More details are emerging about an order given to Palestinian terrorist groups by Syria’s Basher al-Assad regime, under which the groups were given permission to conduct “operations” against Israel from within Syria. The Tower exclusively conveyed the news yesterday. The story was subsequently confirmed by Syrian media outlets, which described...

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Rebels in Syria seeking the overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad regime have kidnapped four UN peacekeepers, the second such a kidnapping has occurred since March. Again the observers are Filipnos attached to the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), which for the last four decades has been tasked with monitoring the...

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By striking military targets inside Syria three times since January – twice this past weekend alone – Israel is engaging in what Former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles would have described as a “brinksmanship” strategy. It is not in Israel’s national interest to intervene in the bloody Syrian civil...

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Early this weekend President Barack Obama explicitly defended Israel’s efforts to enforce its “no trasnfer” red line regarding the Syrian conflict. The president emphasized that “the Israelis justifiably have to guard against the transfer of advanced weaponry to terrorist organizations like Hezbollah.” An article published this morning in the Daily...

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Israel is moving quickly to dampen regional tensions in the aftermath of Friday and Sunday air strikes which the Jewish state conducted against military assets in Syria. The air strikes were conducted by Israeli Air Force (IAF) jets hovering in Lebanese airspace, and targeted mostly Iranian and Hezbollah assets. Analysts...

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Asked to comment on reports of a second Israeli air strike against Syrian advanced weapons in three days, United Kingdom Foreign Secretary William Hague noted today that though he hadn’t seen confirmation of the incident, Israel has a straightforward obligation to defend itself: “All countries have to look after their...

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President Barack Obama today reiterated support for actions that Israel is taking to maintain its long-established red line against the transfer of Syrian advanced weapons to terrorist groups. His statements were in reference to reports that Israel on Friday struck a Syrian missile shipment. They come amid reports that Jerusalem on...

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Tonight’s air strikes in Syria targeted sensitive military facilities, including ones staffed by Iran Revolutionary Guard personnel, according to Western government sources who focus on the Middle East and who spoke to The Tower. Those reports have yet to be publicly confirmed. Israel has consistently made clear that it will act to...

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Explosions in Syria tonight are being read against the backdrop of ongoing deterioration in the region, with Damascus publicly blaming Israel for what appear to be a second round of air strikes against advanced Syrian weaponry and military infrastructure. Preventing Hezbollah or al Qaeda from laying their hands on chemical...

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It is far from certain the Iran-backed Assad regime in Syria or the Lebanese based Iran-backed terrorist army Hezbollah will clear the fog surrounding the air strike that struck Syria between Thursday night and Friday. One might expect decision-makers in Damascus or Hezbollah’s south Beirut headquarters to respond to U.S....

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