Posts Tagged: syria
Syrian Jihadist Group Forces Local Christians to Submit to Islam or Face Death
JNS.org - A powerful Syrian jihadist group with links to al-Qaeda has forced Christian leaders in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa to sign...
In UN Speech, Israeli Ambassador Challenges Middle East Countries on Rule of Law
Ron Prosor, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, on Wednesday addressed the UN Security Council on the "Rule of Law," challenging Israel's Middle Eastern neighbors to...
Former U.S. Ambassador Hof: Iran Fears Saudi Arabia, Not Israel
Iran believes Saudi Arabia to be its real enemy inside and outside Syria, and not Israel, which it believes will be kept in check by...
Israel’s Head of Military Intelligence: ‘There Are 170,000 Rockets and Missiles Directed at Israel’
Israel's Head of Military Intelligence, Major General Aviv Kohavi, on Wednesday addressed security threats facing the Jewish state, including 170,000 rockets and renewed scope for...
Yawning Over the Latest From the Middle East
The Middle East does offer some signs of hope, such as the inspiring example of Israel, the metaphorical "villa in the jungle"; the bracing prospect of Islamists...
Syrian Opposition, Lebanese Military Blame Israel for Strike on S-300 Missiles
JNS.org - On Monday, Syrian opposition groups and the Lebanese military claimed that Israeli Air Force planes bombed S-300 missile launchers in the Syrian port city...
PA Minister Mahmoud Habbash: Jihad Must Be Directed Toward Jerusalem, Not Syria
In an address broadcast on Palestinian Authority TV last week, PA Minister of Religious Endowments Mahmoud Habbash said that jihad should be directed toward Jerusalem,...
Pro-Israel Poster Comparing Gaza Strip to Homs, Syria Goes Viral in Arab World
A pro-Israel graphic posted to Facebook on Tuesday by Dr. Faisal al-Qasim, an al- Jazeera television host, has gone viral in the Arab world. The post...
Latest Muslim Leader Accused of Being a Hidden Jew is a Good One
If you want to insult your opponent in the Muslim world, you can't do better than to call him a Jew - or worse than a...
2013 Jewish News in Review
JNS.org - As 2013 draws to a close, JNS.org takes a look at the biggest news stories from Israel and the Jewish world that have shaped...
Have the West and Iran Really Reached Rapprochement?
When describing the significance of the Geneva understandings between Iran and the P5+1 (the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany), the Arab world is...
IDF Exchanges Fire With Syrian Gunmen at Golan Border
JNS.org - Israel Defense Forces soldiers on routine patrol near the Israel-Syria border in the Golan Heights came under fire Monday, Army Radio reported. The...
U.N. Security Council Was Late on Syria, Says Deputy Secretary General; ‘Veto Power Needs to be Limited’
The United Nations Security Council was late to act on Syria, the international body's deputy secretary-general, Jan Eliasson, told Hurriyet Daily News in an interview...
Busted: Former Chair of Major UK Israel Boycott Group Caught Buying Crack, Crystal Meth
The former chairman of a British consumer cooperative known for its aggressive boycotts of the Jewish state is at the center of a major controversy...
