A diplomatic disaster was prevented in the Middle East as the remaining Israeli staff in their Embassy in Cairo were rescued from an Egyptian mob storming the facility last week. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a statement posted on the…
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Iran took another step towards joining the nuclear power club by announcing that the Bushehr nuclear power plant had finally joined the electrical grid, according to the Iranian Fars News Agency. Citing a statement from the Atomic Energy Organization of…
Angry over a refusal by Israel to formally apologize for their actions during the 2010 Turkish Gaza flotilla incident, Turkey announced on Friday significant sanctions against Israel. According to a statement posted on the Turkish Foreign Ministry website from Foreign…
As the anti-government protests in Syria and the regime’s brutal crackdown on them continues, Amnesty International released a report on Tuesday recording a significant increase in deaths following arrest in Syria—including graphic descriptions of torture. According to an Amnesty press…
Less than two weeks after a multi-pronged terror attack on August 18 that killed multiple Israelis, the IDF is bolstering the defense on the Israel-Egypt border and near the southern Gaza Strip due to intelligence regarding another terror attack. According…