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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/11/world/middleeast/israel-watches-warily-as-hezbollah-gains-battle-skills-in-syria.html TEL AVIV — Hezbollah’s distracting and costly engagement in the Syrian civil war has offered some practical benefit to Israelis. It has also been a source of foreboding. On...

Ezies Elias Shehadeh was returning from a school trip to Eilat when stopped for security check. She stood in the middle of Eilat Airport's small departures hall, and her eyes said it all. An impressive, well-dressed woman with an assertive face, only her burning eyes betrayed the insult she...

Found a interesting article on the commander of Iran's Qods force, Qasem Soleimani. There is obviously a degree of American bias as to why they would publish this article in the way they did, so it should be taken with a pinch of salt to say the least. It is quite long, but well worth a read. A...

Interesting article written by former US ambassador to Azerbaijan The brewing rapprochement between the United States and Iran, signified by the Geneva nuclear deal signed in January, seems likely to scramble American strategic priorities in the South Caucasus, especially for Azerbaijan. In...

Iran is lauding the successful test-firing of new missiles, including one designed to destroy "all types of enemy military equipment," state media said. U.S. officials say they're paying close attention. The Iranian Defense Ministry said the new missiles include a laser-guided...

New steps agreed between Iran and the UN atomic watchdog do not include the Parchin military site, where explosive tests are believed to have taken place. Iran says the controversial Parchin military site is not included in an agreement it has struck with the UN atomic watchdog. "Visiting...

Report: Rohani gives $400,000 to Tehran's Jewish hospital New York Times' Tehran bureau chief tweets that the Iranian president has made the donation to the institution, which also serves non-Jews. Iran's President Hassan Rohani has reportedly donated $400,000 toTehran's Jewish hospital...

Iran Foreign minister Javad Zarif's Reaction

Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif says Iran has always and under all conditions stood by the government and people of Afghanistan, supporting peace and security in the country, IRNAreported. Speaking to Salahuddin Rabbani, Chairman of the High Peace Council of Afghanistan in Tehran on...

Video in the link: BBC News - Israel PM Netanyahu criticises Iran 'deal of the century' Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed his anger as negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme are expected to reach a breakthrough. World powers, the five permanent Security Council...

Iran's Jewish community has called on US President Barack Obama to seize an "unrepeatable" opportunity to mend ties with Tehran following Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's overtures to the US, AFP reported on Sunday. "If the US and the international community do not make the best of this...

Azerbaijan's big presidential election, held on Wednesday, was anticipated to be neither free nor fair. President Ilham Aliyev, who took over from his father 10 years ago, has stepped up intimidation of activists and journalists. Rights groups are complaining about free speech restrictions and...

(Reuters) - With a week until negotiations over Iran's nuclear program resume in Geneva, Western diplomats are playing down any suggestion that Iran's new openness on the world stage will result in any immediate or broad loosening of sanctions. At the same time, they hope a new tone is being...