Yemen’s Houthis say they targeted ship, US destroyers in Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthis say they targeted ship, US destroyers in Red Sea

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Wednesday that it had targeted the Contship Ono in the Red Sea and two US destroyers in the Gulf of Aden, while Contships Management said the vessel had not been hit and its crew were safe. Earlier, the group’s military spokesperson Yahya Saree said that the Houthi air … Read more

G7 calls for restraint and ceasefire in Middle East conflict

G7 calls for restraint and ceasefire in Middle East conflict

The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies called on all parties involved in the current conflict in the Middle East to avoid actions that could lead to an escalation, Italy’s foreign minister said on Sunday. During a video conference chaired by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, the G7 ministers expressed “strong … Read more

Iranian Jews fear retaliation, denounce Israel for Haniyeh assassination

Iranian Jews fear retaliation, denounce Israel for Haniyeh assassination

Israel’s leading expert on the dwindling Iranian Jewish community, Beni Sabti, said Tehran’s Jewish leadership is in a state of fear over the mullah regime retaliating against them for Israel’s alleged assassination of Hamas terrorist leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. The Jerusalem Post obtained a shocking letter that was published by the Tehran Jewish … Read more

Houthis cause havoc as attacks in support of Palestine escalate

Houthis cause havoc as attacks in support of Palestine escalate

The Yemeni Ansar Allah movement, better known as the Houthis, attacked a US Navy destroyer and two civilian vessels on Sunday. According to a statement by General Yahya Saree, the Houthis’s spokesman, “Triumphing for the oppressed Palestinian people and in retaliation for the American-British oppression against our country, the missile forces and naval forces … Read more

UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese responds to hostage IDF rescue

UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese responds to hostage IDF rescue

UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese criticized Israeli security forces for its successful hostage rescue operation on Saturday.  Albanese wrote on social media on Saturday that while she was relieved that Shlomi Ziv, Andrey Kozlov, Almog Meir, and Noa Argamani had been “released,” the rescue “should not have come at … Read more

Yemen’s Houthis target three vessels in Red Sea and Arabian Sea

Yemen’s Houthis target three vessels in Red Sea and Arabian Sea

Yemen’s Houthis conducted three military operations targeting three vessels in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, the Iranian-backed group’s military spokesperson Yahya Saree said on Wednesday. British security firm Ambrey said in a statement that a Greek-owned bulk carrier was allegedly targeted by the Houthi group while underway northbound in the Red Sea. … Read more

Middle East expert Dr. Nirit Ofir discusses Saudi Arabia

Middle East expert Dr. Nirit Ofir discusses Saudi Arabia

‘I have three hats and I am constantly juggling between them,” laughed Dr. Nirit Ofir. Ofir, a mother of six, spoke to The Jerusalem Post during a break from one of her recurring trips to and from the Gulf. This time she had just returned from a security-themed conference in Saudi Arabia, where she … Read more

Hamas forms a lobby in the Middle East after years of work

Hamas forms a lobby in the Middle East after years of work

A recent report at CNN said that “Egyptian intelligence quietly changed the terms of a ceasefire proposal that Israel had already signed off on earlier this month, ultimately scuttling a deal that could have released Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners.”  The report was met with anger in Cairo, and reports say that it indicated … Read more

Jews of Islamic Republic express sorrow over Ebrahim Raisi’s death

Jews of Islamic Republic express sorrow over Ebrahim Raisi’s death

The Tehran Jewish Association extended its deepest condolences upon the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, following a helicopter crash that stunned the nation. “Condolences on the martyrdom of Ayatollah Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, the compassionate and dedicated president of the Iranian nation,” announced the public relations of the Tehran Jewish Association. The group expressed … Read more

Turks and Israelis lose over trade ban amid war with Hamas

Turks and Israelis lose over trade ban amid war with Hamas

Following Turkey’s decision to halt trade with Israel, Turkish businesses are bracing for a financial hit, and Israeli businesses are looking for alternative sources for imported products.  For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org Bulent Gultekin, a former governor of Turkey’s central bank, told The Media Line that the ban would … Read more