Middle East / Levant

The loss of oil revenue appears to be impacting Iran’s ability to fund its terror activities.

Control operations have treated nearly 85,000 hectare since December, of which 30,000 hectare were treated in the past three weeks in Egypt, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia and Sudan.

The GPPi estimates that some 90% of all confirmed chemical attacks were launched after Obama's August 2013 "red line" warning.

The presidential term in office was extended to six years from four, with a transitional clause that resets the clock, should al-Sisi, who is 63, wish to stay in power until he turns 78, in 2034.

Hariri also said Lebanon would still be neutral in regional conflicts, while furthering ties with other countries and the European Union.

The Homefront Command’s missile-alert system is one of the most sensitive parts of Israel’s civilian and military infrastructure.

The grand ayatollah also cautioned his flock, "Do not trust the Europeans."

Trump then joked, “They wouldn’t do that for me, Judah.”

Nevertheless, the United States applauded the development.

"With the help of Hamas ... and the head of the Palestinian branch of the Iranian Quds Force, Iran is trying to turn Judea and Samaria into a fourth military front against Israel."

The new tunnel, like the rest of the exposed Hezbollah terror tunnels, has been booby-trapped, so that anyone entering from the other side would be risking their lives.

This was the first Israeli airstrike on the Damascus area in 2019. The last time the IAF hit the same area was on December 25, 2018.

Pompeo also announced The United States will host an international summit next month to promote stability and freedom in the Middle East.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday that the thousands of Turkish troops amassed along the Syrian border would attack whether the US is out or not.

The ‘Gates of Fire’ battalion will serve under the IDF ‘Baram’ Brigade that guards the region.

The false killer whale has been known to approach and offer fish it has caught to humans diving or boating.

Senior Russian commanders on the ground in Syria actually admire the IDF and its aggressive style – as long as the IDF does not shoot down Ilyushin planes, of course.

Multiple weapons depots belonging to pro-Iranian militias were hit, according to a local source.

The two men agreed to coordinate in order to prevent formation of a power vacuum as U.S. troops are drawn down from Syria.

"There has been an improvement. Erdogan used to attack me every two hours and now it is every six hours."

"Each tunnel is different from the other, some were carved into the rock, others are made of concrete, some go down into our territory, others rise up."

"They made it clear that they have other ways of expressing their influence in the area... We will study its timetable, how it will be implemented and – of course – its implications for us."

To the vast majority of Muslims, the very existence of a Jewish state is a violation of everything that's sacred. Which makes Bahrain's stand extremely unusual and extremely brave.

The FIDE "has agreed to strip Saudi Arabia from the right to host a forthcoming chess tournament, after a lawyers' letter was sent by two Israeli nationals."

Liberman, who was eager to make good on his public announcements about getting even with Gaza, felt that Netanyahu was making him look bad, manipulating his position to make it untenable.

The Boeing 747 belonged to Fars Air Qeshm Airlines, which is used by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

In a speech a week ago, Erdoğan attacked "The famous Hungarian Jew Soros."

The plan will be revealed, he said, "when the Administration concludes we have maximized its potential for acceptance, execution and implementation."

Greenblatt: "Rouhani continues to spread the Iranian regime’s hateful and destructive ideology instead of improving Iranian lives."

Egyptian mediators allegedly asked Gazans to maintain a distance from the border with Israel for at least three weeks.