The New York Times conveys broad and increasing concerns over the infiltration of Syrian rebel forces by Al Qaeda-linked elements, as the U.S. State Department prepares on Tuesday to issue a statement declaring that the Jabhat al-Nusra front which recently seized a military base in northern Syria is a front...

Acting on a tip from Israel, Italian security officers seized a cache of Egypt-bound weapons, including rocket launchers, at the Port of Naples. The final destination of the weapons has not been identified, but the majority of weapons smuggled into the Gaza Strip for use by Hamas come through tunnels...

Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal reemphasized his group’s commitment to the eradication of Israel over the weekend, in a speech that The New York Times described as “defiant” and which the Israeli government noted contained genocidal pledges to use violent “resistance” to establish a “Palestine from the river to the...

Iranian missile experts have secretly entered North Korea ahead of a planned rocket launch, according to intelligence officials quoted in South Korean media sources. It follows reports in Japanese media of October meetings in Pyongyang between Iranian and North Korean officials. The presence of another Iranian delegation will demonstrate close...

Israel will be forced to take military action if the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad attempts to transfer portions of its non-conventional arsenal to Hezbollah on Israel’s northern border, according to warnings issued on Sunday by Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren. Using language that echoed Israeli...

The Sunni-backed Syrian opposition is increasingly controlled by al-Qaeda-linked forces who have crossed into Syria from Iraq, according to statements made yesterday by U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford. The concerns highlight the complexity of Syria’s three-way proxy war between Sunni-backed opposition forces, the Iran-backed regime, and regional Kurdish groups....

Syrian armed forces have dispatched fixed-wing aircrafts and troops into two Damascus suburbs to dislodge Sunni-backed rebel forces that have taken control of the neighborhoods. The campaign comes as the Assad regime finds itself increasingly beseiged, with opposition forces also in range of Damascus’s airport, which they have declared a...

Preparations continue in the Gaza Strip for Hamas’s 25th anniversary, which will see the Iran-backed terror group holding rallies throughout the territory in celebration of its genocidal commitment to eradicating Israel. Taking part in the festivities will be Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal, who entered the Gaza Strip for the...

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is brushing aside calls to rescind a decree under which he reserved for himself sweeping powers and insulated his office from judicial review. The November 22 power grab deepened concerns that religious extremists will use the Egyptian Arab Spring to bring the country under Islamic law,...

Washington, Dec. 7 – The United Nations General Assembly today overwhelmingly passed an Israeli-sponsored U.N. resolution titled “Entrepreneurship for Development,” marking the first time that the the U.N. has formally recognized that entrepreneurship should be a major tool in reducing poverty, creating sustainable development, and reinvigorating the environment. Substantively the resolution has...