Iran, Syria and Russia have effectively defeated the United States, former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Meir Rosenne has warned. Speaking to Arutz Sheva, Dr. Rosenne explained that U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to back down on intervention in Syria, and to go along with a Russian initiative instead, will have severe repercussions for
The United States on Thursday once again called on Egypt's interim authorities to lift a state of emergency which has been in force since August. The call came after Cairo announced it would extend the state of emergency for two months. "We remain opposed, as we have from the beginning, to the state of
Egyptian military helicopters on Friday carried out air strikes on Islamist militant positions in Sinai, two days after suicide bombers killed six soldiers in the restive peninsula, security sources said. Apache helicopters targeted hideouts and vehicles used by the militants near the town of Sheikh Zuwayid in northern Sinai, the sources said. On
A few blocks away from Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan stood a truck whose paint job made a political statement about September 11th: "No one wants to remember. No one wants to forget." It sums up the mixed emotions of America on this day in 2013. But Pamela Geller is definitely one of the
The victims of the largest and bloodiest jihadi attack on the homeland in U.S. history had a voice today. The American Freedom Defense Initiative held a press conference at Ground Zero, despite the fact that the NYPD refused our repeated requests for a permit. A large crowd of several hundred gathered as an all-star
Russia has transferred several S-300 missile batteries into Syria, Kuwaiti newspaper Al Rai reported Tuesday. The transfers took place despite statements by Russian officials, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, that Russia would not provide Syria with the advanced anti-aircraft system. Al Rai claimed that Syria has accelerated the rate at which it ships arms
Egypt’s urban consumer price inflation fell slightly in August, official figures showed on Tuesday, a slowdown attributed partly to a curfew to curb violence sparked by political turmoil, and to a strengthening in the national currency. The state CAPMAS statistics agency said inflation fell in August to an annual 9.7 percent from 10.3 percent
A sixth protester has been killed in Turkey in connection to the "Gezi Park" protest movement. 22 year old Ahmet Atakan died in the southern province of Hatay, after reportedly being struck in the head by a teargas canister fired by Turkish police. There have been conflicting reports regarding the nature of the
Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, the Mufti of Jerusalem, has warned that comments by the Israeli Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino, concerning the right of Jews to enter the Temple Mount and pray there, are “dangerous.” Hussein said on Tuesday that Danino’s statements reflect Israel’s true intentions regarding the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and therefore must not be ignored.
Lebanon is worried that Christians in Syria will be persecuted in the wake of the takeover of a Christian village near Damascus by Syrian rebels. The conquest of the village of Ma'alula, north of Damascus, by rebel group associated with Al Qaeda, endangers a hundreds of years old community and threatens them with decimation,
