Iranian-backed Shiite militias are the “most significant long term threat” to Iraq, according retired Gen. David Petraeus, in an interview published today in The Washington Post. Petraeus, who is back in Iraq for the first time since 2011, was interviewed by the Post’s Beirut correspondent, Liz Sly. In response to...

After freeing the Iraqi town of Amerli, which had been under siege by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Iranian-backed Shiite militias rampaged through the area carrying out reprisal raids against the Sunni population. This was reported in a document prepared by Human Rights Watch (HRW), as reported Wednesday...

Rep. Brad Sherman (D – Calif.), a leading member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called the Obama administration’s plan to ensure the nuclear deal currently being negotiated with Iran would prevent the Islamic Republic from developing a nuclear weapon “preposterous,” The Hill reported yesterday. The exchange with Deputy Secretary of State Tony...

Over 360 members of the House of Representatives, including majorities of both parties, signed a letter notifying the White House that Congress won’t enact permanent sanctions relief for Iran unless representatives are convinced that the terms of the nuclear deal being negotiated will “foreclose any pathway to a bomb.” According to...

On Thursday, Israel facilitated the entry of 1,000 tons of cement into the Gaza Strip, which remains the stronghold of terrorist group Hamas, according to a report by AFP. The cement entered Gaza in 175 truckloads through the Kerem Shalom border crossing and was paid for by Qatar, a strong...

At least 21 people, most of them foreign tourists, were killed and dozens more injured when gunmen reportedly sympathetic to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) attacked a museum Wednesday located in the parliamentary compound in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It was the deadliest terror attack on...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed his commitment to a peaceful two-state solution with the Palestinians, in his first post-election interview, with Andrea Mitchell of NBC. Netanyahu also expressed his pride leading people of all different ethnicities, downplayed his differences with President Barack Obama, and reiterated his concerns about a nuclear...

A draft of a nuclear deal that would remove economic sanctions and all restrictions on Iran’s nuclear activities in as little as ten years, while allowing the country to continue operating thousands of centrifuges, has been circulating in Lausanne, Switzerland, where the negotiations between the P5+1 nation and Iran are continuing, the Associated...

After tallying absentee ballots from IDF soliders and foreign diplomats, Israel’s Central Elections Committee confirmed that the Likud Party, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has emerged as the party with the most parliamentary mandates—30 Members of Knesset (MKs) in the 120-seat parliament. There are only minor changes from estimates made in...

Barely minutes after the news broke of yesterday’s terrorist attack on the Bardo Museum in Tunis, in which 22 people, the vast majority of them foreign tourists, were murdered, jihadi sympathizers were taking to Twitter to crow about their latest success. “Tunisia is contributing the most number of mujahideen to...