GAZA CITY — Egypt has maintained a crackdown that blocked the operation of most commercial smuggling tunnels between the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said the (more…)
NICOSIA — Hizbullah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah, after seven years of being marginalized, has been allowed to assume a military role in the Iranian proxy. Hizbullah sources said Nasrallah was (more…)
Russia’s stubborn insistence on siding with the pariah regime of Bashar Assad in Syria highlights an important economic factor: Russia’s heavy dependence on its arms export industry at the (more…)
WASHINGTON — Iran’s new president, deemed a moderate in the West, has been linked to a mass casualty strike on the Jewish community in Argentina. An indictment submitted by (more…)
CAIRO — Western intelligence agencies have deemed Libya the latest transit hub for Al Qaida in Africa. Officials said NATO and other intelligence agencies have determined that Al Qaida (more…)
BACKGROUNDER Russia’s brisk arms trade business seen driving its foreign policy Exploiting waning U.S. influence in Iraq, Russia sells attack helicopters Moscow upgrading level of weapon systems it will (more…)
GAZA CITY — The Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip has been directed by Hizbullah on the use of tunnels for missile and rocket fire toward Israel. Palestinian sources (more…)
WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community has determined that Hizbullah was recruiting in Africa. Officials said the intelligence community has gathered evidence that the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah was using Africa (more…)