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Uranium-enrichment centrifuges at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility. Credit: Tehran Times.

IDF: Iran can enrich enough uranium for a bomb within four months

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Iran could develop a nuclear bomb within two years and Hezbollah will not seek an all-out war, according to the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate’s annual threat-assessment report, which was made public on Tuesday. The report,...
An airstrike in Syria on June 24, 2020. Source: Twitter/Majd Fahd.

Syria demands UNSC take ‘immediate’ action following alleged Israeli strike

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The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Thursday demanded that the United Nations Security Council take “firm and immediate” action in the wake of missile strikes on Syrian targets allegedly carried out by Israel on Wednesday...
The view on Mount Bental overlooking the border with Syria in the Golan Heights, Aug. 22, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

New report exposes how Iran is entrenching itself into southern Syria

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A new report released by the Alma Research and Education Center has exposed new details about suspected efforts by the Iranian-led Shi’ite axis to build civilian support networks throughout south Syria. The report highlighted the strategic thinking...
U.S. Department of Treasury headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

US imposes new sanctions on central bank in Syria, wife of Bashar Assad

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The United States on Tuesday enacted new sanctions on Syria, including targeting its central bank and the wife of Syrian President Bashar Assad. In a statement, the U.S. Treasury Department said it sanctioned two individuals,...
Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Gilad Erdan, in his first address to the Security Council, Oct. 26, 2020. Source: Facebook/Gilad Erdan.

Israeli envoy calls for UN action against Iran over its actions in Syria

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Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan has called on the U.N. Security Council to take immediate steps to end the Iranian presence in Syria. The Islamic republic has been largely credited for keeping...
An Israeli soldier neutralizes roadside bombs found on the Israeli side of the Alpha line in the southern Golan Heights, Nov. 17, 2020. Source: IDF Spokesman's Office.

IDF reveals: Iranian Quds Force’s Unit 840 behind Golan Heights bombing attempt

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The Iranian Quds Force’s Unit 840 was responsible for the roadside bombs discovered by Israeli forces on Tuesday in the southern Golan Heights, the Israeli military revealed on Thursday. According to the Israel Defense Forces, the...
U.S. Department of Treasury headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

US enacts new sanctions on Syrian entities, individuals

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The Trump administration imposed sanctions on 19 entities and individuals on Monday that it accused of providing support to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime. Among those sanctioned were the National Defense Forces, the Syrian Ministry of...
Israeli-British journalist Jonathan Spyer speaking at the India Foundation think tank on Sept. 21, 2017. Credit: Wikipedia.

US rescinds entry ban of Israeli-British journalist

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The United States has lifted the entry ban it had placed on Jonathan Spyer, announced the Israeli-British journalist on social media. “Expiration Date: 2030. Thanks and love to all those who helped,” in a Facebook post featuring...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Moscow in June 2016. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Netanyahu, Putin discuss Iran, Syria and COVID-19

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday morning to discuss regional security issues, the Prime Minister’s Office reported. The conversation between the two leaders focused on...
Jonathan Spyer speaking at a Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies lecture in March 2019. Source: Screenshot.

Lift the US ban on journalist Jonathan Spyer

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There is no role in journalism that is more mentally and physically punishing than that of a war correspondent. Reporters and writers who cover wars are, in my experience, a special breed. Insofar as generalizations...