Despite the decision made by U.S. President Barack Obama to put a proposed strike against the Syrian regime to a vote at Congress, the U.S army is continuing its preparation

Approximately one in five “flagged” job applicants to the US’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had ties to either Hamas, Hezbollah or Al Qaeda, according to a Washington Times report. The report is based off

President Shimon Peres has said he supports U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to seek Congressional approval for military action against Syria. “I have full faith in President Obama’s moral and operational stance,” Peres

Israeli and Palestinian Authority (PA) negotiators held another secret round of peace talks over the weekend, a PA official said on Monday, adding that there had been “no breakthrough” so

With the Rosh Hashana holiday coming up in just a few days, Israelis will be attending synagogue services, visiting family, and generally taking it easy during a rare three day

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that a parliamentary delegation will be sent to the United States to lobby the U.S. Congress to vote against a military strike on Syria. The idea

With a little more than two days to go before Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, the Interior Ministry’s Population Registry released its statistical review for the Jewish year 5773 on Monday.  According to their

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and other ships in its strike group are heading toward the Red Sea to help support a limited U.S. strike on Syria if needed,

Arab states on Sunday urged the international community to take action against the Syrian government over a chemical gas attack that killed hundreds of civilians, Reuters reported. The final resolution

U.S. President Barack H. Obama informed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in advance that he would let Congress decide on the appropriate action the U.S. would take in Syria. Reports in

Egypt’s state prosecutor said on Sunday he has referred ousted President Mohammed Morsi for trial on charges of inciting the murder of protesters, the BBC reported. The accusations relate to

The IDF began on Sunday evening to release some of the reservists that were called up last week in preparations for a possible U.S. military strike in Syria. On Wednesday,

Residents who live near the Gaza border in Sinai are protesting the Egyptian army’s demolishing of homes in the area. On Sunday, Egyptian forces destroyed 13 homes next to the

There was a heated debate in Cabinet on Sunday morning as Finance Minister Yair Lapid surprised the Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) party with a new demand: Include the Reform and

A project called Safra Veseifa is connecting IDF units in need of a Torah scroll with Jews who reside overseas and scrolls that require fixing, in a unique way. The project, whose name means “Bible

John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, said on Sunday that the administration had new evidence that sarin gas was used in an attack by Syrian government forces that killed

After years of efforts to reduce illegal entry along the Egyptian border, Israel has managed to go one entire month without a single illegal entry from the Sinai Peninsula, officials

Egyptian police have arrested a duck that they fear was sent by Israel as a spy, Egypt’s Al-Ahram news agency reports. The bird was spotted by a fisherman in the

Two suspects have been arrested over the recent rocket attack from Lebanese territory into Israel, the Lebanese Army said Saturday. In a statement quoted by the Lebanese-based Daily Star, the

Authorities in the Suez Canal said on Saturday that a “terrorist” staged an unsuccessful attack on a container ship passing through the canal in an attempt to disrupt the flow

In an emergency meeting held late last week in light of threats from Syria, the Samaria Regional Committee was instructed to prepare in case the region is asked to absorb

U.S. President Barack Obama said Saturday that he has decided to take military action against Syria, but that he wants this action approved by Congress first. He delivered the message

As US President Obama continues to mull his options over a potential military intervention in Syria, Syrian state media is upping the ante, publicizing a list of “targets” that the Syrian

Lebanese newspaper Aldiyar, which is considered to be close to Syria’s official leadership, reported Saturday that Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is in an undergtound bunker at an unknown location, where

United Nations inspectors have finished collecting samples from the site of the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria on August 21, the Associated Press reported on Friday. UN spokesman Martin

The goal of any military intervention in Syria should be to topple Bashar Al-Assad’s regime, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. Erdogan said that the limited strikes

British Prime Minister David Cameron and United States President Barack Obama discussed on Friday the British Parliament’s block on UK involvement in possible military action in Syria, the BBC reports.

The civil war in Syria has badly hurt the quality of life in the country – to the extent that Damascus is now listed as the worst city in the

Among the many complaints the PA has against Israel is the IDF’s patrol of the Gaza coast, enforcing the naval blockade of the Hamas-controlled territory. IDF ships patrol a perimeter

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry declared on Friday that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on August 21 used chemical weapons against his own people. In a live statement on Syria