The Lebanese terror group Hezbollah has started a crowdfunding campaign in order to finance its activities against Israel, Ynet reported on Thursday. The Iran-backed militia is looking for funds to purchase weapons and other materiel under the slogan “Money for jihad is a must,” which has been hashtagged on social media. The...

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Several European governments are protesting Iran’s treatment of an Iranian scientist with Swedish residency who was arrested last year and could soon face the death penalty, The New York Times reported Monday. It is the latest example of a Western citizen or resident being detained by Iran on questionable charges. Ahmadreza Djalali,...

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Iranian political leaders and the chief of the Iran-sponsored terror group Hezbollah mocked U.S. President Donald Trump over the weekend, calling him an “idiot,” among other insults. In a televised speech, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Sunday that Trump had shown “the true face of the U.S. administration,” calling it “ugly, unjust, criminal,...

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Israel’s Borders Heat Up Towns on Israel’s northern and southern borders came under attack this week. On Monday, three rockets were fired from Gaza into southern Israel, leading the Israel Defense Forces to strike three Hamas targets in in response, including a naval base. It still isn’t clear who fired the rockets...

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Iran test-fired another surface-to-air missile on Wednesday, in defiance of warnings and a new round of sanctions from the Trump administration last week, a U.S. official told Fox News. The short-range Mersad missile was fired from a launchpad east of Tehran and impacted 35 miles away, the official added. “Recent Iranian actions, including a...

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Iran continued to carry out missile tests over the weekend, in an apparent response to the United States’ decision to impose fresh sanctions following ballistic missile testing last week. The semi-official Fars news agency described “massive” drills on the northern Semnan province that took place on Saturday. Commander of the...

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I will admit that this sounds perverse, but Iran’s recent ballistic missile test was welcome in one important sense. Let me explain. Just more than a fortnight into President Donald Trump’s administration, America and the world have been bombarded with all sorts of crises, to the extent that it feels...

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Pushing Back Against Iran After Iran conducted ballistic missile tests over the weekend despite a United Nations Security Council resolution calling on Iran not to conduct such tests, National Security Advisor Michael Flynn announced on Wednesday that the United States was “officially putting Iran on notice” and would not tolerate its...

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The United States government is preparing to impose sanctions on a variety of Iranian entities in response to the Islamic Republic’s recent ballistic missile test, Reuters reported Thursday. The sanctions target eight Iranian organizations for terrorism-related activities and about 17 for ballistic missile-related activities, a source told Reuters. The sanctions would be imposed using powers granted by...

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German intelligence believes that Iran has tested a nuclear-capable cruise missile, the German newspaper Die Welt reported Thursday. In addition to a ballistic missile test that Iran itself revealed, Germany believes that Iran also test-fired a Sumar cruise missile, which could have a range of 2,000-3,000 kilometers (1,250-1,875 miles) and could...

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