Saudi officials have detained another 10 suspects in an Iran-linked spy investigation that Riyhad announced last March. Authorities had arrested 18 people. They later released one. That makes 27 total: “Initial investigation carried out by the authorities led to the detention of 10 others for involvement in spying activities,” state television news channel al-Ekhbariya...
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The report in yesterday’s Sunday Times that Syria had advanced missiles trained on Tel Aviv could create the impression that another Israeli-Syrian war is in the offing. Syria’s heightened level of alert is no surprise. It’s standard practice for the Assad regime to warn that a single bullet fired at...
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The Egyptian army has deployed military and armored vehicles to the Sinai Peninsula in response to the kidnapping of seven Egyptian soldiers. The captives were shown in a video released earlier this week begging Morsi to save them. The incident has deepened tensions between Egyptian security forces and Hamas. The...
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Syrian forces loyal to the Bashar al-Assad regime launched a sweeping operation yesterday in the strategically critical city of Qusayr, killing scores of opposition forces. Qusayr, near Syria’s border with Lebanon, had served as a conduit for weapons and supplies shipments smuggled from Lebanon to opposition fighters. Government forces had...
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Unknown gunmen in Syria fired bullets into the Golan Heights, underscoring ongoing deterioration in the increasingly anarchic area. Both the Bashar al-Assad regime and rebels seeking its overthrow have pledged to attack Israel from the strategically important plateau. The gunfire struck near an IDF observation post in the latest incident...
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As Iran’s June 14th election approaches, the regime continues to intensify its crackdown on citizens’ Internet access: Iran is tightening control of the Internet ahead of next month’s presidential election, mindful of violent street protests that social networkers inspired last time around over claims of fraud, users and experts say. The regime...
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Hezbollah’s efforts on behalf of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria are threatening to drag Lebanon into the conflict, with the Al Qaeda-linked Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra declaring that confronting the Iran-backed terror group is now a top priority. This came after Hezbollah’s secretary general Hassan Nasrallah declared last week...
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John Brennan, the longtime counterterrorism advisor to President Barack Obama who this year became director of the CIA, flew Thursday to Israel — on a working visit not announced in advance. Israeli officials suggested that the main topic in consultations on Friday was Syria – that is, what might be done...
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Iran’s Supreme Leader last month reportedly instructed Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah to prevent the overthrow of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad “at all costs,” according to Arab officials speaking to a Kuwaiti outlet. Over the past few days a source affiliated with Hezbollah told the Arab press that Hezbollah units were taking...
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Hezbollah fighters are now reportedly moving toward the country’s southern border with Jordan. If the reports are confirmed they would indicate that the Iran-backed terror group has functionally deployed throughout large swaths of Syria: Hizbullah fighters have been advancing swiftly into southern Syria and have reached the flashpoint southern town...
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