The Islamic State (ISIS) group began bulldozing the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq on Thursday, the government said, in the jihadists' latest attack on the country's historical heritage. ISIS "assaulted the historic city of Nimrud and bulldozed it with heavy vehicles," the tourism and antiquities ministry said on an official Facebook page
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday claimed Israel creates the "greatest danger" in the region, after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu the day before in Congress detailed how Iranian aggression is wreaking havoc in the Middle East, and warned against a nuclear deal. In his speech on Capitol Hill, Netanyahu said Tuesday the nuclear agreement
Leaders of South Korea and Saudi Arabia agreed on Tuesday to look into building more than two small and medium-sized nuclear reactors in Saudi Arabia, wrote the Korea Herald. The projects may be worth as much as $2 billion. During summit talks, President Park Geun-hye and King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud discussed ways “to
Egypt has seen two major upheavals in the last four years - the Arab Spring overthrew Hosni Mubarak in 2011, then saw its Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated president toppled in a coup d’état by General, now President, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. President Sisi last week concluded a preliminary agreement with Russia to build a new nuclear reactor
The head of UNESCO condemned on Friday the destruction of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq by the Islamic State group, saying it amounted to a "war crime." "I condemn with the strongest force the destruction of the site at Nimrud," Irina Bokova said in a statement. She said she had
ZAKA reported Friday morning that a rampage terror attack occurred at about 10:00 am near the Border Patrol's base in the Shimon HaTzadik neighborhood in Jerusalem. A police statement clarified that the Arab terrorist attack was conducted in a private car that approached the base from Zaks Junction before going up on the sidewalk
Al-Arabiya's English edition editor-in-chief Faisal J. Abbas wrote a surprising op-ed on Tuesday, calling on US President Barack Obama to listen to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu after the latter addressed Congress on the dangers of an Iran nuclear deal being formulated. Abbas, whose paper is openly anti-Israel and Saudi-owned, began by scornfully conceding "it
Following upon a report in a Kuwaiti newspaper, that US President Barack Obama threatened to shoot down IAF jets en route to Iran if Israel tried to attack the nuclear infrastructure there – a report later denied by the White House – Arutz Sheva's Mark Langfan stated on NewsmaxTV's Steve Malzberg show Monday: “You can’t
Days after a court in Egypt declared Hamas a terrorist organization, one of its leaders on Monday issued a threat against Cairo. The leader, Salah Bardawil, declared that Hamas will not allow the Egyptian regime to touch the Palestinian people and will react to any aggression in the same way it reacts to Israel.
A look at Saudi Arabia's news media shows that the Persian Gulf monarchy stands squarely behind Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's efforts Tuesday in Congress. In an article in Monday's edition of the Saudi daily Al-Jazirah (no relation to the Qatar-based television network), columnist Dr. Ahmad Al-Faraj comes out strongly against U.S. President Barack Obama.
