Analysts unpacking the West’s approach to the Syria crisis have, among other things, turned to the importance that signal intelligence is playing in the policy and public debates over the war. Reports emerged over the weekend that British intelligence had intercepted exchanges between senior Syrian military figures explicitly ordering battlefield...

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Amid frustration at an inevitable Russian or Chinese veto of robust UN action targeting Syria in the aftermath of a mass chemical attack by the regime against opposition-controlled Damascus suburbs, the White House today pressed its case regarding potential military action. Criticism of the international bloc’s role in shielding the...

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Amid multiple and consistent threats of attack from Iran and its Syrian and Hezbollah clients, the Israeli Defense Force overnight deployed an Iron Dome battery near Tel Aviv, the latest in a series of moves by the military to boost security: “We have a clear responsibility to prepare the army for all possibilities. We took a...

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Top administration officials declared today that they are committed to acting alone if necessary in striking the Bashar al-Assad regime, after a vote last night in Britain’s House of Commons saw the body rejecting Prime Minister David Cameron’s request to endorse British military action against Damascus. President Barack Obama pressed the U.S. case, and...

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Israel is preparing for an array of cyber threats in the event that Syria and its Iranian backers make good on days of threats to lash out against the Jewish state should the West act militarily against the Bashar al-Assad regime: An Israeli army spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Media Line...

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Iranian officials today escalated their threats against Israel, with multiple military figures declaring that Israel would be attacked in the event of Western air strikes against the Iranian-allied Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria: “Any military measure against Syria will draw the Zionists deep in the fire [as well],” said Major...

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As the Israeli military makes preparations for a promised Syrian attack – all the while issuing public reassurances that such an attack remains uncertain – Israel’s Home Front Command is moving to ready Israel’s civilian population for potential attacks. Founded in response to attacks on the Jewish state during Operation...

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Iranian officials appear committed to reinforcing the notion that, should the West strike the Iranian-allied Bashar al-Assad regime Syria, Israel would be attacked in turn. Iranian officials have longed issued explicitly genocidal threats against the Jewish state in the context of attacks on Syria. Hossein Sheikholeslam, the director of parliament’s...

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The sectarian conflict in Syria long ago drove the Sunni-dominated Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to align itself against Iran and its proxies and allies throughout the Middle East, most prominently the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal last June accused Damascus...

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Iranian media today carried statements by a top Syrian officer declaring that Syria will lash out at Israel in the event of Western strikes against Damascus. A top officer with the Syrian army told the Iranian news agency FARS that should Damascus be attacked, the Syrians will retaliated against Tel Aviv....

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