Efforts of the opposition in Syria to overthrow the regime of President Bashar al-Assad seem to be progressing, according to an assessment from the United States. Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, speaking with reporters on Wednesday, cited reports of rebels downing a…
The United States on Wednesday reiterated their intention to vote no on the Palestinians’ planned request to upgrade their status at the United Nations General Assembly later this week, calling the UN effort “a distraction and an irritation” to the…
While Hamas political chief Khaled Meshaal made headlines with claims to CNN that the Gaza-leading terror group is prepared to accept a Palestinian state within the 1967 lines, he effectively ruled out real peace with Israel. That rejectionist stance echoed…
It was a noteworthy occasion: Israel and Gaza had agreed to stop shooting, ending speculation that a new full-scale war was about to begin. And it was an unusual, and therefore significant, announcement: The cessation of hostilities between Israel and…
In the recently-concluded Israel-Gaza conflict, civilians were tragically impacted by the fighting, but the number of civilian casualties was not as high as it could have been. Gaza terrorists often targeted Israeli civilian areas with rockets, and Israel did suffer…
Israel managed to deal Hamas’ rocket arsenal a “very harsh blow” and wipe out the terror’ group’s drone aircraft during Operation Pillar of Defense, an IDF spokeswoman told The Mideast Update on Thursday. The recap of the week-long bombardment campaign…