the establishment of diplomatic relations in late 2020.

Trump planted a time bomb that would eventually block the revival of the nuclear deal with Iran.

The relations between Israel and Turkey have been sour for years as Erdoğan and his Islamist ruling party have drawn the country toward the Muslim Brotherhood and have espoused anti-Israel Islamic ideas, and even anti-Semitic notions.

Report: Tiran and Sanafir islands could be transferred to Saudi sovereignty if negotiations succeed, paving the way to Saudi normalization steps.

State media reported Colonel HassanSayyad Khodayari was shot five times by two men on motorcycles as he pulled up in front of his home in an alleyway in the eastern part of the Iranian capital.

“To ensure secrecy, weapons are transported on civilian flights from Iran to Damascus International Airport, exposing civilians to imminent danger," according to the IDF.

“The Jewish community is an integral part of Greek identity, a fact that has been too often denied for centuries,” Greece’s Chief Rabbi Gabriel Negrin said at the exhibition’s inauguration ceremony. “This history should be passed on to future generations in order to combat ignorance and prejudice.”

Syrians claim surface-to-surface missiles were launched at Syrian targets from the Golan Heights.

The three vets said they had been told by a senior officer to “keep your mouth shut.”

The Iranians coopted the identities of real people to lure Israeli academics and businessmen abroad for their nefarious purposes.

King Abdullah II stated that he approved measures such as restricting Prince Hamzah’s communications and movements because of his “erratic behavior and aspirations.”

The United States designated Hezbollah as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) on October 31, 2001.

The simulation is set to take place in Cyprus beginning May 29, during the fourth and final week of the 'Chariots of Fire' military drill.

Several such incidents have occurred in the past.

Pro-Hezbollah parties did not fare as well as they had in the past in Lebanons elections.

Iran is currently working to complete the production and installation of 1,000 advanced IR6 centrifuges, including at an underground site near Natanz.

“The missiles did not constitute a threat on [Israeli Air Force] planes and there was no lock by the battery’s radar on the planes, but this is a dramatic precedent,” according to SANA.

Jordan is interested in the continued survival of the Bennett-Lapid government, with the understanding that a new status quo agreement regarding Jordan’s augmented control of the Temple Mount can be extracted from it.

The missile fire did not pose a threat to Israel Air Force aircraft – the S-300 radar did not “lock” on the planes -- but the incident itself sets a disturbing precedent.

I've noticed many improvements in Shusha since my last visit there a year ago.

The President also congratulated Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed on assuming the role of President of the United Arab Emirates.

This is the twelfth IAF strike in Syria since the beginning of 2022, according to the SOHR’s count.

He served as president of the UAE for 17 years, and the emir of Dubai.