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Iran Announces New Initiative to Resolve Syrian Crisis

Opportunity for Cooperation and Resolution at hand.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has announced a new initiative to resolve the Syrian crisis.

In a statement to the Al-Alam News Channel, the Iranian official said that Russian President's Special Envoy for the Middle East and North Africa Mikhail Bogdanov and Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Al Moualem will visit Tehran to discuss the initiative.

The Demolished Mosque in Tehran had Legal Issues

There are more than 12 Sunni prayer halls in the capital in which public prayers are held daily...

(SALEM, Ore.) - A few days ago, news was spreading about demolishing a Sunni mosque in Tehran by the government. However, an Iraqi website published an article saying that this prayer hall had some legal issues and had violated municipal laws.

Reported by al-Waie News, in contrast with what the recent news claims, there are numerous Sunni mosques in Iran’s capital, Tehran.

What Does Israeli Regime Seek in the Caucasus?

Tel Aviv's intervention increased in the Caucasus in the late 2000s, when the ministry of foreign affairs established the special departments of Caucasus and Central Asia.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Jewish political tradition is based primarily on a realistic school of thought. Israeli regime has derived its three underlying principles of foreign policy from this school which are: to focus on survival among hostile neighbors, to seek power, and to form alliances.

Israeli regime's foreign policy has also close ties with its longstanding historical traditions.

Palestinian Baby Burns to Death in Arson Attack by Suspected Israeli Settlers

The child was sleeping when the firebomb landed on his bed.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A gang of suspected Israeli regime settlers have burnt to death an 18-month-old Palestinian baby boy while three of his family members were injured at dawn Friday after their house was deliberately set on fire in Duma, a town south of Nablus.

The one-and-a-half year old toddler, Ali Saad Dawabsha, died after sustaining serious burns when a firebomb was thrown through the window near his bed while he slept. It was 3 a.m., all the family was asleep and defenseless.

President of the United Nations General Assembly has called Israel a Wild Country

Lykketoft was the unanimous choice of European and other Western nations.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Mogens Lykketoft, Danish politician and also General Assembly chief met with Palestinian officials on a visit to the region last year but was accused of refusing to meet with Israeli officials.

In June 2015, Mogens Lykketoft was elected President of the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly. In February 2014, he was set to meet with Israeli officials, but...

Israel, Qatar and Turkey to Sign Trilateral Agreement for Joint Military Presence in the Persian Gulf

Building aircrafts and multi-purpose military vehicles are included.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Turkey is preparing to establish its first military base abroad, according to Lale Kemal, a commentator in the newspaper Today's Zaman.

The military base will be established in Qatar. Turkey and Qatar with the support of Israel is going to begin broad cooperation in the field of military industry, the formation of the joint force and unified action in the region.

Nuclear Agreement with Iran is Good for the U.S.

What was really at stake in these negotiations was international trade and U.S. prestige.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - On July 14th, the U.S., China, France, Germany, Great Britain, and Russia reached an agreement with Iran to "to limit Tehran’s nuclear ability in return for lifting international oil and financial sanctions."

In reality, the negotiations were less about curbing nuclear proliferation and more about international trade and U.S. prestige. On balance, this Iran nuclear agreement is realistic, pragmatic and, on balance, good for the U.S.

Judaism versus Jewish Identity Politics: Religion versus Tribalism

Witness historic dialogue between ultra orthodox Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro and Gilad Atzmon, starting May 6th.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Two prominent thinkers, the ultra orthodox Rabbi vs. philosopher, Jazz artist and ex-Jew, meeting to discuss hard questions about Judaism, Jewish politics and the meaning of Jewishness.

This unique gathering, the first of its kind, promises to help you unravel the tangled web of secular Jewish politics, right and left.

Documentary Film, The War Around Us Showing May 14 in Eugene

May 15 is observed as an annual day of mourning by Palestinians worldwide, a commemoration of the Nakba, the 1948 ethnic cleansing of 3/4 million Palestinians.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - In solidarity with the annual observance the Nakba, Al Nakba Awareness Project will show the film, "The War Around Us" in Eugene, Oregon on May 14th.

Filmed during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza in 2008-09, the Al Jazeera reporters who assembled this footage were the only journalists there to witness and record the facts for the world.

NETANYAHU WINS, PEACE LOSES

The slim hope for a Palestinian state lies with the United Nations.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Benjamin Netanyahu has probably retained power in Israel as his Likud party won 29 seats in Parliament while the center-left Zionist Union had 24 seats. The Likud Party is likely to form a coalition to put together a 61-seat majority.

Netanyahu said there would be no Palestinian state under his watch, a Palestinian must condition for any agreement.