Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen has released a new guide for would-be Western recruits, urging Western militants who were thinking of traveling to join the group in Yemen to, in effect, think twice before making the trip. The guide, entitled “Expectations Full,” was apparently compiled by Samir Khan, the American-Saudi editor of the group's Inspire
The United States will immediately give Israel $70 million for additional Iron Dome batteries, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta told Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in a meeting between the two Thursday. Washington has already given Israel $205 million for the Iron Dome systems. Panetta said: "Our goal is to ensure that Israel
"The following are what the holy Quran teaches, but the President Obama know not: Qur'an:9:88 "The Messenger and those who believe with him, strive hard and fight with their wealth and lives in Allah's Cause." Qur'an:9:5 "Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and
Israel has become a punch-bag for politicians vying for votes in Egypt’s presidential election, playing on popular antipathy in Egypt towards its neighbor, but the realities of office are likely to ensure a 33-year-old peace treaty is not jeopardized. Officials in Israel have watched Egypt’s political turmoil with increasing wariness after the downfall of
Mohamed Salem believes it was divine intervention that saved the Muslim holy site where he works from being destroyed. In early March, word reached the keepers of the ornate shrine, the most important of its kind in Libya, that ultra-conservative Salafis were on their way to destroy it as part of a campaign to
An Iranian official called this week for an ‘Islamic Awakening’ movement to help Palestinian Authority Arabs “demolish the Zionist regime”, the IRNA news agency reported. The comments were made at a conference in Tehran in honor of Nakba Day – the day of catastrophe – which is what the Arabs call the English date
A confidential UN report obtained by the Reuters news agency and exposed on Wednesday indicates that Iran has continued to enrich uranium and develop its nuclear program, but the sanctions that have been imposed on the Islamic Republic have slowed down its quest to achieve nuclear weapons. The draft report, according to a report
For the first time since the Oslo Accords were implemented almost 20 years ago, a ceremony will be held at Tel Dotan in Samaria in memory of the battle of Emek Dotan. That battle against Jordanian armor, 45 years ago, was the opening battle in the liberation of Judea and Samaria in the Six Day
The face of Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister beams down from huge billboards on major highways promising “Egypt for everyone”, but Ahmed Shafiq is polarizing voters ahead of next week’s presidential poll. For some, his government experience and background as a former air force commander promise an end to the turbulence since Mubarak was
Babylon’s Hanging Gardens were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but heritage appears to be no match for Iraq’s booming oil industry in a dispute over a new pipeline. As Baghdad is working to get UNESCO to list Babylon as a World Heritage Site, archaeologists and oil ministry officials are in
