Iran is publicly hosting leaders of the Afghan Taliban movement at an ongoing conference on Islamic unity in Tehran, Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya reported on Wednesday. Iranian Ayatollah Mohsen Araki, head of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought, told reporters on Tuesday that an invitation was extended to the Taliban, which he...

An ancient coin marked with the phrase “Free Zion” (or “Freedom of Zion”) that was minted during the first Jewish revolt against Roman rule in Judea was unveiled in Israel on Sunday. The coin bears the inscription “Two years to the Great Revolt,” suggesting that it was minted in the year...

The nearly-complete capture of Aleppo by Syrian forces shows that Iran, a key sponsor and military supporter of the Syrian regime, is the “top player” in the Middle East, an Iranian general boasted Wednesday. The army of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, backed by Russian airstrikes and aided by Shiite militias...

Israel’s national water carrier will lay the groundwork next month for a pipeline that will double its annual supply to Jordan, whose limited water resources have been under increased strain in recent years due to an influx of Syrian refugees, the Israeli financial website Globes reported on Wednesday. Mekorot’s new pipeline will extend from Lake Kinneret (Sea...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met with the head of the Gaza-based terrorist group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) on Wednesday and vowed that if “all Palestinians unite and all contribute to the fight, the Zionist regime will not be in existence in 25 years.” Khamenei told PIJ leader Ramadan Abdullah...

In 2001, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) established a special unit consisting of handpicked members of the IRGC’s land, sea, and air forces. Dubbed the Saberin Unit, its members were described as volunteers “seeking martyrdom,” tasked to carry out special missions and/or widespread cross-border attacks for the IRGC. Amanollah...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the president of Kazakhstan for his friendship while visiting the Muslim-majority country on Wednesday, and enlisted his help with securing Israel a seat on the United Nations Security Council. Speaking at a joint press conference at President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s residence in Akorda, Netanyahu said that relations between the two nations serve...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini’s appointment of a top general as the new head of Basij, a militia that also acts as a vigilante force against domestic dissidents, is the latest “sign that the Islamic Republic has no intention of easing its grip on internal dissent,” two researchers from the...

The ISIS-affiliate terrorist group in Egypt has announced that its liaison to Hamas in the neighboring Gaza Strip has been killed. ISIS’s Sinai Province released a statement confirming the death of Hashem Abdel Aileh Kishtah, although it did not specify how he had died. It is thought that Kishtah, who...

Amazon’s founder and chief executive secretly visited Israel as the online retailer moved forward with plans to expand its presence there, Haaretz reported Tuesday, citing Israeli media. While in Israel, Jeff Bezos was said to have met with management and employees of Annapurna Labs, based in Yokneam in northern Israel, which Amazon acquired for $360 million in...