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Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at a conference in Jerusalem on Feb. 24, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Bennett: Iran beginning to withdraw from Syria

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Israel’s outgoing defense minister, Naftali Bannett, said on Monday that Iran is starting to remove its forces from Syria and urged his successor Benny Gantz to keep the pressure on Tehran. “Iran is significantly reducing...
Iran's Shahid Rajaee port (Illustrative photo from Jan. 28, 2020.) Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Report: Israel behind ‘highly accurate’ cyber attack on Iranian port

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Israel carried out a recent cyberattack against Iran that shut down one of the country’s major ports for days, causing chaos, apparently in retaliation for an Iranian attack last month on Israel’s water infrastructure, The...
The mausoleum of the biblical Esther and her cousin Mordechai in Hamadan, one of the most important Jewish sites in Iran, May 2002. Credit: Philippe Chavin via Wilimedia Commons.

Groups decry reported arson at Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Iran, urge investigation

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Several Jewish organizations have expressed concern and condemnation over a purported arson attack on the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Hamedan, Iran. Conflicting information surrounds the extent of the attack on the Jewish shrine....

Is Iran going home?

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If you are Iran, it seems, 2020 is not your year. Aside from the devastation of the Wuhan virus, Iraq closed its 1,000-mile southern border with Iran for “security reasons” after months of Iraqi protests...
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the nation on Oct. 27, 2019 in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House to announce details of the U.S. Special Forces mission against ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s compound in Syria. Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

Trump vetoes congressional resolution to limit US military authority vis à vis Iran

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U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he vetoed a congressional resolution to curb his ability to enact future U.S. military action against Iran without congressional approval. “This was a very insulting resolution, introduced...
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War And Pandemic: Expanding Complexities Of Israeli Nuclear Strategy

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“I warn the reader that this essay requires to be read very seriously and that I am unacquainted with any art which can make the subject clear to those who will not bestow on...
An exchange of Iran's currency the rial. This week Iranian lawmakers approved a measure to switch from the rial to the toman, in a bid to curb inflation. Source: Adam Jones via Flickr.

Hit by coronavirus, drop in oil prices and US sanctions, Iran’s economy heads for...

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With the coronavirus pandemic sending oil prices to record low figures, for Iran, which relies on oil exports as its top revenue source, the economic situation appears bleak. Reflecting the precarious economic situation, Iran’s parliament...
Leah Soibel, founder and CEO of Fuente Latina conducting an interview. Source: Facebook.

Latin media a ‘game changer’ in promoting pro-Israel politics, combating Iranian-sponsored hate

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Anti-Semitism has often been described as a disease, and as the coronavirus continues to spread throughout the globe, anti-Semitic forces have sought to create even more infections: Jew-hatred. Iran’s regime has placed itself at forefront...
This satellite image purportedly shows a new Iranian military compound under construction in Syria. Source: ImageSat International.

‘Israeli airstrike in Syria killed nine fighters, some linked with Hezbollah’

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Nine fighters, including six foreigners loyal to the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, were killed on Monday in an Israeli airstrike near Palmyra in Syria’s Homs Governorate, the U.K.-based monitor group Syrian Observatory for Human...
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How Turkey is turning into the next Iran

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While Iran has virtually no close ties with the West and certainly does not speak with the White House, Turkey is a NATO member, and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks from time to time with...