An Iranian grandmaster is claiming that he has taken back a world record in chess that was set by an Israeli last October. AFP reported this week that 28-year-old Ehsan Ghaem Maghami claimed that he regained the Guinness record for simultaneous chess games after facing more than 600 players in over 25 hours. He said […]
Western intelligence agencies have detected another nuclear plant in Syria – in a Damascus suburb. Following Israel’s bombing of a nuclear production plant in Syria over three years ago, another nuclear complex, albeit smaller, has now apparently been found, following close analysis of satellite photos. A German newspaper, the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ), reports that it […]
Now that the two German journalists from the popular daily Bild are back in Germany, it is clear that the victor in the exchange between Iran and Germany was the former. To secure the release of the journalists, Germany had to dispatch its Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle to Iran to collect them personally and in […]
The people of Iran and Lebanon will overthrow Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hassan Nasrallah, President Shimon Peres told Spanish Jews during a visit marking 25 years of Spanish-Israeli ties. He also called on world leaders to denounce Ahmadinejad “on the red carpet of the United Nations.” Speaking at the headquarters of the Jewish community in Spain, […]
Award-winning journalist Arnaud de Borchgrave tells us that the increasingly volatile situation in the Middle East could push the price of oil quickly to $300 or even $400 a barrel. De Borchgrave, who has interviewed Moammar Gadhafi six times, also says the Libyan leader is manic-depressive who is going through a manic phrase where he […]
An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale shook up residents at the entrance to the Suez Canal early Monday morning, 48 hours before two Iranian ships, a frigate and a supply vessel, are expected to enter the canal. The National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research reported that tremors from the 3 a.m. quake […]
Defense Minister Ehud Barak met with members of the IDF’s General Staff Forum Thursday, and gave them a security briefing for the first time since the appointment of the new chief of staff, Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz. In the open part of the meeting, Barak said: “I have full confidence in the ability of Lt.-Gen. Gantz […]
Iran is sending two warships through Egypt’s Suez Canal for the first time since Iran’s 1979 revolution. The two ships, a frigate and a military supply ship, are reportedly bound for Syria. The new Egyptian government gave its official permission for the passage despite the fact that Iran and Egypt have had tense relations for […]
Egypt Iranian Navy Israel Mediterranean Saudi Arabia Suez Canal Iranian warships dock at JeddahTwenty-four hours after Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the Egyptian upheaval had no military connotations for Israel, the Iranian frigate Alvand and cruiser Kharg transited the Suez Canal on their way to Syria Wednesday night, Feb. 16. Their passage was termed […]
Iran’s Natanz nuclear plant may have recovered relatively quickly from the damage inflicted upon it by the Stuxnet virus, the Washington Post says. Based on surveillance video from the Natanz plant, the International Atomic Energy Agency knows that Iran had to replace about 10% of Natanz’s 9,000 centrifuges in late 2009 and the first months […]
