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Obama on Iran Embassy: ‘Never Say Never’

President Barack Obama hinted that he might be prepared to establish a new U.S. embassy in Tehran ” if we can get a deal on making sure that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon,” and the deal led to warmer relations with the Iranian regime.

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ISIS Prepares to Attack Israel in North and South Pincer Movement

With ISIS continuing to hold the upper hand in Syria and Iraq, it appears that the terrorist network is planning what military strategists call a pincer movement to attack the Israeli homeland from the north and south. Three Syrian rebel groups switched loyalties to gain ISIS support for attacks on the Israeli occupied Golan Heights, according to a report by the Fiscal Times. ISIS is now able to coordinate with Egyptian ISIS-aligned terror group Ansar Bait al-Maqdis in Sinai to simultaneously pressure Israel’s northern and southern borders.

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Santa Claus Isn’t Coming to Middle East Towns

The headline may give you a chuckle, but it is certainly no laughing matter. Christians in the Middle East have been devastated by violence and genocidal tendencies at the hands of Islamic extremists. The only place in the Middle East Christians are truly safe is the Jewish State.

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Saudi Arabia Refuses to Slow Oil Production

Despite tumbling oil prices, Saudi Arabia’s oil minister has insisted the country will not slash production in order to keep prices up. Brent crude oil – whose per barrel price is used as a world bench mark – dropped by another

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Report: Lebanon’s Christians Take Up Arms Against ISIS

Christians in Lebanon are arming themselves to combat the Islamic State and other jihadists who are threatening their villages, reports The National, a state-owned news agency in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, or IS) jihadists control

Warsi: Under fire

Conservatives Unite To Oppose Pro-Hamas Former Chairman

Senior Conservatives have launched an unprecedented attack on the former Party Chairman Sayeeda Warsi, whom they accuse of having conducted a “right-wing purge” when she was in office. Baroness Warsi outraged moderate Conservatives by calling David Cameron a “posh boy”,