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Syrian Air Defenses Intercept ‘Hostile’ Targets Over Damascus, IDF Confirms Multiple Strikes

Posted on August 4, 2020August 4, 2020By Editor

Syrian air defenses intercepted “hostile” targets late Monday over the capital city of Damascus following airstrikes by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), according to state media reports from the Syrian Arab News Agency. … Read More >Syrian Air Defenses Intercept ‘Hostile’ Targets Over Damascus, IDF Confirms Multiple Strikes

Netanyahu’s son calls Israeli protestors ‘aliens,’ says daddy laughs at them

Posted on August 3, 2020August 3, 2020By Editor

Thousands of Israelis who have been protesting against Benjamin Netanyahu are “aliens” who make the embattled Prime Minister laugh, his son, Yair Netanyahu, told a local radio station. … Read More >Netanyahu’s son calls Israeli protestors ‘aliens,’ says daddy laughs at them

Israel strikes Syrian military targets near Damascus, IDF calls it ‘response’ to failed border attack

Posted on August 3, 2020August 3, 2020By Editor

Israeli jets bombed several Syrian military sites south of Damascus late on Monday, the IDF has confirmed, saying that the attack had been launched in response to the attempted planting of a bomb in the Golan Heights. … Read More >Israel strikes Syrian military targets near Damascus, IDF calls it ‘response’ to failed border attack

Israel Thwarts ‘Terrorist’ Attempt to Place Explosives on Syria-Israeli Border, IDF Says

Posted on August 3, 2020August 3, 2020By Editor

The Israeli Defence Forces noted that it “considers [the] Syrian regime responsible for any action taken in its territory”, adding that “it will not allow” any violation of the sovereignty of the state of Israel. … Read More >Israel Thwarts ‘Terrorist’ Attempt to Place Explosives on Syria-Israeli Border, IDF Says

Houthis Claim Downing US-Made Spy Drone Near Saudi Border

Posted on August 3, 2020August 3, 2020By Editor

The Houthi movement, which controls the north of Yemen, said that it shot down a US-made spy drone near the border with the Saudi province of Jazan on Sunday. … Read More >Houthis Claim Downing US-Made Spy Drone Near Saudi Border

Human Rights Defenders: Palestinian Eyewitness Testimony of the Execution of Abdul Fattah al-Sharif by Israeli Soldier, Elor Azaria

Posted on August 3, 2020August 3, 2020By Editor

As illegal Jewish settlers increase their attacks on Palestinian civilians in the occupied city of Al Khalil (Hebron), the people of the Palestinian city continue to mount a campaign of popular resistance. … Read More >Human Rights Defenders: Palestinian Eyewitness Testimony of the Execution of Abdul Fattah al-Sharif by Israeli Soldier, Elor Azaria

Syria says US ‘stealing’ oil after American energy firm signs deal with Kurdish rebels

Posted on August 3, 2020October 8, 2020By Editor

The Syrian government has accused the US of “stealing” the country’s oil reserves, which Washington claimed to be protecting from terrorists. American lawmakers admitted that a deal has been signed with Kurdish rebels. … Read More >Syria says US ‘stealing’ oil after American energy firm signs deal with Kurdish rebels

Multiple bomb blasts at jail compound in Afghanistan, 1 killed and 20 injured – officials

Posted on August 3, 2020By Editor

At least one person was killed after a series of bombs exploded outside a jail compound in the city of Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan. Clashes broke out between police and attacking militants who made their way inside the jail. … Read More >Multiple bomb blasts at jail compound in Afghanistan, 1 killed and 20 injured – officials

12 people arrested as Israeli police break up sit-in during largest anti-Netanyahu protest in Jerusalem (VIDEO)

Posted on August 2, 2020August 2, 2020By Editor

Thousands gathered outside Benjamin Netanyahu’s home in Jerusalem on Saturday, demanding the Israeli PM resign. Police moved in to disperse the crowd in one of the largest protests in weeks. … Read More >12 people arrested as Israeli police break up sit-in during largest anti-Netanyahu protest in Jerusalem (VIDEO)

‘North Korea TV can learn from them’: Netanyahu lashes out at Israeli media over ‘one-sided’ coverage of protests

Posted on August 2, 2020August 2, 2020By Editor

Israeli media is not reporting on the protests against him, but taking part in them, PM Benjamin Netanyahu said as he launched several attacks on the country’s press, which he insisted was acting “North Korea-style.” … Read More >‘North Korea TV can learn from them’: Netanyahu lashes out at Israeli media over ‘one-sided’ coverage of protests