A missile attack targeting Syrian/Iranian military outposts in Syria’s northern region is reported to have killed 26 pro-government fighters, mostly Iranians, a Syria war monitoring group said. The strike comes amid soaring Mideast tensions between regional archenemies Israel and Iran. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the late Sunday night attack appears to have been carried out by … Read More

An overnight missile attack against Iranian weapons storage bases in Syria reportedly destroyed some 200 surface-to-surface rockets. The missiles struck after dark, hitting facilities in Syria where Iran and its militant proxies had set up camp, setting buildings on fire and causing an explosion so large that it shook the ground like an earthquake. According to the Syrian Observatory for … Read More

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today released the files of documents from Iran’s secret nuclear program. Netanyahu said Israeli intelligence had obtained 55,000 files on the progress of the program. In his presentation of the information gleaned from the documents, Netanyahu said this showed that Iran was hiding its nuclear weapons program, and that Tehran had “brazenly lied” about the … Read More

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow dictated where U.S., British and French forces were allowed to attack in the airstrikes on suspected Syrian chemical weapons facilities, Sky News reported. Western allies destroyed three storage and production sites in response to a Syrian Regime chemical attack on civilians that killed at least 40 people in the rebel-held city of Douma, near Damascus. According to … Read More

“London is more Islamic than many Muslim countries put together”, according to Maulana Syed Raza Rizvi, one of the Islamic preachers who now lead “Londonistan“, as some now call the capital of Britain. Churches in London are being bought and converted to mosques, such as the Hyatt United Church which was bought by the Egyptian community to be converted to a mosque, … Read More

A volcano in southern Japan has erupted for the first time in 250 years, blasting clouds of smoke and rocks into the sky. Authorities have established a no-go zone around Mount Io, a 1,298m (4,258ft) high volcano on the island of Kyushu which last erupted in 1768. Explosions briefly subsided on Friday, but officials cautioned residents in nearby towns against falling volcanic rocks and ash. Japan’s Meteorological Agency expanded … Read More

The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting a 3.6-magnitude earthquake centered in southern Canada but that also hit suburban Detroit. Jeff Ward of Taylor, Michigan, told the Detroit Free Press he was on his couch watching television when the ground started shaking. He says a rumbling sound made him think a truck was passing on nearby Interstate 94. But his understanding … Read More