Relatives of Americans jailed by Iran testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Tuesday about the ordeals of their loved ones. As The New York Times reported: It was the first time that the relatives of all four Americans — Amir Hekmati, 31, Saeed Abedini, 34, Jason Rezaian, 39, and Robert A. Levinson,...

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The United States accused the Iran-backed regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of assisting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) by conducting air strikes against anti-Assad rebels battling ISIS, Reuters reported today. Islamic State fighters pushed back rival insurgents north of Aleppo on Sunday near the Turkish border, threatening...

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An anti-Assad rebel group in Syria may quit the American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) over American demands that it not target the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Michael Weiss reported Sunday for The Daily Beast. A centerpiece of the U.S. war plan against ISIS...

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Israel-based humanitarian relief agency IsraAID has sent a team of volunteers to flood-ravaged Texas to help with relief efforts. This is not the first time the Israeli organization has sent disaster relief aid to the U.S. The latest team of seven volunteers will help with removing debris from damaged houses...

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Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah said that the United States and France were coordinating a United Nations Security Council resolution that would put a time limit on the establishment of a Palestinian state. Hamdallah, who is the prime minister of the Fatah-Hamas Palestinian unity government, made the claim in an interview...

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An Iranian general threatened that any attempt to blockade a ship headed to Yemen “will spark war,” The Times of Israel reported today. Iran claims that the ship, the Shahed, is headed to Yemen to provide what humanitarian aid. Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier-General Massoud Jazzayeri warned that any attack on...

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The absence of most of the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries at a summit with President Barack Obama later this week at Camp David reflects a fear that the emerging nuclear with Iran will endanger them, analysts told The New York Times today. Gulf nations worry further that any sanctions relief...

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The deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that he would “welcome war” with the United States, The Times of Israel reported today. Brigadier General Hossein Salami, the deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guard Corps, said in an interview on state-run television that a battle with the...

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Sunni Gulf states are seeking security assurances and weapons from the United States in return for their support of any future deal made with Iran over its nuclear program, increasing instability in a region that is already combustible. Over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal reported that key Gulf states,...

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Citing the current “fecklessness” of American policy towards Syria, which has led to the defection of moderate rebels to extremist factions and the growing military assertiveness of Saudi Arabia and Turkey, a staff editorial in The Washington Post called for an American-protected safe zone to allow moderate opposition leaders and...

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