
Contents: Sectarian Sunni-Shia split deepens over Iran – Saudi split; President Obama may have to choose between Saudi Arabia and Iran; Hezbollah-Israel violence growing on Lebanon border; Residents of Tel Aviv Israel in panic after Friday’s gunfire attack; European and Wall St stocks fall sharply, following China
by John J. Xenakis5 Jan 2016, 4:00 AM PST0

Contents: Angela Merkel urges Germans to see refugees as an ‘opportunity’; UN refugee czar Guterres calls for mandatory funding for refugees; The ‘dramatic multiplication of conflicts in the world’; The Outlook for 2016
by John J. Xenakis1 Jan 2016, 10:52 AM PST0

Just two months removed from their largest drug bust in Lebanon history, Beirut airport authorities have seized approximately five tons of Captagon amphetamine pills that were destined for Euorpe, according to reports.
by Jordan Schachtel31 Dec 2015, 7:51 AM PST0

Contents: Merry Christmas, happy Kwanza, belated happy Hanukkah, Ramadan, Winter Solstice!; Hezbollah promises revenge for deadly Israeli airstrike in Syria; Israel and Hezbollah may be close to war again; Russia is sharing information with the Taliban in Afghanistan to fight ISIS
by John J. Xenakis25 Dec 2015, 1:08 PM PST0

TEL AVIV – Amid fears of Hezbollah retaliation for the assassination of arch-terrorist Samir Kuntar, the Israeli security establishment has banned farmers in Israel’s north from approaching the Lebanese border. Four days after the child murderer was targeted in an
by Deborah Danan24 Dec 2015, 8:35 AM PST0

Contents: Paralyzed Lebanon decides to export its garbage to Europe; Syrian refugees in Lebanon increasingly face starvation
by John J. Xenakis24 Dec 2015, 6:02 AM PST0

A former high ranking Israeli official said that Israel is likely to go to war in Lebanon again, but this time it should target the entire country, not just Hezbollah. In an oped published Wednesday on the Israeli website Ynet,
by Deborah Danan24 Dec 2015, 4:13 AM PST0

Contents: UK bitterly sends troops back Afghanistan’s Helmand province; Number of migrants entering Europe this year passes the one million mark
by John J. Xenakis23 Dec 2015, 6:01 AM PST0

Ynetnews reports: If it plays according to the rules set out in the last two years, it is just a matter of time before Hezbollah avenges the assassinations of Samir Kuntar and Farhan al-Shaalan and it will most likely be a ground
by Breitbart Jerusalem22 Dec 2015, 3:55 AM PST0

Ynetnews reported: Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah on Monday addressed the targeted killing of notorious terrorist Samir Kuntar in a televised speech on Monday, saying that the group holds Israel responsible for the killing with complete certainty. Nasrallah vowed that Hezbollah would
by Breitbart Jerusalem21 Dec 2015, 4:04 PM PST0

The Iran-backed Shia terrorist group Hezbollah has lost an estimated 1,300 to 1,500 soldiers, more than one-third of its force, while fighting against rebels and the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Syria on behalf of dictator Bashar al-Assad, according to Israeli experts.
by Edwin Mora15 Dec 2015, 12:45 PM PST0

Contents: NY Times Page One calls for laws to confiscate some gun owners’ guns; Israel bombs targets in Syria since Russia’s military buildup; Israel receives tacit approval from Russia for Syrian airstrikes
by John J. Xenakis6 Dec 2015, 8:07 AM PST0

The Israel Air Force attacked Syrian army and Hezbollah targets in the area around Qalamoun in Syria overnight Saturday, Israel Radio reported citing Syrian forces.
by Breitbart Jerusalem29 Nov 2015, 9:28 AM PST0

Following the downing of a Russian jet near the Syrian-Turkish border, the Turkish military has released audio recordings of the warnings it claims were sent to the Russian plane.
by John Hayward26 Nov 2015, 9:42 AM PST0

Israeli fighter jets have carried out airstrikes in Syria against Hezbollah and forces loyal to the Assad regime, Syrian activists claimed. “After several hours of reconnaissance flights above the area, Israeli planes suddenly launched two raids on a joint Assad
by Jordan Schachtel24 Nov 2015, 12:57 PM PST0

The Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah has denounced a new bill approved by the Senate, which seeks to block the Shiite revolutionary outfit from funding.
by Jordan Schachtel23 Nov 2015, 12:27 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) responded with gunfire and arrests when dozens of residents held an unprecedented protest against the jihadist group’s rule and draconian policies in the town of Manbij in Syria’s northern Aleppo province, activists cited by several news outlets revealed.
by Edwin Mora17 Nov 2015, 2:29 PM PST0

Contents: France launches ‘massive attack’ on ISIS – 20 bombs; Beirut wonders why their terror bombing is less important than Paris’s
by John J. Xenakis16 Nov 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

Contents: Lebanon’s government in paralysis following Beirut terror attack; France closes borders in state of emergency after Paris attacks; Europe’s Schengen zone is put at risk by Paris attack
by John J. Xenakis14 Nov 2015, 8:50 AM PST0

Dozens were killed and around two-hundred wounded in two separate suicide attacks in a Hezbollah stronghold outside of Beirut Thursday night, Lebanese officials said.
by Jordan Schachtel13 Nov 2015, 8:42 AM PST0

Contents: ISIS claims credit for suicide attack on Hezbollah in Beirut Lebanon; Commodities and stocks continue to plunge
by John J. Xenakis13 Nov 2015, 6:11 AM PST0

In a stunning interview, the Maronite patriarch of Antioch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, has contended that Islam has a clear, two-pronged strategy to take over Europe: religion and procreation. The cardinal said that Muslims look on Christians as weak and
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.6 Nov 2015, 3:45 AM PST0

Contents: Russia warns that Syria war could become a ‘proxy war’; Syria’s civil war and Generational Dynamics; Generational Dynamics and crisis civil wars; Generational Dynamics and war between Palestinians and Israelis
by John J. Xenakis1 Nov 2015, 8:33 AM PST0

A Saudi Prince and four others were detained at Beirut Airport on Monday on charges that they were trafficking a massive drug supply to customers throughout the region.
by Jordan Schachtel26 Oct 2015, 1:04 PM PST0

The Lebanese army reports the arrest of three Palestinians linked to the Islamic State, who were building an ISIS cell in the refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh.
by John Hayward25 Oct 2015, 8:11 PM PST0