Tag Archive | Middle East
West Bank college puts Israeli policies to the test | THE JEENYUS CORNER
Maayan Lubell Reuters An Israeli government move to upgrade Ariel University Centre in the occupied West Bank to a full-fledged university has put the 30-year-old school at the centre of a debate at the core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: how the settlements will figure in defining a future Palestinian state. The cabinet decision on […]
Bomb hits near school in Syrian capital | THE JEENYUS CORNER
BEIRUT- An activist group and a Syrian official say a roadside bomb has gone off near a school building in Damascus, wounding several people. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and a government official say Tuesday’s explosion took place along the highway leading to the Damascus International Airport. The official spoke on condition of […]
Iran: New Drone Can Cover Much Of Region | THE JEENYUS CORNER
Huffington Post TEHRAN, Iran — A senior Iranian commander says the country’s newly-produced missile-carrying drone has a range of 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles), which puts much of the Middle East within operating distance of Iranian territory. The Monday report by the semiofficial Fars agency quoted Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who is aerospace chief of […]
Ahmadinejad travels to United Nations for last address as President of Iran | THE JEENYUS CORNER
Faine Greenwood Global Post Eternally controversial Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in New York City and will make his final address as president to the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly—a visit that comes at a particularly tense time for US-Middle Eastern relations. The Tehran Times reports that 100 people will accompany the […]
Senate Committee Hypes Iranian Quds Force Threat to America | THE JEENYUS CORNER
Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com Citing a widely debunked “terror plot” against the Saudi ambassador to the United States, officials claim Iran’s “extremist militias and their proxies” pose a “threat beyond the immediate [Middle East] region,” including the U.S. homeland, the Washington Times reports. Appearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, National Counter-Terrorism […]