MidEast

Cyber Threat

The Islamic Republic of Iran presents an “increasingly sophisticated” cyber espionage threat to the United States and its allies, according to the annual Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Iran, the intelligence community’s report said, has built up its cyber offensive capabilities to such a degree that it enables...

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Kobi Marimi

A stirring rendition of The Beatles’ “Let It Be” clinched the vote for 27-year-old Kobi Marimi last night (February 12) as the Israeli representative at the Eurovision Song Contest in May. Auditions have been taking place since November on the TV show “Rising Star for Eurovision.” The last show featured...

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Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the head of the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah, thanked Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for his regime’s help in fighting what he called “Zionist aggression,” The Times of Israel reported Monday. Earlier this week, Zarif had met with top Lebanese officials in Beirut, including Nasrallah. According to Al-Manar...

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Iran IRGC Bus

The bombing of a bus carrying members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) killed a reported 41 people, The New York Times reported Wednesday. A car filled with explosives detonated near the bus, which was traveling between the cities of Zahedan and Khash near the border with Pakistan. Initial...

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Rep. Omar's defender Linda Sarsour

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) was slammed on Sunday by members of both parties for suggesting that Jewish money was behind American elected officials’ support for Israel. At the same time, some American organizations rushed to Omar’s defense, including the National Women’s March, a group beset with allegations of anti-Semitism stemming,...

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As the United States- and Poland-sponsored conference on the Middle East started in Warsaw, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met publicly with Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. Netanyahu greeted bin Alawi and recalled his trip the Gulf nation last October, saying, “The courageous decision...

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