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No going back to the 'good old days' for Israel and Turkey

Reconciliation with Turkey contains positive elements and advantages for Israel, but the era of close, even intimate, military and intelligence cooperation between the countries is over.

Saudi Arabia's new jihadists: Poorly trained but hard to stop

By REUTERS
Terrorism fears soar in Germany amid recent Islamist attacks, migrant crisis

By REUTERS
Turkish delegation arrives in Gaza Strip to boost development

By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON

The smartest Palestinian teenager in all the land

Abdullah is a role model to her brother and fellow classmates. Since a very young age, she has independently organized her personal schedule and allocated a number of hours daily to study.

By ADAM RASGON
Ex-Saudi intel chief: Iran is using Hamas to destabilize region

"We in Hamas reject these baseless and false defamations. One who observes these issues closely knows that Hamas is a Palestinian resistance movement against the Zionist occupation."

By ADAM RASGON
Gaza tunnel collapse kills Islamic Jihad operative

A number of tunnels have collapsed on Palestinian tunnel workers in the past year, leading to their deaths. The exact reasons for the collapse of the tunnels remains unclear.

By ADAM RASGON
‘All wars end eventually but they don’t all end well’

PTSD could be debilitating for Syrian society post-conflict.

By ROBERT SWIFT/ THE MEDIA LINE
Rawabi introduces itself to the Palestinian public

10,000 attend end-of-Ramadan concert to see city.

By ADAM RASGON
Iran, criticizing Germany's Merkel, says to press on with missile program

Germany's domestic intelligence agency said in its annual report that Iranian efforts to illegally procure technology, especially in the nuclear area, had continued at a "high level" in 2015.

By REUTERS
Some Democrats join Republicans in effort to block Iran deal with Boeing

Iran has warned that blocking the sale would be a violation of the nuclear accord.

By MICHAEL WILNER
Iranian commander: Missiles ready for the ‘annihilation’ of Israel

Hossein Salami is deputy head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is under the command of the country’s Supreme Leader.

By JTA
Behind the lines: Islamic State shifts strategy

ISIS’s pretensions to statehood are receding as it loses ground, but the organization is anything but defeated as a recent string of deadly terrorist attacks shows.

By JONATHAN SPYER
German intelligence: Iran seeks illegal nuclear technology

Germany's Merkel says Iran violating UN missile regulations.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL,LAHAV HARKOV
Talking Turkey: The Israel deal and the retreat from neo-Ottomanism

The rapprochement with Israel is part of a broader retreat from the neo-Ottomanism that until recently guided Turkish foreign policy.

By AMOTZ ASA-EL
US-Iran education exchange plans cool over hardliners' espionage charges

The episode highlights the political struggle between Iranians who want to work with the US and hardliners who often raise spy accusations and fear opening up will undermine their rule.

By REUTERS
'Islamic State militants paid to stage bomb attacks in Iran'

Officials in predominantly Shi'ite Iran have said in recent weeks that Sunni militants from Islamic State are targeting the country.

By REUTERS
Shimon Peres: Turkey needs to convince Hamas to stop attacks on Israel

“If Erdogan wants to help, fine. But if he really wants to help, he has to convince Hamas to stop shooting."

By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON
Suicide bombers hit three Saudi cities on penultimate day of Ramadan

The explosions targeting US diplomats, Shi'ite worshippers and a security headquarters at a mosque in the holy city of Medina follow days of mass killings claimed by the Islamic State group.

By REUTERS
Jordan determined to sign a nuclear cooperation deal with the US

In March 2015, Jordan, a state that lacks any local energy resources, signed a deal with Russia to build the Kingdom's first two nuclear power plants by the end of 2025.

By MAAYAN GROISMAN
Germany harbors 300 Hamas, 950 Hezbollah members and activists

It is unclear why Germany is harboring Hamas members. The EU classifies Hamas’s entire organization as a terrorist entity.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
First Turkish aid ship to Gaza docks at Israeli port after reconciliation deal

The 'Lady Leyla' vessel is the first aid ship sent by Turkey since Ankara and Jerusalem signed a deal last week reconciling a six-year rift in diplomatic ties.

By MAARIV ONLINE,JPOST.COM STAFF
US says it has killed up to 116 civilians in strikes outside war zones

The US government pegged NGO estimates of non-combatant deaths during its period of study, from Jan. 20, 2009, to Dec. 31, 2015, from more than 200 to more than 900.

By REUTERS
Assad: West secretly cooperating with Damascus against militants

"They attack us politically and then they send officials to deal with us under the table, especially the security, including your [the Australian] government," Assad was quoted as saying.

By REUTERS
Lebanese army says it foils planned attacks by Islamic State

Five people involved in the two thwarted attacks, including the mastermind, were arrested, an army statement quoted by the National News Agency said.

By REUTERS
Violent clashes erupt in Nablus, Hamas calls on parties to unite against Israel

Violent riots broke out Wednesday night after a criminal known to the police opened fire on a house of a PA security officer.

By MAAYAN GROISMAN
WATCH: 250 ISIS fighters killed in deadliest ever US airstrikes against the group

If the figures are confirmed, the strikes would be among the most deadly ever against the jihadist group.

By REUTERS
Former Iranian official: 'Turkey now swallows the poison it cooked'

Amir Mousavi, a former advisor to Iran's defense minister, wrote on Facebook that as long as Turkey continues to support terror in Syria, it will suffer the repercussions.

By MAAYAN GROISMAN
Erdogan blasts 2010 Gaza flotilla organizers for undermining deal with Israel

The IHH denounced the agreement for the restoration of diplomatic ties between Ankara and Jerusalem as amounting to the acceptance of Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip

By JPOST.COM STAFF
Was the Istanbul attack an act of retaliation for Turkey-Israel accord?

Israel deal with Turkey reinforces ISIS narrative that ‘apostate’ governments of Muslim majority countries are aligned with “Jews, Crusaders and unbelievers.”

By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON
Report: Turkish intelligence warned of ISIS attack in Istanbul weeks ago

A June warning message reportedly mentioned the names of potential targets, including Istanbul Atatürk Airport.

By JPOST.COM STAFF,REUTERS
Deleting terror: US group works to search, destroy online ISIS propaganda

The Counter Extremism Project announces new technology for Internet, social media to rapidly delete jihadist content.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN
'Muslims killing Muslims in droves, but Israel the one being condemned'

Yesh Atid leader sends condolences to families of those killed in Turkish attack; Peres calls on world to join hands to destroy forces of terror.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
'Terror against Turkey likely to continue and escalate'

Reconciliation between Turkey and Israel would be “on the margins of the margins” in regards to being a possible motivator for the attack, expert says.

By BEN HARTMAN

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