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Israel’s Defense Ministry has called a major summit of emergency services and local municipalities to review the country’s readiness for dealing with a possible major earthquake wreaking havoc. The Defense Ministry called the major summit to review the country’s readiness for dealing with a possible major earthquake following a series of earthquakes in the north and center of the country over … Read More

The rivers of  Iraq and Syria, above all the Euphrates, are drying up with the Middle East becoming even more arid. Dams built on the river in Turkey and Syria since the 1970s have reduced the flow of water that flows down into Iraq by as much as half and the situation is about to get worse. This summer Turkey started … Read More

Iran has said that if the U.S. pressures countries to stop Iranian oil exports, then they will not allow any oil shipment to pass through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. Since the US pulled out of the nuclear deal with Iran, known officially as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Washington has been pushing allies to cut … Read More

For the second day a swarm of earthquakes have rattled northern Israel in a rare uptick in seismic activity that put renewed focus on Israel’s preparedness for potentially more devastating quakes in the future. Previously 3.0 magnitude quakes had sent tremors cross northern Israel’s Galilee region, and then another 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck four kilometers deep in the northern Sea of … Read More

Several earthquakes, including one measuring at least 4.1 on the Richter scale, jolted the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel on Wednesday morning. The earthquake rattled the Haifa region followed by several smaller tremors, authorities said. The Israeli Geophysical Institute reported an earthquake registering 4.1 on the Richter scale that was centered four kilometers deep in the northern Sea of Galilee. And … Read More

The British Geological Survey received reports saying that an earthquake hit England with it “felt all over Crawley, West Sussex, UK.” The tremor is the third quake to hit the area in three weeks and the seventh in three months, which is unusual. Reports said the earthquake was like two huge explosions with a large impact then with seconds of shaking. … Read More

It’s reported that church leaders in Nigeria have said that Christians are experiencing “pure genocide” as 6,000 people, mostly women and children, have been murdered by radicals there so far this year. “What is happening in Plateau state and other select states in Nigeria is pure genocide and must be stopped immediately,” said the Christian Association of Nigeria. The church leaders … Read More

Reports say that two Israeli missiles struck a target at Damascus International Airport. Although Syrian state media acknowledged Israel making the attack, they tried to downplay the target and its location. But reports say that the midnight attack from Israel targeted an Iranian cargo plane which had landed at the Damascus airport. The Israeli airborne missiles hit an Iranian air … Read More

Fighting has escalated in southern Syria as government forces are pushing deeper into rebel-held territories in Daraa province under the cover of Russian airstrikes. The United Nations estimated that up to 50,000 people have been displaced by the military offensive thus far. Jordan has said its borders will remain closed for any new refugees, calling on the U.N. to provide … Read More

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned of a possible “war” between Christianity and Islam after the right-wing Austrian government announced it would shut down seven foreign-funded mosques and could expel dozens of Turkish Muslim imams in its crackdown on political Islam. Responding to the recent news, Erdogan called the Austrian government’s vow to shut down the mosques and expel 60 imams … Read More