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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Dr. Thafer Eliyahu, an orthopedist in Baghdad, was nicknamed “the doctor of the poor.”
By Aaron Bandler / Jewish Journal
Missile barrage on military base north of Baghdad wounds 12, Iranian proxy group believed to be responsible.
Netanyahu ordered all ministers in the Israeli government not to say anything about the American strike.
In the middle of the night, Iraqis began celebrating in the streets when the news started to come out.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The upgraded Albukamal crossing is expected to serve as an Iranian land bridge through Iraq to Syria and from there to Lebanon, posing a new threat to Israel’s security.
“He is a committed Jew and pro-Israel advocate, and is smart as a whip. He is an extremely successful prosecutor,” said AEPi executive director Andy Borans.
By JNi.Media
The Trump Administration's urgent warnings against Kurdish independence convinced the Iranian-backed militias and the Iraqi government they had a green light from Washington to invade Kurdistan without fear of American intervention.
By JNi.Media
'How would they welcome Christmas, but in tears and anxiety for their future!' one patriarch wrote.
Three Americans were kidnapped from a southern Baghdad neighborhood on Friday.
NATO expressed "concern" while Russia rips off the mask that the only reason its forces are in Syria is to defeat ISIS.
Egypt attacks jihadists with F-16 warplanes. Israel closes borders to Gaza and Egypt.
The Islamic State has found a novel way to fund its doomsday machine.
At least a dozen people are reported to have been killed in the attack, and another 30 wounded.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
“I had just got the role of my life, Shylock,” recalled Elias. “But following all the hostilities, the Zionist underground members came to the rehearsal and took me away.”
Underneath all of the mess in Syria, Israel prefers Russian-backed Assad over jihadist rebels.
By Rachel Levy
For the first time, US warplanes bombed ISIS terrorists near Baghdad in support of Iraqi troops.
By Rachel Levy
The Al Qaeda-linked ISIL group is now eyeing Baghdad after swallowing northern and central Iraq, and eastern Syria. Emirate to follow?
The trove of Jewish treasures was discovered by American troops in Baghdad in 2003.
Does President Obama know that his Administration is launching an all out effort to kill or capture people in the name of Islam?
The world famous economist John Kenneth Galbraith said it best: “There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.”
JERUSALEM – In a meeting with a visiting U.S. delegation fresh off nuclear talks in Baghdad, Israel’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak and National Security Adviser Yaakov Amidror expressed their government’s growing concerns over America’s diplomatic negotiations with Iran.
Iranian officials and media painted the six-nation bloc as the source of intransigence and focused its ire specifically at America. "We believe the reason they are not able to reach a result is America. The P5+1 came to Baghdad without a clear mandate so we think the atmosphere is difficult," an Iranian delegate told Reuters.
By JTA
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton that Iran must agree to halt all uranium enrichment in upcoming talks. Ashton was in Jerusalem on Wednesday to brief Netanyahu in the run-up to the second round of nuclear talks with Iran scheduled for May 23 in Baghdad. Netanyahu also accused Iran […]
An ancient Torah scroll once belonging to the great Torah sage Ben Ish Chai has been rescued from war-torn Iraq, and made its way home to Israel’s beach-side community of Netanya on Tuesday.
July 17, 2026 
