MOSCOW — A Russian general was killed Monday morning after an explosive device detonated underneath his car in Moscow, and investigators said Ukraine could be behind the attack, the third such killing of a senior military officer in a…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Israeli rescued from Jericho abduction says she was threatened with gun, assaulted
An Israeli woman who reported being kidnapped in the West Bank city of Jericho last week told investigators that she had been threatened at gunpoint and assaulted by several Palestinian men after being lured to the city by a man she had…
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Israel warns US that Iran may use missile launch drill as cover to strike – report
Israel has warned the Trump administration that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps may be using an ongoing military exercise focusing on missiles as cover to launch an attack on Israel, according to a Sunday report, amid fears that…
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Iranian militias consider disarmament under new Iraqi PM
Iranian militias consider disarmament under new Iraqi PM | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle East/Iran NewsUS Envoy to Iraq, Mark Savaya, posted on X overnight between December 21 and 22 that the steps being taken by “armed groups” in…
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Syria increases ISIS raids following attack in Palmyra
Syria increases ISIS raids following attack in Palmyra | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle EastIsrael has demanded that southern Syria be demilitarized, and this has caused a power vacuum as Syria seeks to see how it can police an area…
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Despite Trump’s 2019 Claim, ISIS Thrives in Syria’s Power Vacuum
Back in 2019, Donald Trump – then as now the U.S. president – announced that the coalition against the Islamic State had taken control of “100 percent” of the organization’s territory. But in fact, the Islamic State still controls territory…
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Australian state parliament reconvenes to push through stricter gun laws after Bondi mass shooting
By Renju Jose
SYDNEY, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Australia’s New South Wales state parliament was recalled on Monday to vote on proposed new laws that would impose major curbs on firearm ownership, ban the display of terror symbols and restrict protests,…
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IDF says it targeted Hezbollah operatives in southern Lebanon strikes
The Israeli military said Sunday that it targeted Hezbollah operatives in strikes in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese health ministry reported one person was killed and another wounded.
Israel has kept up regular strikes on Lebanon, usually…
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Israel said to warn US that Iran could use missile launch exercise as cover to strike
Culture Minister Miki Zohar threatens to end all state funding for film industry amid awards spat
Culture Minister Miki Zohar threatens to cut off all state funding to the film industry amid an ongoing spat over his attempt to…
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Israeli man killed, son injured in Thailand motorcycle accident
An Israeli citizen was killed and his son was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in Thailand on Thursday, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement Sunday.
Neither of the citizens was named.
The Department for Israelis in Distress…
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