The United States should recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) has said. A spokesperson for Hoyer confirmed in response to an inquiry from The Jewish Insider on Thursday that the Congressman believes “Israel should maintain control of the Golan Heights.” Israel captured most...

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Following a weekend that saw Israel retaliate for an Iranian attack on the Golan Heights, Iran’s air force chief said that his forces were ready to fight a war culminating in “Israel’s disappearance,” The Times of Israel reported Monday. “We’re ready for the decisive war that will bring about Israel’s disappearance...

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A general of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that Iran would keep its military forces in Syria, despite a warning from Israel earlier this week, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported Wednesday. “The Islamic Republic of Iran will keep its military advisers, revolutionary forces, and its weapons in Syria,” Major...

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The United States has begun withdrawing its troops from Syria, following last month’s announcement by President Donald Trump that the U.S. would leave the country, The Washington Post reported Thursday. Col. Sean Ryan, spokesman for the U.S.-led forces fighting ISIS, stated that U.S. troops have “begun the process of our deliberate withdrawal from...

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PayPal, the U.S.-headquartered digital payments company, has shut the account of The Third Way, a German neo-Nazi party with links to Iranian-backed Hezbollah, the Syrian regime, and the anti-Israel boycott movement, Benjamin Weinthal reported in The Jerusalem Post on Monday. The donation section on The Third Way website states: “This...

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A German company that sold parts to Iran that were later used to build rockets, announced that it had stopped doing business with the Islamic Republic, Benjamin Weinthal reported in The Jerusalem Post Thursday. Rainer Westermann, a spokesman for The Krempel Group, said that as of several months ago, the company “no longer...

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Satellite images released by an Israeli company show that a Hezbollah facility for storing Fajr-5 missiles was destroyed by overnight airstrikes Tuesday, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. The missile storehouse was located on an Iranian base in Syria, approximately 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the border with Israel. The Fajr-5 missiles...

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Airstrikes, attributed to Israel, targeted some officials of Hezbollah, as well as a shipment of GPS components that would make the terrorist group’s arsenal more accurate, Ynet reported Wednesday. Based on a report in Newsweek citing an unnamed senior Israeli military officer, Ynet reported that there were several airstrikes around the Damascus airport...

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The United States announced Wednesday that it was withdrawing troops from Syria after what it described as the “defeat” of the Islamic State terrorist group. The decision, however, is a fatal miscalculation with potentially devastating consequences for Syria and the region. Our enemies are weakened, but by no means defeated....

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Israel still intends to fight back against Hezbollah threats and Iran’s presence in Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, despite lingering tensions between Jerusalem and Moscow over the downing of a Russian plane in Syria last September. He also said that military delegations...

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