Trump’s peace plan for two Palestinian states kicked off by fuel trucks for Gaza
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu won praise from US special ME negotiator Jason Greenblatt for letting the Qatar-funded fuel trucks go
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US to give Israel more F-35s to face S-300s, deploy a squadron in Emirates
DEBKAfile Exclusive: President Donald Trump has ordered additional F-35 stealth planes supplied forthwith to Israel, in response to the four
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Ahvaz attack reveals Tehran under heavy pressure at home and in regional wars
The terror attack on a military parade at the Iranian oil city of Ahvaz on Saturday, Sept. 22, killing 29
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Netanyahu: If Iran tries to block Bab al-Mandeb, it will face a coalition with Israel in full military array
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned on Wednesday, Aug. 1, that Israel would be there if Iran tried to block the
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On Pompeo’s first Mid East trip, Saudis strike Houthi leaders, missiles hit Iranian targets in Syria
In Tel Aviv, Israel’s security cabinet was called into emergency session Monday, April 30 to hear an “operational intelligence briefing”
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Iran converts thousands of Hizballah missiles into precision weapons
The heightened Iranian-Syrian air cargo traffic this month is tied in by DEBKAfile’s intelligence sources with Iran’s Precision Project for
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The US liquidates its two main Mid East air bases at Incirlik and Al-Udeid
Plans to speed up the transfer of the big US CENTCOM base in Qatar to Saudi Arabia were approved by
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Saudis summon Lebanese PM moments before Beirut falls into Iranian orbit
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s switch of loyalty to Hizballah and Iran shocks Riyadh and dismays Israel. The Lebanese Sunni
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Abbas’ ultimatum to Trump: Choose between a Palestinian Jerusalem or war
Palestinian Mahmoud Abbas kicked back hard after grasping he was confronted with an orderly, Arab-backed US peace plan that left
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Palestinian protests won’t swell into mass resistance so long as Arab rulers and Iran see no gain
The Palestinian Hamas finds itself shouting alone for a massive armed uprising, raising only muted echoes in the Arab world
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