The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it would once again waive sanctions against Iran’s banking and oil industries in line with the 2015 nuclear deal, but signaled that it would take a tougher stance towards enforcing the deal’s implementation. The announcement of the waiver came hours after the United...

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The United States Congress voted on Wednesday to adopt two measures that would block the sale of aircraft to Iran. The measures were amendments to the 2018 spending authorization bill. One of the amendments would prohibit spending the money necessary to authorize the sales, and the other would block Office...

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The Al-Akbar news agency has reported that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said that the Syrian government has won the war in Syria. Speaking at a religious event, Nasrallah said that opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had failed and that now “the path of the other project has failed and...

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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s historic visit to several Latin American countries this week could serve as a platform to promote regional cooperation against Iran’s involvement in global terrorism and Hezbollah’s activities in the region, Emanuele Ottolenghi and Michaela Frai wrote in The Jerusalem Post. Latin America’s permissive environment for...

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Iran will not allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors to visit its military sites, a top adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said. It was the latest statement by a top Iranian official that exposed weaknesses in the nuclear deal made with Iran in 2015. In response...

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The terrorist organization Hamas is establishing a foothold in Lebanon with the support of the Iranian regime and aims to intensify strategic ties with the Tehran-led Shiite axis, Shin Bet Director Nadav Argaman warned during a cabinet briefing on Sunday. Ynet reported Monday that Hamas and Iran patched up relations...

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Senior officials in the United Kingdom’s Foreign Office believe that Iran has aided North Korea in the latter’s development of nuclear bombs that can be mounted onto ballistic missile The Sunday Telegraph reported. It is not yet clear what kind of device was detonated in the latest North Korean nuclear test,...

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The head of Israel’s General Security Service briefed the Israeli Cabinet on Sunday about the scale of the current terrorist threat. Nadav Argaman, head of the Shin Bet, told Government ministers that Israel has prevented 200 terrorist attacks from more than 70 local terrorist cells since the beginning of 2017. Argaman...

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The attack on a Syrian military facility early Thursday morning, attributed to Israel, is a sign that Israel will enforce its major “red lines” with Syria to defend itself, a former Israeli national security adviser said Thursday. In a press briefing hosted by The Israel Project, Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yaacov...

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Iran’s intelligence services have been threatening and blackmailing numerous journalists to ensure positive coverage for the regime in global media outlets, according to a report released by Reporters Without Borders (or RSF). The watchdog group, which advocates for freedom of the press, estimates that at least 50 international journalists have...

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