Raw sewage has flooded streets in a southern neighborhood of Gaza City in recent days, threatening a health disaster, writes the New York Times. The reason: cheap diesel fuel can no longer be smuggled in from Egypt, because Egypt's army has shut down the smuggling tunnels that connected Gaza with Sinai. The Hamas government
Six mortar bombs landed in a remote part of Saudi Arabia near the Iraq and Kuwait border on Thursday. The attack, still under investigation, was claimed by the Iraqi Shi'ite militia group Al Mukhtar Army, which is closely aligned with Iran. Watheq Al-Battat, founder and leader of Al Mukhtar Army, said the bombings were
Although Chamberlain threatened that if Czechoslovakia didn't give the Sudetendland to Hitler, WWII would start, the sad truth is that giving it over is what enabled the war to start. Obama is going down the same path. As Obama hints that Israel will cause WWIII if Iran is not allowed to slip out of
President Barack Obama plans to personally appeal to senators and ask them to hold off on passing new sanctions on Iran. According to Fox News, Obama is preparing to meet on Tuesday with key senators as part of an ongoing campaign by the administration to convince Congress not to pass new sanctions on Iran
We meet him at the border. It feels as if we have been driving for hours. Bush roads. Trees, scrub, baobabs, sand, dust and more dust. Bumps. The vehicles are more often off the road than on it. Now and then we drive past women carrying heavy loads on their heads, loads topped off
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday the issue of whether Iran will ultimately be allowed to enrich uranium will not be decided in an interim deal under discussion between major world powers and Iranian officials in Geneva. "Whatever a country decides or doesn't decide to do, or is allowed to do
One Gaza terrorist has been killed, and 4 others wounded, in an accidental blast in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City, according to Ma'an news agency. Gaza medical sources confirmed to Ma'an that 35-year old Muhammad al-Bahloul died shortly after he was evacuated to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Medics added that four
The "Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had angry words Wednesday for France, which has been the toeing the toughest line against Iran in the P5+1 powers' talks with Tehran over its nuclear weapons program. French officials were "not only succumbing to the United States, but they are kneeling before
A Kuwaiti newspaper reported Wednesday that Russia was set to transfer billions of dollars worth of arms to Egypt before the end of the year. According to the report in the Al Rei newspaper, the Russian arms package is designed to specifically enable Egypt to at least achieve parity with the IDF. Egyptian media
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that Israel is a "regime doomed to collapse." His threats come as the latest round of talks over Iran's nuclear weapons program is being held in Geneva. AFP reports that Khamenei told commanders of the Islamist Basij militia force in Tehran: "the Zionist regime (Israel) is
