The U.S.-led coalition in Syria conducted air and artillery strikes against pro-regime forces on Wednesday, killing more than 100 troops allied with the regime of Bashar al-Assad, after an “unprovoked attack” on the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Politico reported. Pro-regime troops marched on the compound of the SDF in Khusham,...

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The United States and Argentina announced on Sunday that they will be working together to tackle Hezbollah’s financial networks in Latin America. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and his Argentinian counterpart Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie confirmed during a news conference that they will cooperate to drain the Iranian-backed terror...

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In an effort to fix the weaknesses in the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, a new working group tasked with forming a joint United States-European Union position on Iran’s ballistic missile program “must produce nothing less than a commitment to reimpose tough sanctions on Iran” if it continues to develop...

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When Federica Mogherini, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs  finally spoke up about the protests that have recently roiled Iran, she didn’t speak up for freedom and demand that the government  respect the rights of the protesters, but rather, she offered a non-judgmental “we expect all concerned to refrain from...

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It’s no coincidence that Harvard and UCLA chose experienced Israelis to direct their technology-transfer offices. Cash-strapped universities urgently need to streamline the transfer of inventions from lab bench to market, and Israeli TTOs have a remarkable track record of generating more revenue from IP sales than any other country except...

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A non-binding resolution introduced in the United Nations General Assembly rejecting President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital as “null and void” passed but with “significantly lower” support than the Palestinians had hoped for, the Associated Press reported Thursday. Every nation deserves to choose its capital or where...

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Bal Harbour on Wednesday made history when the South Florida municipality became the first of its kind in the United States to pass an ordinance that defines an anti-Semitic hate act. The ordinance aims to assist police in identifying and processing anti-Semitic crimes, especially when official instructions are not readily...

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A senior White House official said that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s rhetoric “has prevented peace for years,” the Associated Press reported Wednesday, after Abbas said that President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was a “crime,” and threatened to abandon previous agreements reached with Israel. The anonymous senior administration official reiterated...

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Ahead of decisions of importance to Tehran by United States and U.K. governments, the Iranian state television showed footage of two foreign nationals who have been jailed by the regime, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported Monday. The spouses of Xiyue Wang, an American graduate student, and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian dual citizen who works for...

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In response to Palestinian calls for Israel to be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court, the Trump administration on Friday advised the Palestinian Authority (PA) that its PLO Mission in Washington D.C. will be shut down unless the PA engages in “direct, meaningful negotiations with Israel.” The Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...

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