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Israeli officials believe that a Hezbollah attack on the Jewish state will be supported by the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), The Jerusalem Post reported Saturday. The LAF did not participate in the last Israel-Hezbollah war, in 2006. But the LAF has improved its capabilities since then, with an arsenal rebuilt via aid from the...

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The International Atomic Energy Agency’s latest report on Iranian compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal suggests “that Iran is not fully complying with the [agreement], or is at least pushing the envelope of compliance in a detrimental direction,” the influential Institute for Science and International Security charged in a report (.pdf)...

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At a memorial service marking 25 years since the bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Islamic Republic is responsible for more than 80 percent of the security threats facing Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. Netanyahu pointed out that Iran orchestrated the 1992 attack...

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A new Iranian film shows the country’s forces destroying a U.S. Navy fleet, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. Battle of Persian Gulf II, directed by Farhad Azima, has opened in the city of  Mashhad and will expand to other cities in the coming weeks. Azima told the AP that producers crowdfunded $250,000 for the movie, which was...

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The leader of the Damascus-based Palestinian terrorist group Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine—General Command said last month that the Iranian proxy group Hezbollah is preparing for war against Israel, “and so are we.” In an interview with the Hezbollah-affiliated Mayadeen TV, Ahmad Jibril called on Iran to ramp...

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Iran is using its strategic ties to North Korea to advance its illicit nuclear weapons program, two experts for the Begin-Sadat Center wrote in a paper published Tuesday. Lt. Col. (ret.) Dr. Refael Ofek and Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Dany Shoham wrote that if Iran “is unwilling to lose years...

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