A United Nations report has accused the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of carrying out a campaign of “extermination” against jailed opponents, among many other crimes against humanity. Although the report documented abuses on all sides of the Syrian civil war, it was particularly thorough in cataloging the ring of prisons run by the Iran-backed...

An Israeli man was stabbed in the head and shoulder near Neve Daniel in the West Bank in a suspected terror attack on Tuesday. Tomer Ditur, 28, was stabbed at around 5:00 PM local time and is in moderate condition, Ynet reported. Security forces have begun a major manhunt to track...

Satellite images show that Iran has continued construction on a possible underground military complex and has tried to hide evidence that it tested explosives that could be used in the detonation of a nuclear weapon, The Daily Beast reported on Monday. The satellite images of the Parchin military base, which were taken on January 19...

Islamic State operatives are traveling to the Gaza Strip to receive medical treatment in hospitals controlled by the Iran-backed terrorist group Hamas, the Jerusalem Post reported on Monday, citing Israeli authorities. “We have received authenticated reports that ISIS members in Sinai entered the Gaza Strip through tunnels in order to...

Three members of Congress have applied for visas to visit Iran later this month to serve as volunteer monitors of Iran’s upcoming elections. Reps. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.), Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), and Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.) applied for the visas at the Iranian Interests Section of the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, which serves as Iran’s...

A member of a four-person Islamic State execution cell once led by “Jihadi John” has been identified as a British national who formerly traveled to the Gaza Strip aboard a flotilla in 2009, Buzzfeed reported on Sunday. American and British intelligence services identified the man as Alexanda Kotey, a 32-year-old west Londoner of Ghanaian and Greek Cypriot heritage....

The fire that engulfed a makeshift West Bank synagogue and destroyed Torah scrolls on Friday was caused by arson, likely by suspects from the nearby Palestinian town of Halhul, an Israeli investigation determined. The scrolls were housed in a tent next to Karmei Tzur that was used as a synagogue and...

The family of a Hamas commander who was executed by members of his own group has said that his death was “treachery” and the result of “personal differences” within the Iran-backed terror organization. Relatives of Mahmud Eshtawi, the dead commander, wrote an open letter to Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in the Palestinian newspaper...

North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket over the weekend drew international condemnation, as well as growing concerns over the country’s military and nuclear cooperation with Iran. North Korean authorities announced that its satellite entered orbit ten minutes after being launched via rocket. State television said that the launch had been ordered by dictator Kim Jung Un and that...

2016 will be a year when Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad “will lock in significant political and military gains” due to the U.S.’s betrayal of anti-Assad rebels, Emile Hokayem, a Senior Fellow for Middle East Security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, wrote Friday in Foreign Policy. Rebels in western Syria made significant advances last year...