In response to an attack by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, Saudi Arabia resumed air strikes today against the rebels in Yemen, CNN reported. The resumption of air strikes comes less than a day after Saudi Arabia announced that it was ending the air war against the Houthis and seeking a diplomatic solution...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s continued use of chemical weapons against his own people, despite an accord signed two years ago to rid Syria of these weapons, raises questions about how effective the emerging deal with Iran would be in preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, an unsigned staff editorial (Google...

Starting this evening local time, Israel began its observance of Yom Hazikaron, Remembrance Day, to honor those who fell while defending the state of Israel. Tonight, we remember 23,320 fallen soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice defending #Israel #Yomhazikaron pic.twitter.com/jONZtIW62W — IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) April 21, 2015 At a ceremony at the Western...

The United States government has known for “several years” that Iran’s breakout time—the amount of time required to produce enough fissile material for a nuclear bomb—is only two to three months, but only declassified the information recently, Eli Lake reported today for Bloomberg View. Lake noted that in 2013, when President...

The former commander of the Israeli Air Force has warned that it will be one or two years before the full implications of a deal with Iran over its nuclear program are properly understood. “If we don’t see a violation the day after any deal is agreed, that doesn’t mean...

Iran has been trying for years to strengthen its presence in Mauritania and make it a base through which Tehran can expand its control in North Africa. Concern in the country is growing (Arab link) over Iran’s increasingly visible meddling in domestic affairs, including through the propagation of Shiite religious principles. Like Iran,...

Jason Rezaian, the Tehran bureau chief of The Washington Post who has been detained in Iran for almost nine months, will be charged with espionage and three other crimes, according to his lawyer, Leilah Ahsan, the paper reported yesterday. According to Ms. Ahsan’s statement, translated from Persian and provided by...

The United States has deployed two more naval vessels to Yemen, “sending a message” to Iran to stop arming Houthi rebels there, The New York Times reported Monday. “This is really about sending a message,” said an American official who declined to be identified as discussing a continuing military operation....

Former Bush administration official Michael Doran asserted that a “coercive component” would be essential to convincing Iran to give up its nuclear program in an interview published today with Max Fisher of the online publication Vox. When asked by Fisher if the goal of preventing Iran from developing a nuclear...

The NaNose technology, first used in detecting lung cancer, has now been shown as an effective tool in detecting early-stage gastric (stomach) cancer as well. According to a study in the medical journal, Gut, the diagnostic tool developed by Dr. Hossam Haick of the Technion Institute of Technology matched the...