MidEast

Iranian troops have recently and in large numbers left the fighting in Syria in order to be redeployed in Yemen to help support the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, according to experts quoted in the Arabic-language media. Arab media reports noted the sudden disappearance (Arabic link) of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces from combat zones in Syria, including in the Syrian...

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Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni, leaders of Israel’s main opposition party, the Zionist Union, released a position paper calling the understandings reached earlier this month with Iran over its nuclear program “problematic,” and said that they present “real potential dangers for the long term,” The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. In addition, the...

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Two Iranian officers advising Houthi rebels in their civil war against the American-backed Yemeni government were captured in Aden, Reuters reported on Saturday. Local militiamen in the Yemeni city of Aden said they captured two Iranian military officers advising Houthi rebels during fighting on Friday evening. … Three sources in...

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Iran is continuing its massive efforts to save the Houthi rebels in Yemen from being defeated by the Saudi-backed Operation Decisive Storm. The rush of diplomatic activity comes as Secretary of State John Kerry admitted Wednesday that the U.S. was aware that Iran was providing military support to the Shiite rebel group, which overthrew the Yemeni government. Iranian...

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Palestinian police will expand their patrols to three towns near Jerusalem for the first time after an agreement was reached with Israel, Reuters reported Wednesday. Louy Izriqat, spokesman for Palestinian police, said 90 officers had deployed in Abu Dis, A-Ram and Biddu, towns that had been largely under Israeli security control since a 1993 interim...

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Aziz Kaddan, one of the co-founders of Myndlift, didn’t flinch when asked in front of an audience at the recent BrainTech conference in Tel Aviv how he plans to go up against the better-funded American companies with his alternative non-drug treatment for attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity...

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