Al-Qaeda and other rebels led a major offensive Tuesday in northwest Syria, pushing back government troops in an area bordering President Bashar Al-Assad’s coastal heartland, a monitoring group said, according

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius arrived in Tehran on Wednesday in an historic visit, becoming the first French foreign minister to arrive in the Islamic regime in 12 years –

Syrian and Lebanese sources are claiming an Israeli airstrike has killed several pro-regime forces in Syria. According to the pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen, an Israeli airstrike hit a vehicle in Quneitra in the Syrian-controlled

At more or less the same time in which bulldozers began tearing down the Draynoff houses in Beit El, following a High Court order, a consultation was held at the Prime

The underground remains of the Great Synagogue of Vilna, which was destroyed by the Nazis during the Holocaust, have been uncovered in a Ground Penetrating Radar survey. The survey, conducted in

Canada said Wednesday it will buy missile defense radars modeled after Israel’s Iron Dome from German defense contractor Rheinmetall. The defense ministry put the cost of the 10 medium range radar systems at Cad$243.3 million

An Iraqi politician has called for his country to make peace with Israel, while branding Iran “insane” and blaming the Arab and Muslim world for creating ISIS by fomenting “a mentality of vengeance

MK Motti Yogev (Jewish Home) is not going to apologize for the harsh remarks against the High Court, he said Wednesday, despite a fierce backlash from fellow MKs.  “Despite the

Turkey’s allies know it is playing a double game with its twin onslaught against Kurdish rebels and the Islamic State group (ISIS or IS) but are turning a blind eye to

An explosion wounded seven people at the base of a Palestinian terrorist group linked to Syria’s Assad regime in eastern Lebanon on Wednesday, a security official told AFP. The explosion rocked

Several Border Policemen refused to take orders to demolish a series of homes destroyed in Beit El on Wednesday, a source at the scene stated to Arutz Sheva, and will now

Staff at the Ramat Gan Safari conducted tumor-removal surgery on Samouni, an eight year-old African lion on Wednesday, in a special operation caught on film.  The lion’s trainers noticed swelling in Samouni’s

The Yisrael Beytenu party filed a no-confidence motion against the government on Wednesday, in direct response to the demolition of the Draynoff housing project in Beit El.  The no-confidence motion,

The UN envoy to Syria on Wednesday invited Syrians to take part in what he called “thematic” discussions to keep alive stalled efforts to negotiate an end to the war. “Sadly there is

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Ankara is ending the peace process with the Kurds in the face of attacks against Turkish targets, even as his fighter jets launched

New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) spoke to Arutz Sheva on Tuesday about his arrest last Thursday in front of the office of Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), which came after Hikind used civil disobedience to press

There are heavy concerns that the families who returned to Sa-Nur in northern Samaria during the early pre-dawn hours of Tuesday morning will be expelled by security forces in the coming hours

Numerous Jewish activists took part in an event in support of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, held at the New York home of Jewish activist Dr. Joseph Frager on Monday night

Syrian troops and Kurdish fighters ousted the Islamic State (ISIS) group from Hasakeh Tuesday, more than a month after the jihadists launch an assault on the northeastern city, a monitoring group said.  Government troops

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday met with Nicos Anastasiades, the president of Cyprus, warning that Iran poses a formidable threat to Europe and noting that its terror proxy Hezbollah operates cells across the continent. Just last

Hundreds of people have been gathering since Tuesday morning adjacent to the Draynoff compound in Beit El, which was stormed overnight by security forces despite the ongoing legalization process to save the

American lawyer and writer Samuel Pisar, one of the youngest Holocaust survivors and former adviser to US President John F. Kennedy, has died in New York aged 86, a French Jewish group said Tuesday.

Representative Sander M. Levin, a Democrat from Michigan and the longest-serving Jewish member now in Congress, said Tuesday he would support the Iran nuclear accord, reports The New York Times.

United Nations aid chief Stephen O’Brien said Tuesday he hoped to secure better humanitarian access to Syrians most in need during his maiden visit to Damascus next month. Speaking to

Arutz Sheva was on scene as no less than 275 new olim (Jewish immigrants) from Ukraine landed in Israel on Tuesday, as part of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ)’s eighth Freedom

Damning evidence was found when US special forces killed Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Sayyaf in May, revealing that NATO-member Turkey has in fact been collaborating with the brutal jihadists.

Amanda Korody, a Canadian woman found guilty of taking part in a terrorist bomb plot, also wanted to infiltrate a synagogue and kill Jewish children, according to a report in

Clashes broke out in the town of Beit El in the Binyamin region on Monday night, as police forces in large numbers arrived in preparation for the demolition of the

A group of former diplomats on Monday sent a letter to Congress, urging members of both chambers not to reject the deal between Iran and the West, Politico reports. The

The back and forth between rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas continued on Monday, with a Fatah official saying that Hamas must hand over rule of Gaza as a condition