Israeli Air Force Chief Amir Eshel warned today that Syria will soon receive advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles from Russia. The warning comes after one that Israeli officials reportedly conveyed privately to their American counterparts two weeks ago. Israeli media had already disclosed that Syrian soldiers had completed two months of training on...
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The Bashar al-Assad regime today claimed responsibility for firing on and destroying an IDF army jeep. The claim that the jeep had been destroyed was false. The claim of gunfire was absolutely real – the patrol vehicle was damaged by bullets – and was the third recent incident of cross-border...
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The White House is emphasizing President Barack Obama’s concern over Hezbollah’s growing role in Syria, where the Iran-backed terror group is proving critical in an ongoing counter-offensive being waged by the Bashar al-Assad regime. The President conveyed those concerns to Lebanese President Michel Sleiman: The two leaders agreed that all...
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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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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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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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