LONDON — Amid the nearly three-year-old war, North Korea remains a key military supplier to Syria. A leading U.S. analyst asserted that Pyongyang has maintained shipments of missiles and (more…)
A senior Haqqani network figure of the Afghan Taliban was killed by unidentified gunmen in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad in the evening of Nov. 10. The attack dealt (more…)
WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community has raised the prospect that President Bashar Assad would retain a significant portion of his chemical weapons arsenal in Syria. Officials said the (more…)
NICOSIA — Lebanon has reported a secret dialogue between the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah and the United States. Lebanese parliamentary sources said U.S. diplomats have begun contact with Hizbullah politicians in (more…)
TEL AVIV — Israel has expanded its defense industrial presence in South Korea. Israel’s state-owned Rafael Advanced Defense Systems plans to acquire a leading South Korean firm to facilitate (more…)
WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia has recruited Pakistan to help Sunni rebels in Syria. Western diplomatic sources said Saudi intelligence has brought weapons and trainers from Pakistan to enhance the (more…)
TEL AVIV — Israel’s leading strategic institute has warned of a deterioration of relations between Egypt and the United States. The Institute for National Security Studies asserted that the (more…)
WASHINGTON — The United States ordered a sting operation in which agents posed as members of Hizbullah. Officials said the Drug Enforcement Administration conducted a sting operation in which (more…)
TEL AVIV — Israel’s military intelligence, in a controversial assessment, has raised the prospect that Iran was undergoing reform. Israeli sources said Military Intelligence commander Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi (more…)
