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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman, and Defense Minister Benny Gantz agreed on a 58 billion Israeli shekel ($17.8 billion) defenÑe establishment budget for 2022, the prime minister’s office said on 28 July. “As part of the understandings, it was agreed that the IDF [Israel Defence Forces] …
Read More »Blinken Visit to New Delhi Expands Indo-US Partnership
The United States and India reaffirmed their commitment to deepening their security partnership during a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to New Delhi. Ties between the two countries have steadily improved amid mutual concerns about China’s growing influence. “There are few relationships in the world that are …
Read More »Daesh attack kills seven Syrian troops: Monitor
Daesh group militants killed at least seven soldiers and militiamen in eastern Syria on Wednesday, the latest in a series of deadly attacks, a Britain-based war monitor said. Several government positions came under attack in a desert area of Deir Ezzor province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Several …
Read More »Secret Iran hacking plans against West revealed – report
Five secret documents allegedly showing Iranian plans to hack infrastructure in Western countries, including in Europe, were publicized by Sky News on Monday. Five secret documents allegedly showing Iranian plans to hack infrastructure in Western countries, including in Europe, were publicized by Sky News late Monday night. Although there have …
Read More »Iran claims it arrested Mossad agents, seized weapons
The ministry claimed that the alleged agents intended to use the weapons in order to carry out assassinations. Iran’s Intelligence Ministry claimed that it has arrested a network of Mossad agents and seized a heavy shipment of weapons and ammunition after they entered Iran through its western border, according to …
Read More »Jordan can’t be Palestinian homeland in two-state solution – King Abdullah
“The Palestinians do not want to be in Jordan,” Abdullah said. “They want their lands, they want their football team. They want their flag to fly above their houses.” Jordan cannot become the state of the Palestinians, King Abdullah II, the Hashemite Kingdom’s monarch, told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria in an …
Read More »If Biden can’t stand up to Saudi Arabia, then Congress should, and now
The administration has been sluggish in its pledge to withdraw material support to the Kingdom and help end the blockade in Yemen. In sharp contrast to Donald Trump’s uncritical embrace of the Saudi regime and its brutal war in Yemen, President Biden took the opportunity of his first foreign policy …
Read More »No, the U.S. military is not ‘leaving’ Iraq
Officials have announced an ‘end’ to the combat mission, but this appears to be a shift in definitions rather than a real withdrawal. Iraqi and U.S. officials have been talking about the end of a U.S. combat mission in Iraq, but they appear to be changing definitions rather than trying …
Read More »UAE-Israel oil deal freeze is first real test for Abraham Accords
Decision to delay controversial pipeline project over environmental concerns unlikely to lead to major crisis, however. Israel’s decision to freeze a proposed oil pipeline deal with the United Arab Emirates marks the first real test of the Abraham Accords that normalized Israel-UAE relations but is unlikely to lead to a …
Read More »Sisi, Safadi discuss latest regional developments, ME peace process
Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi arrived in Cairo earlier today Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi discussed with Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi the latest developments in the region in a meeting on Monday afternoon, including the situation in Lebanon, Syria, Libya. They also …
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