Netanyahu expected to meet Putin later this week
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to fly to Sochi on Thursday, just five days before Election Day, to discuss strengthening the security cooperation between the two countries in Syria.
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Hezbollah setting up precision missile site in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley
Hezbollah has set up a production and conversion site for precision missiles near the town of Al-Nabi Sheeth in Lebanon’s Bekaa, Israel’s military announced on Tuesday, saying the facility was established in recent years as a site for the production of weapons led by Iran and Hezbollah.
Israel fends off attack from Quds Force in Syria while Hezbollah captures drone
An Israeli drone was downed in Lebanon Sunday night simultaneous to a bevy of rockets fired at Israel from Syria.
UN nuclear agency asks Iran to explain uranium samples found at warehouse
The head of the UN’s nuclear inspection agency Monday called on Tehran to explain the findings of a test conducted in April.
Syrian official blames Israel, US for strike on base near Iraq border
A Syrian security official blamed Israel and the US for an attack on a base belonging to a pro-Iranian Shiite militia in Syria near the border with Iraq on Monday.
Netanyahu reveals site where Iran ‘experimented on nuclear weapons development’
In his latest dramatic revelation on Iran’s nuclear program, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday exposed the existence of a secret nuclear facility in central Iran in which he said the regime had conducted experiments in the pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Report: Pompeo warned Lebanon Israel could attack Hezbollah site
Sources told the Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a warning letter to Lebanese President Michel Aoun, urging him to dismantle a factory set up by Hezbollah in the Bekaa region of Lebanon to develop and modernize the missiles before Israel attacks it.
Iran hints it could release UK-flagged tanker ‘within days’
Iran on Sunday hinted that it could release ‘within days’ a UK-flagged oil tanker it had seized in July in sensitive Gulf waters amid rising hostilities with Britain’s ally the United States.
Several said killed in strikes on Iran-backed militia base on Syria-Iraq border
Unidentified aircraft launched strikes on a base belonging to an Iran-backed militia on the Syrian side of its border with Iraq, killing several people early Monday, an observer and Arabic media reported.
IDF kicks off large exercise simulating war against Hezbollah
The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday launched a large-scale exercise simulating war against Hezbollah and other pro-Iranian forces in the north of the country.
Iran slated to begin work on advanced centrifuges as damage control for nuclear deal fails
Iran will begin work on advanced centrifuges that allow for faster enrichment of uranium, AP reported Thursday.
IAEA Found Uranium Traces at Iran ‘Atomic Warehouse’: Diplomats
Samples taken by the U.N. nuclear watchdog at what Israel’s prime minister called a ‘secret atomic warehouse’ in Tehran showed traces of uranium that Iran has yet to explain, two diplomats who follow the agency’s inspections work closely say.
Iran poised for faster centrifuges as nuclear deal collapses
Iran was poised Thursday to begin work on advanced centrifuges that will enrich uranium faster as the 2015 nuclear deal unravels further and a last-minute French proposal offering a $15-billion line of credit to compensate Iran for not being able to sell its crude oil abroad because of U.S. sanctions looked increasingly unlikely.
UK and Israeli leaders agree on need to stop Iran getting nuclear weapon
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed during a meeting in London on the need to prevent Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon, Downing Street said on Thursday.
US offers cash reward to captain of Iranian ship in bid to seize it
The US on Wednesday offered the captain of an Iranian oil tanker millions of dollars to dock the ship in a port where it could be seized.
Times report says Israel came extremely close to striking Iran in 2012
A New York Times report Wednesday revealed how close Israel had actually come to striking Iran in 2012.
US adds new sanctions and reward to further pressure Iran
The Trump administration stepped up pressure on Iran on Wednesday, imposing sanctions on an oil shipping network with ties to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and offering a reward of up to $15 million for anyone with information that could disrupt its faltering economy even further.
Israel said again mulling raid on Iran; thinks Trump, unlike Obama, won’t oppose
Israeli officials are currently considering the possibility of conducting a military strike on Iran, with or without the approval of the United States, The New York Times reported Wednesday. They believe US President Donald Trump could decide not to stand in the way of such an attack, unlike his predecessor Barack Obama, the paper reported Wednesday in an exposé that detailed the lows and highs of the Israel-US relationship in the face-off against the Islamic Republic over the past decade.
IDF said still on high alert in north amid prospect of further Hezbollah attack
The Israeli military remained on high alert along the northern border Wednesday, bracing for further Hezbollah attacks, according to a television report.
Israel makes public satellite images of more Iranian activity in Syria and Lebanon
The Israeli military has uncovered further evidence of Iranian entrenchment in Syria and Lebanon.