Images show heavy damage to Syrian weapons base in airstrike attributed to Israel

Satellite photos reveal destruction at Scientific Studies and Research Center in Masyaf; firefighting planes try to bring blaze under control two days after attack

Satellite images obtained by The Times of Israel on Saturday showed heavily damaged structures at a Syrian weapons base near the northwestern city of Masyaf in a Thursday airstrike attributed to Israel.

Mossad chief to visit Washington as Israel steps up efforts to reshape Iran deal

Lapid calls for US to lay down a ‘credible military threat’ to force a better agreement; violence is ‘the language Iran understands,’ senior government official says

Mossad chief David Barnea will travel to Washington next week as part of Israel’s intensifying efforts to shape the emerging nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers, which in its current form both Barnea and senior government figures have lambasted as a bad deal.

Tehran Debates the Bomb

Interestingly, none of the problems that nation-states might have with one another, problems such as border disputes, competition for sources of raw materials and markets, water-sharing disputes, irredentism, maltreatment of kith-and-kin, and bitter historic memories, exist between Iran and Israel.

Migrants at the mercy of Morocco’s iron fist

The tragic death of 37 migrants in Melilla underlines the Moroccan regime’s authoritarian security policy.

On 24 June, around 2 000 sub-Saharan African migrants, who had gathered the night before in north-eastern Morocco, set off at dawn to cross the border and reach the Spanish city of Melilla, about 4 km away.

Can Nigeria finance its war against insurgents?

The revenue crunch will make it difficult to counter the surge in violence from Boko Haram and other groups.

Nigeria now spends more than it earns just to service its debt – a crisis that raises serious concerns about the government’s ability to finance public infrastructure, civil service salaries, education and healthcare. It also has dire implications for the protracted war against the Boko Haram insurgency.

Experts of Iranian Suicide Drones Move to Syrian Hama

Israel considers the presence of Iranian drones near its borders as a threat to its security, according to al-Modon.

Israel’s Alma Center for Research and Education reported in a tweet that technical members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), experts in Muhajer 4 and Ababil 3 suicide drones, may have arrived from Damascus airport to the military base in Hama where drones of this type are stored.

SOC Political Parties Committee Meets Comptroller-General of Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood

The two sides stressed that there will no viable solution in Syria outside the UN resolutions, according to SOC Media Department.

The Political Parties and Movements Committee of the Syrian Opposition Coalition (SOC) visited the office of the Muslim Brotherhood in Istanbul to discuss the overall field, humanitarian, social and political situation in Syria, in addition to the political life in the future of Syria.