Middle East

Officials of the Kurdistan Regional Government are accusing Iran of playing a key role in the fall of disputed territories in northern Iraq including the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, a claim rejected by Iranian officials. This week the Iraqi government forces backed by Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) marched into the Kurdish-controlled disputed territories after Kurdish

By Stuart Winer Israel’s Mossad spy agency is advertising for a field agent who is optimistic and spontaneous and has a sense of humor. No joke. The agency’s website recently posted a notification it is seeking an operations person in an “intelligence-gathering unit” needed for “challenging and dynamic work at the cutting edge of operations.”

MK Zehava Galon (Meretz) has notified the Knesset speaker of her resignation from the Knesset. She said that she had realized that she should spend all her time working as Meretz chairperson and in increasing the party’s power by opening its ranks to new groups. Meretz general secretary Moshe Raz will replace her in the

By TOI staff A Palestinian militant linked to the Islamic State jihadist group in the Sinai Peninsula has reportedly been killed by an Israeli drone in retaliation for rocket fire launched from the Egyptian territory into Israel. Gaza native Zaher Abu Sitta was killed by the drone strike earlier this week, according to the Amaq

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman have requested that the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and other organizations help the state fill gaps in the defense budget, according a report by Channel 1. According to the report, the Prime Minister and Defense Minister have asked the organizations to help raise NIS 4 billion