An IDF colonel who works on Israel’s air defense system told a conference that Iran is upgrading Hezbollah’s arsenal by adding guidance systems to some the terror group’s rockets, making them an even bigger threat to Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. Speaking at the Israel Air and Missile Defense...

The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have taken over large parts of Aden, including the presidential palace, the Associated Press (AP) reported yesterday. Yemen’s Shiite rebels and their allies fought their way through the commercial center of Aden on Thursday and seized the presidential palace on a strategic hilltop in this southern...

Noting that President Barack Obama’s stated goals for an acceptable nuclear deal with Iran in 2012 would see Tehran “‘[…] end their nuclear program’ and ‘abide by the U.N. resolutions that have been in place,'” an unsigned staff editorial published today in The Washington Post laments that the president has retreated...

In the understanding reached on Thursday between the P5+1 global powers and Iran in Lausanne, Switzerland, there appears to be a discrepancy in the language on the sequencing of sanctions relief between the European Union/Iran join statement and a factsheet released by the Obama administration on the parameters of the...

The P5+1 nations and Iran concluded an understanding to limit elements of Iran’s nuclear research and lift international sanctions on Iran today in Lausanne, Switzerland. Even as he praised the agreed-upon parameters, President Barack Obama raised doubts about Iran’s record of abiding by past international commitments. The New York Times reports on some the...

An “agreement for a framework for a final agreement” between Iran and the P5+1 global powers has been agreed upon, in the words of the German Foreign Ministry, and will be announced in a press conference shortly. The parties plan on finalizing an agreement by June 30, the deadline of the interim Joint...