Tag: Middle East
Israeli held in Lebanon released to United States
A triple citizen of Israel, the United States and the United Kingdom who was arrested in Lebanon in recent days has been freed and deported to the United States, according to Hebrew media reports.
Ynet reported...
US deploying ‘small number’ of new troops to Middle East, as Israel-Lebanon conflict heats...
The United States is deploying additional troops to the Middle East amid heightened tensions in the region, the Pentagon announced on Monday.
Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, would not provide any details...
Beware distinguished professors rewriting history
What are the reasons why 140,000 Jews living in the storied 2,600-year-old Babylonian community—the oldest Jewish diaspora—have dwindled to just three people? The vast majority of the community left between 1950 and 1951 after...
US hypocrisy marks the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s murder
In his press briefing on Friday, U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller was asked about how the Biden administration is responding to the dire situation for women in the Islamic Republic. The journalist referred...
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...
The Iranian regime is not its people
As the specter of escalation in the Middle East looms ever larger, it’s well worth remembering that the government of Iran doesn’t represent those it presumes to speak for: the people of Iran.
Many Iranians...
Madness, sanity, nuclear war and EMP in the Middle East
"Into the eternal gloom, into fire, into ice.”Dante, Inferno
As matters stand presently, it would not be in Iran's interest to use NNEMP weapons. This is because Israel could mount a higher level EMP (an NEMP) retaliation....
Human foundations of Jihad terrorism
Everything in the social world begins with the individual human being. This includes terrorism. Ultimately, Israeli security planners will need to acknowledge that the jihadist adversary, Sunni or Shiite, whether in Gaza or Lebanon,...
Iraq, Iran step up training of militia fighters
Iraq and Iran are reportedly ramping up efforts to train hundreds of fighters for pro-Iranian militias, particularly the Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq, according to Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar.
Sources told Al-Akhbar that training is taking place both within Iraq...
Unyielding reality: why an Islamic Middle East rejects Israel
‘The hour of judgment shall not come until the Muslims fight the Jews, and kill them….”Sahih Muslim, Book 41, cited at The Charter of Hamas (1988)
Israel is loathed by its jihadist enemies because it...