Israel’s political and military echelons are deeply concerned with the unfolding, tragic events in Egypt. On July 3rd the Egyptian Defense Minister and Chief of Staff General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stipped the Muslim Brotherhood-linked government of President Mohammad Morsi of after massive protests called for the president’s removal. The action...

Twin car bombings targeted Sunni mosques in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Friday, killing at least 42 people. A video showing the explosions is embedded below (age-restricted; please observe a strong content warning). The attacks came eight days after a car bomb detonated in Hezbollah’s southern Beirut stronghold...

Supporters of former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood-linked government clashed in Egypt today, as demonstrators held what Brotherhood leaders dubbed “Friday of Martyrs” marches. Brotherhood sources said late Friday that one person was killed and over 50 were injured today’s protests, which took place a week after...

Details emerged throughout today regarding the pin-point strike conducted by Israeli Air Force jets overnight against a “terror site” south of Beirut in Lebanon, which occurred less than 24 hours after four rockets had been fired into Israel from Lebanon. Social media accounts and news outlets had quickly narrowed the...

The U.S. Treasury department on Thursday designated four top members of Hezbollah, noting that they had conducted operations for the Iran-backed organization across the Middle East and North Africa. The department further noted that, inasmuch as those operations had been both global and related to terror, they were difficult to...

The Daily Beast describes the “Muslim Brotherhood’s war on Coptic Christians,” which columnist Kirsten Powers writes “show[s] the world its true colors.” In recent days over 40 churches have been looted and burned, on top of another 23 that have been damaged in attacks. Christian officials have been attacked, and Islamists paraded...

Iran “appears to be in the final stages of modifying” a site where it is suspected the regime conducted tests relevant to the development of nuclear warheads, according to new photos and analysis published by the U.S.-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS). Recent commercial satellite imagery shows new...

Diplomatic tensions between the U.S. and Turkey escalated today, with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu lashing out at Washington following recent criticism from U.S. officials: In an interview broadcast live on private television channel Kanal 24 late on Aug. 21, Davutoğlu said that Erdoğan targeted a mentality in his comments claiming that...

Reports are trickling out of the Middle East that Israeli Air Force jets Friday morning conducted a pin-point strike on a target in southern Lebanon, less than a day after four rockets were fired at Israel out of the Hezbollah-dominated region. A statement by the Israeli Defense Forces described the...

Four Grad rockets were fired from southern Lebanon at Israel this morning, triggering renewed concerns that regional instability was spilling over into Israel. One of the rockets was intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome system. The Lebanese military quickly restricted access to the launch site, which is inside an area heavily...