Senate Armed Service Committee Chairman John McCain (R – Ariz.) and State Department deputy spokesperson Mark Toner both raised the possibility on Wednesday that Iran’s treatment of American sailors that it detained was a violation of international law. McCain, a former Navy officer and prisoner of war during the Vietnam War, said in a...

Russia is facing criticism over reports that it bombed the office of an American NGO in the central Syrian province of Idlib, Foreign Policy wrote on Monday. The Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF) said in a statement that its field office has been “completely destroyed” by a Russian airstrike. The organization’s...

The Iranian government has been cracking down on individual rights with increasing fervor since the nuclear deal was signed in July, defying the expectations of some deal supporters that the agreement would lead to a more moderate path for the Islamic Republic. The Wall Street Journal reported (Google link) more Friday:...

Iran’s violations of human rights, support for terrorist proxies, and use of anti-American and anti-Semitic propaganda have escalated in the wake of the nuclear deal, Jonathan Greenblatt, the Anti-Defamation League‘s national director, wrote Wednesday in the San Diego Jewish World. Greenblatt, who previously served as a special assistant to President...

Breaking the Silence, a group that often makes unsubstantiated allegations about the IDF to foreign audiences, fosters anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, renowned Israeli journalist Ron Ben-Yishai wrote Tuesday in an op-ed for the Times of Israel. Ben-Yishai, who is a decorated IDF veteran and has covered Israeli security affairs for 46 years, wrote his piece in support of the non-profit organization Our...

The continued captivity of Robert Levinson nearly nine years after he was detained in Iran underscores the dangers foreigners face while visiting the Islamic Republic, Daniel Levinson, his son, wrote in an op-ed published Monday in The Washington Post. Citing his father’s case, Levinson warned that in the wake of...