‘Man placed bomb, returned to work at McDonalds’
The central suspect in last month’s bus bombing in Tel Aviv planted the explosive device and then took the train back to his job at the McDonald’s in Modi’in, prosecutors stated in an indictment...
Category: The Middle East
Inquiry harshly criticizes State Department over Benghazi attack
(Reuters) – Security at the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya was grossly inadequate to deal with a September 11 attack that killed a U.S. ambassador and three others because of failures within the State...
Russia sends warships to Syria for possible evacuation
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russia sent warships to the Mediterranean to prepare a potential evacuation of its citizens from Syria, a Russian news agency said on Tuesday, a sign President Bashar al-Assad’s key ally is worried about rebel advances...
Voices from the Home Front: How Israelis Live Under Fire
Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip have fired more than 12,000 rockets into Israel in the past 12 years. Listen to a few of the Israelis who have been living with this reality for...
Abbas mulls forming confederation with Jordan
Palestinian Authority officials confirmed Thursday that they were studying the possibility of establishing a confederation with Jordan, but stressed that this would take place only after the creation of an independent Palestinian state within...
Panetta signs order to send Patriot missiles to Turkey
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has signed an order to send two Patriot air defense missile batteries and 400 American troops to Turkey as part of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization effort to protect...
Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman resigns
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has resigned after being charged with breach of trust following a long-running investigation. Mr Lieberman has also resigned as deputy prime minister, and said he would fight to clear...
Iran Congratulates North Korea On Rocket Launch
Iran congratulated North Korea on Wednesday for its “successful” launch of a long-range rocket, an incident which provoked global condemnation, and denied having a role in preparing the launch. Tehran “congratulates the people and...
Syria government ‘losing control’ – Russian official
A Russian official has said for the first time that the Syrian government may be defeated by opposition forces. President Bashar al-Assad’s forces are “losing more and more control and territory”, deputy foreign minister...
Syria fires Scud missiles on its own people
Syria’s regime has fired at least six Scud ballistic missiles on its own people since Monday in a significant escalation that means it has used every weapon in its arsenal short of chemical weapons....
