The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has issued a renewed warning that Iran may currently be secretly developing a nuclear weapon. The International Atomic Energy Agency has repeatedly warned about possible clandestine nuclear weapons work being conducted by Tehran — a November 2011 report highlighted [PDF] “the possible...

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Analysts and observers are struggling to unravel reports that Egyptian security officials seized a ship — currently of unknown origin and destination — carrying tens of thousands of weapons. Turkish media outlets identified the ship as an Iranian fishing vessel named the ““Sawit 1” and reported that it was carrying...

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A Syrian jet carried out an air strike in Lebanon yesterday, flying 12 miles into Lebanese territory and firing a missile near the border town of Arsal. The incident is the latest in a series of strikes and counterstrikes that have seen Lebanon-based groups cross-fight in Syria and the Syrian...

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The head of Hezbollah’s executive council on Monday blasted the Obama administration for intervening in Lebanon’s affairs and sowing “crises” in the country: “We are to this day still working with all our might to ward off the specter of strife [hanging over] our country – a strife we have rejected...

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An operative from Iran’s Quds Force – an elite branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard that conducts overseas terror operations – was caught by Bulgarian authorities conducting surveillance of Sofia’s only synagogue in July 2012, just days after the Burgas, Bulgaria bus bombing that killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian....

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There is a converging consensus among U.S. officials and independent experts to the effect that Iran was deeply involved in North Korea’s February nuclear test — the country’s third — and that the bomb might even be considered an “Iranian bomb.” Experts interviewed by the Washington Post cite extensive and...

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After coming under scrutiny for de facto facilitating weapons shipments from Iran to the Bashar al-Assad regime, Iraqi officials have declared their readiness to carry out random searches of airplanes: While Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s spokesman spoke of newly tightened restrictions on Iranian flights to Syria, the head of Iraq’s...

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Arabic media sources report that France is ready to add Hezbollah’s military wing to the European Union’s list of terror organizations. Al-Hayat, a pan-Arab daily based in London, describes a meeting earlier this week between French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and Secretary of State John Kerry, in which Fabius informed Kerry...

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Iran’s nuclear program is moving ahead at a “murderous pace,” a high-level Israeli source said in remarks printed Friday, and Tehran could have a nuclear weapon as early as July. “The Iranians aren’t messing around after North Korea. What Kim Jong-un has Ahmadinejad has,” the unnamed security source told Maariv, referring to...

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Bulgaria’s interim prime minister Marin Raikov announced today that his government will present new evidence linking Hezbollah to the July 2012 in Burgas, Bulgaria that killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian. Bulgarian government officials announced in February that they had found proof that two of the suspects in the bombing had ties...

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