MidEast

One-hundred-seventy-six of the world’s top cyclists are heading to Israel next year to kick off the 2018 Giro d’Italia, an annual multiple-stage bicycle race that takes place primarily in Italy with a “Big Start” traveling event outside Italy. Previous years have taken the Giro to Holland, Denmark, Northern Ireland, and Belgium....

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Adam Kredo of Washington Free Beacon reported this week that Iran was possibly maneuvering to back out of the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), it made with P5+1 nations (United States, Russia, China, United Kingdom and Germany). Kredo noted that Iran has catalogued a...

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The IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate has identified the new Hezbollah commander on the Syrian Golan Heights, Munir Ali Naim Shaiti, as defense analysts warn that Israel could be heading for a new war with Hezbollah. The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday that Shaiti, also known as Haj Hasham, mainly operates out of...

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On Thursday, former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner appeared in federal court and denied that the purpose of the secret pact with Iran was to cover-up Tehran’s involvement in the 1994 AMIA Jewish community center that killed 85 people. Kirchner “struck a defiant pose” in court and defended the...

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Following his gold medal performance in his weight class in the International Judo Federation’s (IJF) Judo Grand Slam, Israeli Judoka Tal Flicker sang Hatikva on his own, while the hosts, who refused to allow the Israeli team any identifying symbols, played the IJF’s anthem. Two Israelis won medals, including Flicker’s...

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A United Nations-appointed panel said on Thursday that the Syrian army was responsible for the lethal sarin gas attack on Khan Sheikhoun in April. The panel, known as the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM), said that it is “confident that the Syrian Arab Republic is responsible for the release of sarin...

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