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...

Observing that most Cypriots view Israel as a small country “fighting for survival,” Averof Neofytou, the leader of Cyprus’ center-right ruling party, said that his nation now appreciates the threats the Jewish state faces, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. While Cyprus has long been one of the most hostile European nations towards Israel, Neofytou said that in...

Venture Capital-backed exit deals in 2015 brought in a total of $4.98 billion – the highest in 10 years, according to the new IVC-Meitar Israeli High-Tech Exits Report 2015. Last year’s 52 deal haul even surpassed 2013’s $4.04 billion, which included Waze’s $1.03 billion acquisition by Google. “The increase in...

Russia is supplying the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah with advanced weaponry, including “long-range tactical missiles, laser guided rockets, and anti-tank weapons,” according to two anonymous Hezbollah commanders, The Daily Beast reported on Monday. The duo, who used the false names Bakr and Assir, met with The Daily Beast separately in December...

The Obama administration’s failure to address the brutality of the Iran-backed regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria led to a “vacuum” that allowed “a humanitarian catastrophe, a terrible refugee crisis, a deepening proxy war and the rise of ISIL in Iraq and Syria” to occur, Dennis Ross, a former White...

The American Historical Association (AHA) has once again overwhelmingly voted down an anti-Israel resolution at its annual meeting, The Times of Israel reported on Sunday. On Saturday, a resolution that accused Israel of limiting Palestinian academic freedom and called on the AHA to “monitor Israeli actions” was rejected by a vote...