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The risk posed to UN peacekeepers by the Islamic State’s growing activity in Sinai can no longer be ignored, an Arab intelligence source told Breitbart Jerusalem.

TEL AVIV – Iran is exploiting America’s rift with Saudi Arabia to increase its support to Yemen’s Houthi rebels, an Arab intelligence official told Breitbart Jerusalem. Case in point is the region of Taiz, a Houthi stronghold and a strategic location

TEL AVIV – The Islamic State’s affiliate in Egypt, Wilayat Sinai, released a video (see above) showing militants training for the organization’s ongoing battle against the Egyptian army.

TEL AVIV – Four Muslim states have declined to grant entry to a high-ranking Hamas delegation, an informed source in the movement told Breitbart Jerusalem. Hamas has asked Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait, and Jordan to invite a group of Hamas top brass, led by political leader Khaled Mashal (pictured), on an official visit. The source said that Saudi Arabia didn’t even reply to the request conveyed by Qatar.

Jordanian lawmakers have requested that the government revoke the invitation of an Israeli artist to perform in a local festival.

AMMAN, Jordan – Islamic State militants on Sunday claimed responsibility for two bombings at a police station near the capital of Saudi Arabia, the Amaq news agency reported. “Three police cars caught fire following the attack, but it remains unknown whether any policemen have been hurt,” the pro-IS agency said.

TEL AVIV – Speaking to Breitbart Jerusalem, a top Hamas official has responded to an Arab news media report about the prospect for negotiations to release four Israelis – two soldiers and two civilians – that the terrorist group claims to be holding in captivity, and whose pictures the movement published over the weekend.

JAFFA, Israel – Palestinians from across the political spectrum condemned an official delegation that visited the family of a top Israeli officer after his death in a plane crash last week. The outcry broke out after Palestinian officials, headed by Fatah leader Abbas Madani, paid tribute to Brig.-Gen. Munir Amar, the head of the Israel Defense Forces’ Civil Administration in the West Bank and one of highest-ranking Druze officers in Israel’s history, who was killed earlier this week after his ultralight plane crashed.

JAFFA, Israel – Almost half of Jordan’s women are entirely ignorant of their international rights, a new study has found. The study, carried out by the Al Hayat research center and reported in the Jordanian newspaper Al Rai, has found that

TEL AVIV – Donald Trump’s pledge to stop purchasing Saudi oil unless Riyadh sends ground troops to fight the Islamic State has sparked a broad range of reactions in the Persian Gulf, ranging from apprehension to derision.

JAFFA, Israel – Hamas has recently beefed up security along the Gaza-Egypt border, the London-based Asharq al Awsat newspaper reported.  The move comes in the wake of a meeting between Hamas decision makers and Egyptian military intelligence officials marking the

JAFFA, Israel – Over the weekend, the Islamic State published pictures (see above) of Egyptian smugglers being scolded by a “lenient” jihadi, who threatened them with an ax after they were caught shipping cigarettes into the Gaza Strip. Cigarette prices in Gaza have

TEL AVIV – A news agency known for its close ties to the Islamic State claimed that Israeli aircraft on Tuesday struck outposts of Wilayat Sinai, the IS’s branch in the Egyptian Sinai. With no documentary evidence to back up its claim, the Amaq News Agency reported that seven “Israeli drones, war-planes and helicopters” bombed targets in the IS-heavy north-eastern Sinai

JAFFA, Israel – The Saudi judiciary has demanded stricter punishments, including death sentences, against homosexuals who display their sexuality in public and on social media, Okaz newspaper reported. According to the paper, over the last six months the Saudi judiciary reviewed 35 cases

TEL AVIV – For the second time in recent days, Abu al-Ayna al-Ansari, a top jihadi operative in the Gaza Strip, claimed that the Islamic State has recruited agents among airport personnel worldwide. Ansari was speaking to Breitbart Jerusalem on Tuesday from the Gaza Strip. He made the comments in the wake of the hijacking of an EgyptAir plane forced to land in Cyprus by a passenger claiming to be wearing an explosive suicide belt.

JAFFA, Israel – A picture has emerged on Saudi social media (above) showing a man hiding his wife behind a cloth in a restaurant booth. The image shows the couple dining in a restaurant while hidden from public view behind a tinted glass

JAFFA, Israel – “Our beautiful religion has been hijacked by some Muslims, who turned it into a faith of violence, extremism, and terror,” a high-profile columnist has written in the prominent Egyptian daily Shourouk. “Islam is a religion of peace,

TEL AVIV, Israel – The Syrian army’s recent victories over the Islamic State will foster cooperation between Syria and the U.S., despite the latter’s reticence, a Damascus official told Breitbart Jerusalem. Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad succeeded in pushing IS

JAFFA, Israel – Based on interrogations of hundreds of militants who were arrested in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey and Europe, the Islamic State’s next step after the Brussels bombings is probably to carry out attacks in Russia and ultimately the United States, an Arab intelligence official told Breitbart Jerusalem.

JAFFA, Israel – An election for the parliamentary seat of an Egyptian lawmaker suspended for meeting with the Israeli ambassador has been set for April 15, with the campaign slated to kick off on Friday. Tawfiq Okasha (pictured), an anti-Islamist politician and

JAFFA, Israel – The Islamic State’s semi-official publication, Al-Naba, ranted against the United States in a column published several hours after Tuesday’s deadly attacks in Brussels. The magazine, which is distributed in print in areas under IS control, seems to be laying the

JAFFA, Israel – A Dubai official has been at the center of a Twitter scandal for praising Israel. Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, the Head of General Security for the Emirate of Dubai, tweeted that the Muslim Brotherhood is a much bigger enemy of

JAFFA, Israel – The Egyptian government has warned against an alleged Iranian plot to bolster Shi’a Islam in five regions, from which it plans to take over the entire country, Al Masr al Youm newspaper reported. The investigative report suggested that “foreign efforts”

TEL AVIV – Donald Trump’s speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on Monday was followed closely by the main Palestinian jihadist factions here, and those factions were eager to comment to Breitbart Jerusalem on the GOP frontrunner’s statements about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

TEL AVIV – Jubilant Islamic State sympathizers and militants have welcomed Tuesday’s wave of terrorist bombings that killed at least 30 people in Brussels, warning “the Crusader infidels” in the West to brace for more such attacks.

JAFFA,  Israel – Hamas has opted for “confidence-building measures” in order to minimize Egypt’s mounting antagonism after Cairo accused the Islamic movement of responsibility for the assassination of Egyptian state prosecutor Hisham Barakat, Hamas sources in Gaza told Breitbart Jerusalem. Hamas members in Gaza

JAFFA, Israel – A top Kuwaiti official has made unusually harsh remarks about President Barack Obama ahead of his visit to the Gulf region. In addition to other Arab officials, Tamer Alsabah, the head of Kuwait’s national security agency, criticized Obama for

JAFFA, Israel – An Egyptian man has reportedly  been indicted for killing his wife after finding the phone number of another man in her pocket.  The man allegedly phoned police and reported that his wife fell from their sixth-floor balcony

TEL AVIV – Hamas’ military wing suffered a blow last week as two of its top commanders crossed the Gaza-Egypt border and joined Islamic State in Sinai, senior militant sources in Gaza told Breitbart Jerusalem.

JAFFA, Israel – Saudi-Americans take great interest in the upcoming presidential elections and mainly support Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, the London-based Al Hayat newspaper reported. The paper carried out a survey in partnership with the student group “Saudis in USA” and found that Sanders gets the highest approval ratings out of all the candidates.

JAFFA, Israel – The Saudi Ministry of Labor has come under fire for a recent resolution encouraging women’s employment in the hotel industry. In light of the kingdom’s sagging economy, the ministry has sought to lower unemployment by replacing migrant workers with

U.S. President Barack Obama’s interview in The Atlantic magazine earlier this month has sent shockwaves across Saudi social media. In an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg published last week, Obama raised questions about Riyadh’s links to terrorist groups that have destabilized the Middle East.

TEL AVIV – Russia’s decision to withdraw some of its forces from Syria was made thanks to reassurances provided by Saudi Arabia, the main sponsor of militias fighting President Bashar Assad’s regime, a senior Arab diplomat told Breitbart Jerusalem.

TEL AVIV, Israel – Sham Maher Assad, Syrian President Bashar Assad’s niece, has claimed on Facebook that Russia’s announced military withdrawal from her war-torn country is not as significant as it seems. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly ordered the withdrawal of most of his military forces from Syria.

JAFFA, Israel – Jordan’s parliament has banned selling or renting property in the Petra area to Israelis following a heated plenary debate. Lawmakers defied calls to strike down the bill as unlawful because Israel doesn’t have a similar law and

TEL AVIV – Hamas has succumbed to its supporters’ pressure to crack down on the Iran-backed Al Sabireen militia, despite Hamas’ dependence on Tehran’s financial support. Al Sabireen’s members are seen in the predominantly Sunni Gaza Strip not only as Iranian