Locals maintain history of Harran where Bible says Abraham rested

Local resident opens ancestral home to visitors, “following in Abraham’s footsteps.”

By JUDITH SUDILOVSKY

Traditional beehive home in Harran.

(photo credit: JUDITH SUDILOVSKY)

The modern-day city of Harran, with a population of close to 80,000, has existed in the same location in southeastern Turkey at the northern tip of the Fertile Crescent – which stretches from parts of northern Egypt up through the Levant, southern Iraq, Syria and parts of Iraq and Turkey – for some 4,000 years.

According to local folklore, this is the city mentioned in Genesis where Abraham’s father, Terach, decided to settle after originally setting out to lead his large family from the city of Ur to Canaan.

IDF adapts its capabilities to deal with ‘pandemic of Iranian UAVs’

With Tehran viewing itself as a regional power in possession of advanced technology, coupled with a commitment to “self-reliance,” its military industries have produced a sprawling industry of unmanned aerial vehicle mass-production lines.

BY YAAKOV LAPPIN

The Iranian Shahed 129 UAV. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

(March 8, 2022 / JNS) The Israel Defense Forces is dealing with a growing “epidemic” of Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles, senior Israeli military officials cautioned on Monday.

The message came a day after the IDF revealed that in March 2021, Israeli Air Force F-35i fighter jets conducted their first interception of other aircraft, shooting down two Iranian-made UAVs as they approached Israeli airspace. Those UAVs were identified as Shahad 197-type Iranian systems, which have a flight range of

Top Iranian general: Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad are Iranian armies

Tehran has created six armies in a corridor stretching to the shores of the Mediterranean, deterring Israel and the U.S., says the head of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiyah Central Headquarters.

Maj. Gen. Gholam Ali Rashid, the head of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiyah Central Headquarters. Credit: Tehran Times.

(September 30, 2021 / MEMRI) The head of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiyah Central Headquarters said in a recent interview that Iran had created six armies outside the country’s borders, in a “corridor” stretching from Iran all the way to the Mediterranean Sea.

Speaking at a ceremony commemorating the Iran-Iraq war that aired on Iran’s IRINN television on Sept. 25, Maj. Gen. Gholam Ali Rashid said that these armies, among them Hamas and Hezbollah, deterred the enemies of the Islamic Republic, in particular the United States and Israel.

The Shiite Crescent: The Middle East’s Arc of Crisis

The Shiite Crescent, public domain image by CIA World Fact Book via Wikipedia

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,952, March 7, 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Iran’s hegemonic ambitions depend on an unbroken Shiite arc from Bahrain to Lebanon. It is for this reason that the Islamist regime considers the maintenance of its influence in Syria to be a top priority. If Iran is to be prevented from projecting its totalitarian imperialism throughout the region and beyond, it will have to lose its foothold in Syria.

The Shiite Crescent is an imagined geopolitical entity composed of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. These countries are home to the majority of the Shiite

Iran's Power Over Iraq

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTPKJtPWNRQ

📜El IMPERIO ACADIO en [casi] 10 minutos 📜

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Asesor de la embajada iraní en Damasco: Apertura de la frontera Siria-Irak es un paso hacia la creación de un bloque regional que integre a países tales como Irán, Irak, Siria y el Líbano

Abu Al-Fazel Salehiniya (fuente: Dampress.net)

Tras la apertura, el 30 de septiembre, 2019 del cruce fronterizo Al-Bukamal-Al-Qaim entre Siria e Irak, que estuvo cerrado durante cinco años por la guerra en Siria, Abu Al-Fazel Salehiniya, asesor cultural en la embajada iraní en Damasco, publicó un artículo en el diario pro-régimen sirio Al-Watan, en el que presentó la apertura del cruce como un paso hacia la realización de la visión iraní de un nuevo Medio Oriente. Este explicó que Irán planeaba establecer un bloque político, económico y cultural que consistiera en los países de Irán, Irak, Siria y el Líbano, lo que afectará enormemente el equilibrio de poderes en la región y en el mundo y frustrará lo que este llamó el plan estadounidense y de Occidente para fragmentar al Medio Oriente en pequeños estados bajo un control occidental. Durante muchos años, dijo, Estados Unidos e Israel han estado trabajando de varias maneras para evitar la creación de este bloque, incluso instigando protestas en Irán, Irak, Siria y el Líbano; Sin embargo, estos han fracasado gracias al eje de la resistencia, que ahora es más fuerte que nunca y ha conseguido logros impresionantes.