ly clad female singers and dismissing the talents of a Saudi soccer team. But when he reached a news channel reporting on Russian President Vladimir Putin's efforts to end the Syrian civil war he sneered. "Without Russian support, we could have toppled (Syrian President Bashar) Al-Assad a year ago," he boasted. "But Putin just won't cut the rope."
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ical therapist working with wounded Israeli soldiers. Shaiel also tutors English privately and runs a summer camp for robotics.
They have two young children, ages 3 years and 18 months, and they've just purchased an apartment in Jerusalem. By appearances it looks like the life of the Yitzhak family is going as planned...
Company Aims to Exploit Turkish Tech Growth
ISTANBUL – Consumer technology market analysts expect Apple to start taking a big bite from the emerging market for its products here when it opens its first store in Istanbul in a few months.
"We're going to place our first store in Turkey this year; we're super excited about that," Apple CEO Tim Cook told a San Francisco confe...
AMMAN, Jordan – An attempt in Jordan's parliament to topple the government of Prime Minister Abdullah Nesour over his refusal to expel Israel's ambassador ended when several members of parliament backed-down according to official sources. Despite the failure of the move to send Israeli Ambassador Daniel Nevo packing, the incident underscores the viability of...
CAIRO – Egypt's economy is going from bad to worse. Unemployment is up, the budget deficit is growing and the value of the Egyptian pound has sunk. Millions of poor Egyptians are dependent on subsidized bread sold for 1 cent per loaf.
It's been more than two years since massive public protests unseated long-time autocrat Hos...
with Syria when army units from the two countries traded fire on the Golan Heights on Monday. According to the Israeli army (IDF) spokesman's office, gunfire from Syria was aimed at the same army unit on two consecutive previous nights at well. In response, a Tammuz missile was fired at the source of the gunfire. No injuries have been reported by either side. Sporadic fire from Syria has been largely ignored by the Israelis, but the recurring pattern convinced ...
forces has warned the Lebanese government that if Hizbullah fighters are not reined-in, it will find the two-year-old civil war on its doorstep. Speaking from Amman, Gen. Salim Idriss, a former general in President Bashar Al-Assad's army, told the Beirut-based newspaper The Daily Star that, "We want the Lebanese president to guarantee that Hizbullah will not enter our territory." Attempting to debunk rumors of regime success against the Free Syrian Army as Presi...
ill sign a letter of intent for a $2.1 billion arms deal with Oman on Tuesday, possibly in the VIP presence of Secretary of State John Kerry. Sources in the State Department say the letter of intent signed will be for a sophisticated ground-based air defense system keyed to defend against attacks by cruise missiles or drone aircraft. Raytheon, which is the US leader in foreign arms sales, forecasts a 20% increase in revenue from overseas business this year. Oman...
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