Israel: Iran’s nuclear bomb infrastructure bigger than North Korea’s
JERUSALEM — Israel sees the window of Iran’s nuclear weapons program as closing. A report by a senior Israeli minister asserted that the West has no more than a (more…)
Iran-backed militias moving into Iraq’s security void to fight Al Qaida
BAGHDAD — Iraq, unable to defend against Al Qaida strikes, has been quietly allowing the dominant Shi’ite community to organize militias. Officials and parliamentarians said the government of Prime (more…)
U.S. offers to sell major military platforms to Gulf states as a block
WASHINGTON — The United States has drafted plans to sell weapons to the Gulf Cooperation Council’s regional force. Officials said the Defense Department has offered to fulfill the requirements (more…)
Saudi intelligence, CIA said to be training rebels in Jordan for Syria
AMMAN — Conventional wisdom suggests that the United States, in adopting Iran as its new ally, has moved away from both Israel and Saudi Arabia. The U.S. challenge now (more…)
Netanyahu’s advisors look abroad for strategic alternatives to U.S.
JERUSALEM — The contrast between the response of Israel and Saudi Arabia to Iran’s nuclear threat is stark. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has chosen rhetoric, warning of a (more…)
Assad said to deploy Kurdish militia to fight Islamists in northern Syria
NICOSIA — Opposition sources said the regime of President Bashar Assad has been quietly helping Kurdish militias expel such Al Qaida-aligned groups as Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (more…)
U.S. suspects Assad concealed chemical weapons in Alawite area
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…)
Obama ordered leaks to press on Israeli strikes on Syrian missile base
TEL AVIV — Israel has determined that U.S. President Barack Obama was behind the leaks of air strikes on Syria by the Jewish state. Israeli sources said Obama was (more…)
Report: U.S. intel community has grown too big for its own good
WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community has become unwieldy and must be reduced, a report said. A report said that the intelligence community could no longer be managed. The (more…)