Secretary of State Rex Tillerson denounced Iran as “a leading state sponsor of terror” on Tuesday, revealing that the Trump administration has ordered a review on whether continuing to lift nuclear-related sanctions on Iran is in the national security interest of the United States. “When the interagency review is completed, the administration looks forward...

Determining whether an infection is bacterial or viral used to be a coin toss, until an Israeli startup developed a device for doing just that. Israeli company MeMed announced Wednesday that it has received a $9.2 million contract from the United States Department of Defense in what would be a...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad circumvented a 2013 deal to dismantle his chemical weapons stockpile by failing to declare the full extent of his arsenal, Syria’s former chemical weapons research chief told The Telegraph on Saturday. Brigadier-General Zaher al-Sakat, who served as the head of chemical warfare in a top Syrian military unit...

Seeking new tactics to better tackle Islamic extremism, United States Defense Secretary James Mattis began traveling across the Middle East and North Africa on Tuesday. His journey includes stops with close allies Israel and Saudi Arabia, and new partners like Djibouti. The Pentagon first announced the trip last week, saying...

Yemen’s government launched a military operation on Sunday to clear naval mines planted by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in and near the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, Al Arabiya reported. The mines are “believed to have been sourced from Iran” and “threaten fisherman and residents of island near the coasts of...

There are an estimated 50 Jews remaining in Yemen—all at risk of an ethnic cleansing campaign spearheaded by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, Yemen’s information minister told Israel Radio on Sunday. The Houthi’s slogan is: “Death to America. Death to Israel. Curse upon the Jews. Victory to Islam. Allahu Akbar.” Minister...