Italy’s former foreign minister urged European nations to join with the United States in adopting a “more assertive policy” with regards to Iran in a commentary published Sunday on Fox News. Giulio Terzi, who served as Italy’s foreign minister from 2011 to 2013, warned that if Iran “emerges from the nuclear...

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Fighting in Syria escalated on Sunday as the United States downed a Syrian warplane that targeted ground forces fighting ISIS, while Iran launched missiles at ISIS targets in eastern Syria, The New York Times reported. Major shift fr #Obama: At least 5th US military attack against #Syria or #Iran-backed allies under #Trump...

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Now that Saudi Arabia and other Arab allies have broken off ties with Qatar due to its terror support, it’s time for the United States to do the same, Josh Block, CEO and President of The Israel Project, wrote Friday in an op-ed published in the Los Angeles Times. Qatar...

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The Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah on Wednesday threatened to strike U.S. positions inside Syria if it crosses any “red lines,” the Associated Press reported. The Lebanese group released a video claiming to show an American drone tailed by an Iranian one over eastern Syria, depicting it as evidence that it could...

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United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that she defends Israel at the UN because “if there’s anything I have no patience for, [it’s] bullies.” Netanyahu greeted Haley on the first day of her trip to Israel, thanking her “for all your help and standing...

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American fighter jets on Thursday struck a convoy of forces loyal to the Syrian regime that approached a base where U.S. and British forces are training Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State, VOA News reported. The pro-regime convoy had come within 18 miles the al-Tanf base, which houses U.S. and...

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The controversy over the possible disclosure of Israeli intelligence by President Donald Trump will affect neither overall U.S.-Israeli relations, nor intelligence cooperation, which remains “solid,” a former official of the Mossad, Israel’s external security agency, told reporters during a conference call Wednesday. Brig. Gen. (ret.) Amnon Sofrin, who headed Mossad’s...

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U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis arrived in Egypt on Thursday as part of his tour of the Middle East. While in Egypt, Mattis is expected to discuss regional security issues with Egyptian Defense Minister Sedki Sobhy and President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. He will also lay a wreath in a...

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Russia vetoed a draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday that would have condemned last week’s alleged chemical attack in Syria and demanded that the Syrian regime cooperate with international investigators. The resolution was drafted and proposed by the United States, United Kingdom, and France, who responded...

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American and Israeli naval commandos participated in joint exercises last week, the latest in an ongoing series of drills between two nation’s militaries. United States Navy Seals, Israel’s Shayetet 13 Naval Commandos, Sa’ar 5 missile ships, Naval Special Warfare vessels, and other Israeli naval boats all participated in the exercises, The...

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