Calling it “a major setback” to President Barack Obama’s strategy for fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), The Washington Post reported Sunday that American-backed rebels were defeated by Jabhat al-Nusra, which is affiliated with al-Qaeda, in the northern Syrian province of Idlib. Moderate rebels who had been armed and trained...

Hezbollah has set up a “security zone” along the length of the Syria-Lebanon border – and has staffed it with over 1,000 fighters who patrol the area on a 24-hour basis – as the Iran-backed terror organization struggles to cope with mounting losses in Syria and with continued blowback from...

The Jerusalem Post reported Saturday that Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau met last week with Sheikh Mohammad Kiwan who serves as chairman of the Council of Muslim Leaders in Israel. The two issued a call for restraint and tolerance. “We must call for unity and peace between peoples in order that we...

On Friday, Lebanon’s NOW media outlet reported that a Lebanese national, Mohammad Amadar, was arrested in Lima, Peru last week. NOW reported that explosives and a detonator were found in Amadar’s apartment and cited an Israeli news report that he had “planned to ‘execute a major attack’ against Jewish targets....

Palestinians expressed satisfaction over a condolence letter sent by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to the family of Mu’taz Hijazi, the Palestinian suspected in the attempted assassination of Jerusalem right-wing activist Yehuda Glick. “I salute the President,” wrote one user in a Hamas forum on Facebook. In the condolence letter,...

Ahead of nuclear talks expected to take place next week in Oman, Iran is renewing militant threats against the United States and its allies. Admiral Ali Fadavi, commander of the naval force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, made a further clear and explicit threat to the US, promising to destroy...

Photos published in Hamas-affiliated media in the Gaza Strip showed activists from the organization’s paramilitary group, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, teaching dozens of Palestinian children how to use weapons. These images sparked criticism among many Palestinians who argued that the children are too young to take part in such...

Mohammad Mostafaei, the first lawyer for Reyhaneh Jabbari, the 26 year old woman Iranian who was recently executed for killing an assailant, told UN Watch Friday that Jabbari was not given a fair trial: I was Reyhaneh Jabbari’s lawyer. Mr. Larijani’s statement is completely false. It is not true that she had...

The world’s foodies have had their say: Tel Aviv is an outstanding culinary destination. The White City snagged two top honors in the recently published Saveur Culinary Travel Awards 2014 and Israel’s airline raised a glass to an In-flight Wine award, as selected by the American-based, globally recognized culinary-travel magazine....

The Fatah faction of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas called on Palestinians to stage a “day of rage” in Jerusalem on Friday. Though the day largely passed without incident, observers feared that Abbas’ statement would inflame mass unrest in the Jewish state’s capital, after a Wednesday assassination attempt on prominent...