Trump, Pentagon set to announce plan to withdraw more US troops from Iraq

A coordinated announcement is expected sometime Wednesday. President Trump and the Pentagon plan to announce a reduction of U.S. troop levels from 5,200 to about 3,500, a senior defense official told Fox News. The coordinated announcement is expected sometime Wednesday and the Iraqis … Read More

Israel and UAE agreement to be signed in Washington will be designated as “peace treaty”

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The agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, expected to be signed within the next two weeks in Washington, D.C., will be a “treaty of peace” with the same legal and diplomatic status as peace agreements Israel has previously … Read More

Israel-UAE deal: Will Jordan’s custodianship of the Al-Aqsa Mosque be affected?

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An ambiguously phrased statement has left Jordan guessing whether its custody of Jerusalem’s Muslim and Christian religious sites is under threat. A Palestinian Muslim man leaves after performing the Friday prayer in occupied East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on 21 … Read More

Israel holding secret talks with some Arab states, says Netanyahu

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Israel is in secret talks with several Arab states on establishing ties, in addition to its US-backed deal struck with the UAE, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, AFP reported. “There are many more unpublicized meetings with Arab and Muslim leaders to … Read More

The ‘Snapback Mechanism’ Bedevils Iran – OpEd

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Flag of Iran. Photo by Farzaaaad2000, Wikipedia Commons. The blueprint presented by the US to the UN Security Council to re-impose the arms embargo on Iran was ruled out, having 2 ayes,  2 nays, and 11 abstentions as its vote. … Read More

Weekly Report by Mark Armstrong – 28 August 2020

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Greetings from Tyler, Who said they didn’t? One of the things that everyone’s had to grapple with is the non-stop accusations hurled at the President and the United States in general, is that we’re all a bunch of racists.  They … Read More

China: America’s hidden target in Trump’s ‘historic’ Israel-UAE deal?

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The alliance has been positioned as America buttressing its two allies against the ambitions of Iran and Turkey, but sceptics spy a quid pro quo US wants Arab-Israeli support in countering Beijing’s influence over supply routes seen as a ‘life … Read More

EU seeking to renew high-profile meetings with Israel

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European foreign ministers seeking to reinstate annual meeting of EU-Israel Association Council after Israel suspends sovereignty plan. European Union flag Several European foreign ministers are seeking to reinstate the annual high-profile meeting of the EU-Israel Association Council, after Israel suspended … Read More

Iran, Hamas and Islamic Jihad call for ‘uprising’ after UAE-Israel deal

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A PIJ rep said that the “Zionist regime… will remain an enemy” and that its destiny “is destruction and decay, and whoever has a relationship with it will be transferred to the dustbin of history.” Abu Ubaida, the spokesman of … Read More

Hamas begins a war against Israel on Erdogan’s orders, the Greeks say

ARHENS, (BM) – Hamas launched a war against Israel on Erdogan’s orders, as the Turkish president and the leader of a Palestinian terrorist organization were meeting in Istanbul at the same time, a Greek media Pentapostagma reported, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. Read more: Turkish F-16s and … Read More

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