With Iran and its proxies threatening an attack on Israel, frantic diplomatic efforts are underway to prevent a wider war. President Joe Biden convened his national security team to discuss developments in the Middle East and spoke with King Abdullah II of Jordan on Monday, a day...
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The Israel embassy did not respond to questions regarding whether the Dublin closure was linked to funding cuts or rising costs. However, in September, Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said that to finance Israel’s ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza, he planned broad spending...
Military experts have called Iran's ariel attack on Israel on Saturday night "ambitious" and warn it could push an already fragile region into a dangerous new phase. On the Sky News Daily, host Matt Barbet examines how Iran and Israel's "shadow war" has moved out into the open, alongside...
Syria’s regime and Iran back Hezbollah. Once the ceasefire began, however, HTS launched its attack in northern Syria. In all likelihood, the defeat of Hezbollah by Israel contributed to the timing of the attack. There is no evidence that the US and Israel are cheering over the attack by ...
more effective movement for years to come. Nor should we downplay the consequences of Trump encouraging Israel to “finish the job” in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran — even if it would merely represent an accelerated version of what Israel is doing now, with Biden’s tacit support. Trump has ...
With its attack on Israel, Iran is also prepared for another risk – direct retaliation from Israel and all-out war breaking out. The conflict in the region is really going according to Netanyahu’s playbook. He has been advocating for hitting Ir...
From late 2015 until mid-2016, Israel endured the “Knife Intifada” emanating from both the West Bank and east Jerusalem. But from then until March 2022 – with short blips of escalated violence around the time that former US president Donald Trump announcedmoving the US Embassy to Jerusaleman...
Iranlaunched a barrage of drones and missilesagainstIsraelin April in response toan attack on an Iranian consular buildingin Damascus. Israeli air defences, bolstered by theUS, theUKand other allies, ensured that strike failed. Tehran will not want to fall sho...
Pivotal moment: Why US wants deal with IranPepe Escobar