The Iran-backed Houthi rebels have launched an attack on the American-supported government of Yemen that, according to a report in The Washington Post, will leave the president of that beleaguered nation politically “badly weakened.” The coup-style strikes by the Houthi rebel faction — believed backed by Iran — marked a major setback...

Before leaving Israel, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed to cooperate with the Jewish state to fight terror, The Japan Times reported yesterday: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to work together to enhance anti-terrorism measures as they held talks Sunday in Jerusalem, Japanese officials said....

Shiite Houthi fighters backed by Iran clashed this week with Yemeni army soldiers near the president’s residence in the capital Sanaa. Tehran’s involvement in Yemen’s internal conflict continues to contribute to the chaos that is worrying governments across the region. Gunfire was heard across the city and rebels stormed houses adjacent to the...

The Iranian military deployed reinforcements along the Iran’s border with Iraq during the past 24 hours, the Al-Arabi al-Jadid pan-Arab news site reported (Arabic link). Forces were concentrated in several locations and dug new outposts. The Iranian deployment stems from growing activity of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)...

The presence of a convoy carrying senior Hezbollah operatives and Iranian military personnel in Syria near the border with Israel suggests that they were “planning an operation against Israel on a high level,” Major- General (Res.) Eyal Ben-Reuven said in a conference call with reporters Monday. On Sunday an Israeli air...

Alberto Nisman, the Argentine prosecutor who accused President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Wednesday of covering up Iran’s role in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA building, was found dead in his apartment yesterday – hours before he was due to present his findings to a closed-door session of Congress....