‘Liking’ Hate

Group calls on Facebook to suspend account of Iranian Supreme Leader
Supreme Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei / AP

Facebook has not responded to calls for it to remove the official account of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who critics say uses the social networking site to disseminate radical propaganda.

United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), a grassroots advocacy group, sent a letter to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Monday.

Training Ground

Western radicals could be learning terrorism skills in Syrian conflict
Syrian rebels / AP

Americans and Europeans have been joining al Qaeda-affiliated groups in Syria in increasing numbers, causing concern that these Western radicals could attempt to carry out terrorist attack on the United States upon returning home, experts told Congress Wednesday.

Center for Turkish Progress

Obama-aligned think tank's ties to Turkey under scrutiny
President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan / AP

Days before Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan landed in Washington, D.C., for a series of high profile meetings, an influential liberal think tank with ties to the White House released a report that highlighted its cozy relationship with wealthy foreign benefactors from Turkey.

Massing on the Heights

Hezbollah forces mass on Israel’s northern border
Israeli soldiers work on top of a tank in a position in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights / AP

Iran and its terror proxy Hezbollah are building a military force on Israel’s northern border in the Golan Heights in order to wage “popular resistance” against the Jewish state, according to a report released Tuesday.

Air Defenses Activated

Iran purports to unveil sophisticated domestically produced air defenses
Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi / AP

Iranian military leaders unveiled Monday a sophisticated new air defense system that they claim can “detect and track targets at low altitudes and automatically hit them,” according to state media reports.

Calls for Benghazi Select Committee Mount

Law enforcement officers call for special investigation
Libya consulate / AP

More than 26,000 members of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) have come out in favor of creating a Watergate-style investigatory committee that would be tasked with determining the truth behind the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

Support for Benghazi Select Committee Growing

GOP lawmakers increasingly in favor of special investigative committee
Libya Consulate / AP

More than two-thirds of Republican House lawmakers now favor establishing a Watergate-style investigatory committee to examine the Benghazi terror attacks.

Palestinian Chicken

KFC smuggled into Gaza Strip via weapons tunnels
AP

For about $27, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip can have Kentucky Fried Chicken smuggled through an illicit underground smuggling tunnel connected to Egypt, according to reports.

Unusual Adviser

Pro-Iran advocate on nuclear proliferation oversight board
Patrick Disney / NIAC

A former senior official at a pro-Iran activist group has been a member of the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) since June 2012, sparking concern among proponents of a tough U.S. policy stance toward Tehran.

A Shavuot Faux Pas

J Street hosts dinner at Chinese restaurant on Jewish holy day
Palestinians commorate Nakba Day / AP

Jewish Democrats are upset with the liberal fringe group J Street for hosting a congressional dinner event on Wednesday evening during a major Jewish holiday.