Israel may bring wounded refugees from the Syrian city of Aleppo to Israeli hospitals for treatment, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday. “We’re prepared to take in wounded women and children, and also men if they are not combatants … bring them to Israel, take care of them in our hospitals, as...

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Private initiatives by ordinary Israelis continue to gather much needed clothing and medical aid for the Syrian people. A crowdfunding campaign to bring emergency supplies to embattled Syrians is also ongoing and has already raised over $258,000 in five days. The recent charity drives by Israelis for their Syrian neighbors...

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Photographs emerged on Friday of Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian commander who is under a United Nations travel ban, touring conquered eastern Aleppo, Amir Toumaj reported in the Long War Journal. It is unclear when the photographs, which were posted on social media, were originally taken. A research analyst at the Foundation...

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An Israeli legal rights group has filed a lawsuit in Illinois to block Boeing’s pending $16.6 billion jet sale to Iran, the Associated Press reported Friday. Shurat HaDin–Israel Law Center, an independent non-profit headed by Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, said that it was seeking a lien against Boeing until Tehran pays off billions of dollars in damages to American victims...

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The Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah and Shiite militias fighting on behalf of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been accused of committing massacres as civilians and rebel fighters were being evacuated from eastern Aleppo, Voice of American reported Friday. According to leaders of the Syrian opposition, Shiite militiamen commanded by Iran stopped a convoy carrying some 800...

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The Catastrophe of Aleppo Two major editorials on Thursday called attention to Iran’s role in the destruction of the last rebel stronghold in Aleppo, Syria. The New York Times observed that “Hezbollah, backed by Iran with arms and money, has … been a vital asset for the Assad regime, reportedly deploying...

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The nearly-complete capture of Aleppo by Syrian forces shows that Iran, a key sponsor and military supporter of the Syrian regime, is the “top player” in the Middle East, an Iranian general boasted Wednesday. The army of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, backed by Russian airstrikes and aided by Shiite militias...

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In 2001, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) established a special unit consisting of handpicked members of the IRGC’s land, sea, and air forces. Dubbed the Saberin Unit, its members were described as volunteers “seeking martyrdom,” tasked to carry out special missions and/or widespread cross-border attacks for the IRGC. Amanollah...

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Syrian opposition groups reached a deal with representatives of Russia and Turkey on Tuesday to evacuate the last pockets of eastern Aleppo that they control, The New York Times reported. The agreement came as the Syrian army and allied forces seemed poised to capture nearly all of Aleppo after completing...

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Hezbollah has been “instrumental” in keeping Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in power, a report on the Iranian propaganda network PressTV asserted Friday. “Hezbollah has of course given many martyrs to protect Syria and Hezbollah has been very instrumental, even before Russia got involved into equation,” commentator Shabbir Hassanally told the...

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