The head of Syria’s rebel Free Syrian Army rejected on Saturday a U.S.-Russian deal to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons by mid-2014. “We cannot accept any part of this initiative,” General

About 400 people prayed on Yom Kippur at the new synagogue in Itamar, Samaria, which was built following the slaughter of five members of the Fogel family inside their home

A few minutes before Yom Kippur, large forces of Border Police raided the outpost community of Ramat Migron in Binyamin, and arrested seven residents for violating a Closed Military Zone

No extraordinary security-related events were reported on the high holy day of Yom Kippur, as hundreds of thousands flocked to synagogues throughout Israel. Magen David Adom teams took 1,973 people

Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have reached an agreement on a framework for securing Syria’s chemical weapons, according to which Syria’s chemical weapons must

A four-year-old girl drowned on Yom Kippur at a mikveh – or ritual immersion pool – on Neufeld Street in Bnei Brak, in central Israel. An initial investigation shows that

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Bashar Al-Assad has begun scattering his massive stockpile of chemical weapons to as many as 50 different sites across the country.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is developing a new version of the “Arrow” missile that will be quicker and more accurate than its predecessors, an official said Thursday, according to Kol

Iran’s new envoy to the UN atomic agency said on Thursday that Tehran had a “strong political will” to engage with the international community over its nuclear program, reported AFP.

Bulgaria is planning to open a trial by April for a bomb attack that killed five Israeli tourists at an airport last year, the chief prosecutor said Thursday. “Our ambition

Thousands of Muslims are expected to riot after Friday prayers on the Temple Mount as Fatah’s armed branch, the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, has declared war and announced that it would give the “green light” to

The United States on Thursday once again called on Egypt’s interim authorities to lift a state of emergency which has been in force since August. The call came after Cairo

The Simon Wiesenthal Center is seeking action from the United Nations over the new president of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) membership in an organization that encourages boycotts of Israel.

Syria became a full member of the global anti-chemical weapons treaty on Thursday, the country’s envoy to the United Nations said. The government of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad hopes this

Omar Hammami, an American-born jihadi and one of the most notorious faces of Al Qaeda, has reportedly been killed in Somalia. According to the Guardian, Hammami was ambushed by fellow Islamist fighters

The IDF has confirmed two mortar shells fired from Syrian territory hit the Golan Heights earlier today (Thursday). The incident, which caused no injuries, was described by the IDF Spokesman as a likely accidental spillover

US intelligence officials have expressed their concern over the still small but slowly-increasing presence of American citizens among Islamist rebel groups in Syria, according to a report by The Daily Beast. Out of the

A would-be terrorist from Ramallah was indicted in a Jerusalem court on Thursday on a string of charges relating to a plot to bomb the Mamilla shopping center in Jerusalem.

An Israeli delegation arrived at the Cairo airport on Wednesday on a private jet, an airport official told the Palestinian Authority-based Ma’an news agency. According to the official, the Israeli

Soldiers caught four young terrorists on Wednesday night, just moments before they could attack Israelis on a nearby highway. The dramatic capture took place in the Hevron Hills. Soldiers with

A large contingent of worshipers who visited the Tomb of Joseph (Kever Yosef) in Shechem Wednesday night were attacked by gangs of Arabs, who threw rocks and bricks at them.

A powerful car bomb ripped through the largely Shia neighborhood of Kasra district in Baghdad, killing at least 18 people and wounding another 27, police and medical sources say. It is unclear

As the US government pushes for peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA), a recently-released poll by the Pew Research Center suggests that the Obama administration’s apparent optimism over

Russian President Vladimir Putin will offer to supply Iran with S-300 air defense missile systems, and to build a second reactor at the Bushehr nuclear plant, Russia’s Kommersant business daily

Archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar, who unearthed what is widely considered one of Israel’s greatest historical finds, has been speaking to Arutz Sheva about the emotional moment of the discovery. In

The United States has begun distributing some weapons to the Syrian rebels, a spokesman for the Syrian Coalition of groups opposed to President Bashar Al-Assad said on Tuesday, according to

In yet another thinly veiled threat to Israel, Iran said Tuesday that in the event of a U.S. attack on Iranian ally Syria, some groups may retaliate by striking the

The Obama administration has eased restraints on humanitarian and good-will activities between Iran and the United States. The U.S. Treasury announced Tuesday that it would permit private organizations to support

This is the full text of US President Barack Obama’s speech on Syria, as provided by the Federal News Service: My fellow Americans, tonight I want to talk to you

The QS World Universities 2013/14 rankings, published today, saw M.I.T in the U.S. maintain its position as the top-ranked university worldwide. Meanwhile three Israeli universities made the top 200. Hebrew