The U.S. Treasury Department’s recent decision to loosen banking restrictions on Iran has come under criticism from members of Congress and former Treasury officials, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Last Friday, the Treasury updated its guidelines by loosening restrictions on foreign investments in Iran, including allowing Iran access to American dollars. In another change, the Treasury may choose not...

Iran’s assistance in helping the Syrian government capture the rebel-held city of Aleppo, which has been subjected to air strikes that French President Francois Hollande has characterized as war crimes, is part of the Islamic Republic’s long-held strategy to build and control a land route to the Mediterranean Sea, The Guardian reported on Sunday. Iranian proxy...

The United States Navy retaliated for two recent attacks on U.S. ships by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, firing cruise missiles at radar sites in rebel-held territories early Thursday. All three targeted radar sites were destroyed at 4:00 AM local time by the USS Nitze, the Pentagon announced. Pentagon press secretary Peter...

A senior Hamas official said that the terrorist organization wants to strengthen ties with Iran, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported on Monday. “Mahmoud al-Zahar underlined that the Palestinian resistance group is seeking to reinvigorate relations with Iran,” Fars wrote. “Relations with Iran are acceptable but they should further enhance and develop,” al-Zahar told the...

Hours before the start of the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, an estimated 1,500 Israelis came together in gatherings all across the country to pray for the people in Syria. Coordinated through a Facebook event, Israelis joined hands in prayer, music, and silent meditation in places such as Beersheba, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem,...

Iran is forcing women to cover their hair at the next world chess championship—and the reigning American female chess champion is circulating a petition in protest. Nazí Paikidze-Barnes, 22, exceeded her initial goal of collecting 15,000 signatures on Tuesday, one week after her appeal was first posted online. The petition...

A member of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas was indicted on Tuesday for plotting to carry out a suicide bombing on a Jerusalem bus, Israel’s internal security agency said. Muhammad Fuaz Ibrahim Julani, a 22-year-old Palestinian resident of eastern Jerusalem, was arrested by the Shin Bet on September 9, several days before his attack was...

FIFA, the governing body of soccer, is being sued for violating the rights of migrant workers in Qatar, where the 2022 World Cup is being hosted, The Guardian reported Monday. The suit is being brought by the Netherlands Trade Union Confederation on behalf of Bangladeshi migrant worker Nadim Sharaful Alam. While...

Israelis didn’t have to go very far to deliver humanitarian aid to Haiti following Hurricane Matthew’s destructive brush with the island country. That’s because they were already there. A crew from the nonprofit organization IsraAID has been in Haiti for more than six years, having arrived just after the January...

A senior Israeli minister is slated to travel to Turkey this week, marking the first such trip since Jerusalem and Ankara announced a reconciliation deal after six years of ruptured relations. Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy, and Water Resources Yuval Steinitz is set to attend the World Energy Congress in Istanbul, where he may...