Samsung Electronics has opened a new Global Innovation Center (GIC) in Tel Aviv this week, underscoring the South Korean company’s growing interest in Israeli innovation. Samsung GlC was launched in 2013 as an early-stage technology investment program. The tech giant already has GIC offices in New York, San Francisco, Seoul, and Silicon Valley....

A top Iranian general said that Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) troops are feeding intelligence to Russia in order to guide its airstrikes on the Syrian city of Aleppo, Amir Toumaj, a research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, reported in the Long War Journal on Tuesday. Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi,...

While Democratic and Republican leaders in Washington have made defeating the Islamic State a top priority, “that’s not nearly as important as confronting the challenge posed by Iran,” former Israeli defense minister Moshe Ya’alon wrote in a Los Angeles Times op-ed published Thursday. Ya’alon said that while last year’s nuclear deal had certain benefits  — namely delaying Iran’s...

Sunni Arab powers in the Middle East fear that Iran is establishing a “Shiite Crescent” in order to advance its regional ambitions, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. As the Islamic State continues losing territory to Iran-backed militias, Sunni countries are concerned that they may “face a potentially more dangerous challenge: a land corridor from Tehran to...

Honeybees across the world are in a sticky situation. Their numbers are dwindling dramatically due to colony collapse disorder (CCD) for reasons that are not fully understood. Yet the honeybee population in Israel is holding steady. That’s great news at this time of year, when sweet Jewish New Year dishes...

A Palestinian militia has been fighting alongside forces loyal to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the ongoing battle for the city of Aleppo, the Long War Journal reported on Wednesday. The Quds Brigade, also called the Liwa al-Quds, is predominately made up of Palestinian fighters drawn from...