Terrorism

In response to a report that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad blamed France for the spread of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Secretary of State John Kerry said that “Assad has cut his own deal with Daesh” at a press conference Saturday in Vienna. Daesh is the Arabic...

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The United States Senate unanimously passed a resolution expressing support for Israel and strongly condemning the ongoing wave of Palestinian terror, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported Thursday. The resolution, which passed by unanimous consent on Tuesday, condemned in the “harshest terms possible” attacks that have left 11 Israelis dead and...

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An Israeli father and son were killed after Palestinian gunmen fired on the car their family was traveling in near Hebron, The Times of Israel reported Friday. The mother and another son were injured, and three daughters were not injured but treated for shock. Just before 3 p.m. on Friday,...

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The Obama administration has curtailed its demands for the immediate removal of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and has allowed Iran to join diplomatic talks on Syria’s civil war, signaling that the Islamic Republic may continue “wielding influence over Syria” and arming terrorist groups unabated, the Associated Press reported on Thursday....

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Israeli officials have raised their estimate of Hezbollah’s rocket arsenal to 150,000, an increase of 50% from May of this year, Avi Issacharoff reported for The Times of Israel on Thursday. The revised valuation on rockets suggests Hezbollah is ramping up efforts to acquire weapons whose purpose is to attack...

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In the wake of reports that Iran has stopped dismantling uranium-enriching centrifuges, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D – Md.) released a statement calling on the United States and its partner nations not to tolerate any Iranian violations of the nuclear deal, the Washington Examiner reported Wednesday. House Minority Whip Steny...

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