The standoff follows a bold assault by Islamic State jihadists who broke into Gweiran Prison, enabling an unknown number of terrorists to escape and hold hostages. At least 27 US-backed fighters of the Kurdish-led force have been killed.
Professor Rear. Admiral (Ret.) Shaul Chorev tells JNS that Israel needs a more thought-out strategy when it comes to dealing with the Iranian threat at sea, as well as combat that has become “increasingly asymmetric.”
Sanctions are also imposed on ten Lebanese nationals who are allegedly part of an international Hezbollah network.
"People can see their own breath when lying on their thin mattresses, you will see children walk around in flipflops and ripped shirts. Families are afraid that they will freeze to death," says Syria director for the CARE aid group Jolien Veldwijk.
The eighth round of negotiations, under Iran's new hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, began on Dec. 27 after adding some new Iranian demands to a working text.
Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad Al-Maliki criticizes the United States for not using its "special" relationship with Israel to pressure it to abandon what he claims is Jerusalem's "rejection of a two-state solution and peace negotiations."
A report by the Institute for Science and International Security says the new underground area will feature halls “more deeply buried than the Fordo uranium enrichment site.”
Attack claimed by Houthis killed two Indian nationals and one Pakistani as three tankers at the site exploded, police said. Six people were also wounded.
Announcing the successful test of an engine for a solid-fuel satellite carrier rocket, head of Revolutionary Guards' aerospace unit insists, "We won't let sanctions, assassinations, or threats stop us."
Hezbollah, Iran's largest proxy in the Middle East, and the smaller Shiite militia have been refusing to attend cabinet sessions in a dispute over the handling of an investigation into the huge Beirut port blast in 2020.
