Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Wednesday, and called on regional countries to “fight terrorism and extremism.”  “I say to the other (regional) players

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon made a round of visits to terror victims and their families on Wednesday, following terror attacks last week near Shiloh and Jerusalem.  First, Ya’alon visited IDF

Turkey is ready to begin operations against Islamic State (IS) jihadists together with its NATO ally the United States after a brief “pause” for coordination purposes, a Turkish foreign ministry official said

Internal Security Minister MK Gilad Erdan (Likud) defended on Wednesday the recent legalization of force-feeding hunger-striking security prisoners, before attacking the Israel Medical Association for its opposition.  “As part of the uncompromising struggle against

Justice Minister MK Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) remains undeterred by the High Court for Justice’s amendment of the Infiltrator Law – and is reportedly seeking to implement it to full

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas wants to retire, according to a report released Wednesday, due to his advanced age and fatigue.  Palestinian Arab sources close to the PA government

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday vowed there would be “no concessions” in Turkey’s relentless offensive against Kurdish militants, AFP reported. The statement came a day after the Turkish

Former United States President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday announced he has been diagnosed with cancer. “Recent liver surgery revealed that I have cancer that now is in other parts of

Switzerland will on Thursday officially lift sanctions against Iran that had been suspended since January 2014, the government announced on Wednesday, according to Reuters. “The Federal Council (government) wishes today’s

It is impossible to forge a good deal with an adversary you do not understand. Bernard Lewis, an expert on Middle East culture, and Yaakov Amidror, an expert on Middle East

A Polish-Jewish activist came before a Warsaw court on Tuesday to face charges he incurred for leading a pro-Israel demonstration last summer during Operation Protective Edge. At the height of

A mob of Arabs threw rocks at Border Police officers stationed at the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives on Wednesday night, wounding one of them lightly in the head.

Eyewitnesses report a large explosion in a gas storage station in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin Wednesday night. Chinese news reports that a blast wave reached several kilometers

Hamas continues to boast of its military prowess, asserting Wednesday it has taken control of an IDF drone that fell inside the Beit Lahia area in northern Gaza.  In a video clip,

Iranian and Russian warships took part in joint “war games” training exercises on Tuesday in Iranian waters, giving clear expression to the military cooperation between the two states. Commander of

The Hill reports that support for the Iran nuclear agreement is building among Democrats, with 18 Democratic senators now publicly supporting the deal. Congress has until September 17 to vote on

Syria’s government is committing war crimes against besieged residents of Eastern Ghouta outside Damascus, with heavy aerial bombardment compounding the misery created by a regime blockade, Amnesty International said Wednesday. In a new report, the

Three dozen retired generals and admirals released an open letter Tuesday supporting the Iran nuclear deal and urging Congress to do the same, reports The Washington Post. Calling the agreement

If the United States walks away from the nuclear deal with Iran, it would threaten ties with other world powers and could affect the dollar’s position as the world’s reserve

President Barack Obama’s administration on Tuesday vowed to press ahead with a half-billion-dollar mission to train Syrian opposition fighters, despite fears that its initial failures have dented U.S. credibility. After

Senator Chuck Schumer on Tuesday said that even if the United States backs away from the deal with Iran and other countries lift their sanctions, Iran still will feel meaningful

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit Syria on Wednesday and discuss a “new plan” by the Islamic Republic to help resolve the conflict there, his spokeswoman said Tuesday,

Synagogues are commonly known as Jewish houses of prayer – and of course that is their primary purpose. Yet the common Hebrew term for a synagogue (or shul in Yiddish) is

The Sinai branch of Islamic State (ISIS), Sinai Province, announced on Wednesday that it has executed Croatian citizen Tomislav Salopek, who it captured on July 22 in Cairo. This marks the

Air France on Wednesday responded to popular backlash and put Israel back on its in-flight maps, after shocked passengers documented how the maps wiped Israel out even while listing “West Bank”

Yehuda Ben Moyal, 26, who was stabbed at a gas station northwest of Jerusalem on Sunday, was released from Shaare Tzedek Hospital Wednesday. His condition improved steadily since the attack

A huge interfaith campaign is uniting the efforts of millions of Christians throughout the US to press Congress to defeat the Iran nuclear deal, warning that the leading state sponsor of

Jewish Home Chairman, Education Minister Naftali Bennett, criticized the High Court Wednesday for the verdict that amended the Infiltrators Law. The court was wrong to interfere – for the third

Even as Megyn Kelly wrestles with Donald Trump about his supposed “war on women,” Canadian Jewish businessman Steve Maman is helping save lives in the real war on women being

The IDF has changed its open-fire instructions for warriors serving in Judea and Samaria, making it even more difficult for them to fire at terrorists. The new instructions determine that only