Iranian-American voters remain divided on Harris and Trump, community leaders say
With the U.S. presidential election just two months away and some states already mailing out ballots, Iranian-American activists and leaders told JNS that the expat Iranian community in the United States is paying close...
Navy commander says officers wanted strong strikes against Houthis; superiors refused
A military leader who served on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group in conflicts against the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen stated that high command rejected requests for heavier attacks against the terrorists.
“There are definite strategies that...
Blinken speaks with top diplomats from Qatar, Egypt on regional tensions
The U.S. State Department reports that Secretary of State Antony Blinken talked with Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar’s prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Wednesday about the...
Abbas prays for Hamas terrorist leader in address to Turkish parliament
Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas opened his address to the Turkish parliament on Thursday by offering a prayer for slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in an assassination last month that has been...
Kirby: Iran is still determined to attack Israel
U.S. intelligence indicates that Tehran has not backed down from its threat to attack Israel, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said in Washington on Thursday.
“Hopefully it doesn’t come to that,” Kirby added during an...
Houthi leader: Iran-led multifront assault on Israel ‘inevitable’
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the military, spiritual and political leader of Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi terrorists, warned on Thursday that the expected multifront assault on Israel led by Tehran is “inevitable and will come.”
“The delay in the...
Oct. 7 terror mastermind Yahya Sinwar to lead Hamas politburo
Yahya Sinwar, Hamas senior leader in the Gaza Strip and the architect of the Oct. 7 massacre, has been chosen to lead the terrorist organization’s so-called political bureau, replacing Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed...
‘NYT’: Iran ‘embarrassed’ Haniyeh killed by bomb planted months earlier, detonated remotely
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed by a remote-controlled explosive device that was planted some two months earlier in the guesthouse where he was accustomed to stay when in Tehran, The New York Times reported on Thursday.
The Lebanese Al-Mayadeen network,...
Legislators meet with ambassadors of UAE, Bahrain, Morocco to advance Gaza group
The Abraham Accords Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives organized its second meeting of the Gaza Working Group on July 26.
Reps. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), Ann Wagner (R-Mo.), David Trone (D-Md.) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)...
US envoy praises Qatar’s role in maintaining ‘peace and security’
U.S. Ambassador to Qatar Timmy Davis stressed the importance of Washington’s diplomatic relationship with Doha for regional “peace and security,” speaking during a meeting with Qatar’s chief spokesperson on Monday.
Davis said he sat down...