The United States is considering leaving Patriot missiles batteries and F-16 fighters behind in Jordan after a multinational military exercise concludes there later this month. Fears of spillover from the Syrian civil war are driving the calculations: If left in Jordan, Patriot missiles could be used to protect the country...

It’s a week before the presidential elections and the political atmosphere in Iran is heating up. For the first time in years demonstrators this week dared gathering in public in a large protest against the regime. Tuesday they took advantage of the funeral of an admired, dissident, senior cleric in the...

Syrian rebels Thursday morning seized control of the Syrian side of Quneitra border crossing, just a few hundred meters from Israeli territory on the Golan Heights. Later reports, however, indicated that the Syrian army had retaken the crossing. The battle for Quneitra raged on throughout the day. A high-level official...

Ireland is reportedly blocking efforts inside the European Union to formally blacklist Hezbollah as a terror organization. Britain recently initiated procedures to add the Iran-backed terror group to the E.U. blacklist, after Bulgarian officials linked Hezbollah to the July 2012 Burgas bombing that killed six civilians and a Cypriot court convicted...

Resort cities in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula are being overrun by swarms of locusts. Efforts to stem the invasion have been hampered due to a crippling shortage of diesel fuel, one of many commodities which have been impacted by Egypt’s spiraling economic decline. Crisis managers need the diesel fuel to power...

Gulf states are calling on Iran to provide reassurances regarding the integrity of its Bushehr nuclear reactor. The nuclear plant may have been damaged in April after multiple earthquakes, including one with a 7.7 magnitude, struck the region. The facility’s location has long been a source of concern: Iran built it in...

Addressing Israel’s parliament Wednesday, Isaeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated his appeal for the Palestinians to return to peace talks. Speaking from the Knesset podium, Netanyahu said Israel was ready to make tough decisions in order to achieve peace. After noting that he is in regular contact with Secretary of...

Israel on Wednesday began hosting the most prestigious sports tournament ever to hit its shores – the UEFA Under-21 Championships showcasing the rising stars of European soccer. UEFA, the governing body European soccer, organizes the U-21 as the oldest of its “youth” competitions. Many of the competitors already play in...

South Korea is seriously considering purchasing the Israeli made Iron Dome systems, which intercepts and kills short range rockets and missiles. The Tower has learned that advanced negotiations took place between the two countries during a private visit to Israel by Brigadier General Lee Hee Woo, President of a Chungnam...

Reports this week of progress at Iran’s Arak heavy water facility have raised concerns from U.S. officials that Iranian scientists are developing a second pathway for acquiring nuclear weapons. The regime already has an extensive network of facilities for enriching uranium, and has been systematically locking in critical infrastructure that it...