The Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad is mobilizing civilians and turning them into paramilitary forces, according to a Syrian NGO. Reports from the ground in the war-torn country have proven notoriously unreliable, but one of the paramilitary groups – part of a newly dubbed National Defense Army – is described...

Senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) official Khader Habeeb is praising Iran for its support of Palestinian terrorism, declaring that Tehran has “adopted” terror groups since the Iranian revolution. The declarations can be considered reciprocation for statements made last week by Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani in which he expressed support...

The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood is boycotting the country’s parliamentary elections, being held today, and has instead launched protests against the vote. Amman has dismissed the demonstrations, with Prime Minister Abdullah Nsur insisting that “the elections are clean” and that Jordan “will not come to a halt,” but the Brotherhood’s refusal to...

With voting concluded in Israel’s January 22 election, projections indicate that both the incoming Israeli government and the likely opposition will be led by parties that endorse a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As predicted by almost all polling going back months, the results were divided between a center-right...

Iran and the P5+1 have yet to agree on a date for the resumption of talks surrounding Iran’s atomic program, and Iranian outlets are now conveying statements by a top official in Tehran declaring that negotiations may be suspended altogether. Deputy Chairman of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mansour Haqiqat...

Israel’s three major news television stations tonight released exit poll results projecting that the country’s 19th Knesset will be dominated by parties clustering around the Israeli political center. The announcements come after months during which analysts predicted Israelis were preparing to vote into power the most right-wing government in the country’s...

Israelis head to the polls today to elect the country’s 19th Knesset, capping off three months of campaigning in which polls converged early and remained largely consistent in dividing votes between Israel’s center-right and center-left. Voters are expected, as they have been since incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced elections three...

The Palestinian Authority representative to Britain has declared that a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is unrealistic and that the goal should be “one state” which subsumes the Jewish State. Manuel Hassassian also indicated that forces hostile to Israel would be able to leverage declining U.S. support for Jerusalem –...

Bulgarian officials have evidence linking Hezbollah to the terrorist attack last year in Burgas that killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian, according to a Lebanese media outlet citing European sources. Bulgarian media also carried the leak, which echoes reports that emerged last week in Israeli media and which were...

Israeli voters flocked to the polls in near-record numbers on Tuesday to elect the country’s 19th Knesset, registering turnout levels not seen since the country’s hotly contested 1999 election. By 6 p.m., 3.1 million Israelis, or 55.5 percent of the electorate, had cast their ballot. The voting comes after weeks...