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Tag Archives: Assad
Al-Qaeda’s Syrian wing takes over the oilfields once belonging to Assad
Al-Qaeda’s Syrian wing is helping to finance its activities by selling the product of oilfields that once helped to prop up the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Up to 380,000 barrels of crude oil were previously produced by wells around the … Continue reading
Assad preparing missile strike against Tel Aviv in case attacked again
Syria is making preparations to strike Tel Aviv in case Israel launches another attack on its territory, The Sunday Times reported on Sunday. The Syrian army has begun deploying advanced surface-to-surface missiles, the report said, adding that it has received orders … Continue reading
Syrian-Hizballah’s capture of Qusayr opens direct weapons route to Lebanon
Shortly after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu pledged Sunday, May 19, to maintain Israeli operations in Syria against the passage of advanced Iranian weapons to the Lebanese Hizballah, Syrian troops and their Hizballah comrades stormed Al-Qasayr, the northwestern town which commands the … Continue reading
Russia sends Assad ‘ship killing missile’
Russia delivers Yakhont missiles, warships to Assad; Lavrov: Arms deal won’t change regional balance of power. Russia sold advanced Yakhont antiship cruise missiles to Syrian President Bashar Assad, outfitted with an advanced guidance system that makes them more effective than … Continue reading
Israeli-US policies on Assad set stage for Golan offensive against Israel
The Syrian civil conflict appears poised ready to spill over to one or more of its neighbors, starting with Israel as a result of six factors: 1. President Barack Obama’s inability to make up his mind on whether the US … Continue reading
Israel confirms Syria strike, says hit Hezbollah-bound missiles
Israel has carried out an air strike into Syria, targeting a shipment of missiles bound for Hezbollah guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon, an Israeli official said on Saturday. The Jewish state has made clear it is prepared to resort to force to prevent advanced … Continue reading
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Tagged air strike, Assad, Hezbollah, Israel, Syria
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Tehran presses Assad to send Hizballah sophisticated anti-air interceptors
Israeli Air Force jets were reported flying over Damascus in the last few hours by foreign sources. According to debkafile’s Iranian and intelligence sources, Iran has been pushing Bashar Assad hard to let Hizballah have sophisticated weapons, including self-propelled SA-17 interceptor … Continue reading
Obama’s non-response to Assad’s chemical weapons would encourage a nuclear Iran
President Barack Obama faced a tough decision Friday, April 26, on how to handle Bashar Assad’s use of chemical weapons just a month after he warned it would be “game changer.” The US intelligence community and the White House have … Continue reading
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Tagged Assad, Hizballah, Iran, Nuclear, Obama, Syria
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Tehran and Assad slide past US and Israeli red lines – nuclear and chemical
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was hardly out of Israel’s door Tuesday, April 23, when a spate of awkward data came spilling out in Tel Aviv. Iran has crossed the last red line Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu laid down … Continue reading
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Tagged Assad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Chemical, Iran, Israel, Nuclear, Syria, Weapons
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Gantz: Another Afghanistan in store for Syria. Hizballah brigades fight for Assad
Israel’s chief of staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz warned Monday, April 22, that Bashar Assad’s fall would not end the Syrian bloodbath but drag the country even further into tribal and ethnic warfare on the scale of Afghanistan two decades … Continue reading
Two armed Hizballah brigades fighting for Assad near Homs
Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, pledged action against the use of chemical weapons in Syria and promised not to allow sophisticated weapons to reach other nations or Hizballah-type organizations. The Golan border would be well guarded, he said, speaking at … Continue reading
Assad to Beirut: Sack Lebanese army chief or more air raids.
The Syrian conflict spread in earnest to Lebanon Monday, March 18, when the Syria Air Force carried out bombing runs over Syrian rebel jumping-off bases inside Lebanon that are used for their attacks on government forces. DEBKAfile’s military sources report … Continue reading
Assad Pulls Ahead in Syrian War. Putin, Khamenei Are Co-Victors
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Tagged Assad, Moscow, Peace Talks, Russia, Syria
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Hizballah on high alert, jockeys for a role in potential Syrian peace accord
Hizballah forces went on alert Thursday, Feb. 21, upon the expiry of a 48-hour ultimatum slapped down by Syrian rebels to halt the Lebanese group’s military support for Bashar Assad – in particular, its artillery and mortar backing for Syrian … Continue reading
Assad’s troops retreat from Golan, leaving Islamist rebels to confront Israel
President Bashar Assad has evacuated most of the troops of his 5th Army Division from their permanent bases on the Golan opposite Israeli forces and transferred the unit along with its artillery to Damascus, DEBKAfile’s military sources report. The Syrian ruler’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Assad, Golan Heights, Israel, Syria
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Assad set on arms transfers to Lebanon. Israel responds with no-fly zone
Syrian ruler Bashar Assad has ordered the resumption of weapons transfers to the Lebanese Hizballah, DEBKAfile’s exclusive military and intelligence sources report. This was agreed with Iran’s National Security Director Saeed Jalilee, who arrived in Damascus after Israel’s reported air strike last Wednesday, … Continue reading
Here We Go: Israel Bombs Syria
Syria: Israeli jets strike Jamaraya arms depot near Damascus leaving casualties The Syrian government, by admitting that the Israel Air Force attacked the Jamaraya “Military Research Institute” (a euphemism for an arms deport), near Damascus, broke the barrier of silence … Continue reading
The all-female militias of Syria
Turn on the close captioning and use the Beta English translation. It is hard to take women seriously when they are talking about “sacrificing blueberry pies”. David DeGerolamo
Russia lifts nationals out of Syria. Moscow, Iran arm Assad for major armored push
The Russian emergency ministry said Monday, Jan. 21 that it is sending two planes to Beirut to evacuate 100 Russians from Syria – the first such effort since the uprising against Bashar Assad began in March 2011. Moscow also announced … Continue reading
President Assad Orders Commanders to Target Israel, US Interests “If Assassinated”
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has ordered his army commanders to target Israel and the US interests in the Middle East region in case he is assassinated by the terrorists, informed sources said on Monday. President Assad’s remarks came after he … Continue reading
Panetta, Dempsey clear Pentagon desk of US military option for Syria
At a joint news conference Friday, Jan. 11, retiring Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs, Gen. Martin Dempsey, cleaned the Pentagon’s Syrian desk ready for incoming Secretary Chuck Hagel. Boiled down to essentials, their triple … Continue reading
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Tagged Assad, Chemical Weapons, Dempsey, Hagel, Panetta, Syria
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Bolstered by 16 Russian warships, Assad nixes dialogue with “Western puppets”
With a buildup of 16 Russian warships carrying thousands of marines on the Syrian coast “to deter the West from deploying ground forces in Syria,” Syrian Bashar Assad could afford to brazen it out in his first public speech in seven … Continue reading
Failed Syria envoy Brahimi’s mission brings chemical war closer
The Syrian crisis unbelievably took another turn for the worse Saturday, Dec. 29: After making no headway with Bashar Assad in Damascus, the UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi was told in no uncertain terms by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov … Continue reading
Scuds blast big Syrian rebel push for al-Safira chemical arms store
The Syrian Air Force is again firing Scud missiles, this time to stem the general offensive Syrian opposition forces, including jihadis, launched Friday, Dec. 21, to capture the Syrian army’s military-industrial complex at al Safira and the big chemical and biological … Continue reading
US pulls war fleet from Syrian water
Shortly before the deployment of two American Patriot missiles manned by 400 US servicemen for defending Turkey against Syria was announced Thursday, Dec. 13, Washington quietly recalled from Syrian waters the USS Eisenhoweraircraft carrier and its strike group and the USS Iwo … Continue reading
Obama now Dictates Foreign Governments
What groups are in the Syrian Opposition Council that is now recognized as the legitimate government (without elections) in Syria? Is the president of the United States able to recognize elevate a rebel group (or any group) as the legitimate representative … Continue reading
Concern that Assad may have passed some chemical weapons to Hizballah
There is growing concern that some of the chemical weapons the Assad regime has been pushing out of the Damascus area in the last few days were sent across the border to Hizballah strongholds in the Lebanese Beqaa Valley to … Continue reading
Assad’s last warning to rebels before using chemical weapons. West, Israel on high preparedness
The danger that Syrian ruler Bashar Assad will now resort to chemical warfare shot up Saturday afternoon, Dec. 8, after the rebels captured the “chloride factory” at Al Safira east of Aleppo. This is a codename for the Syrian army’s … Continue reading
US: Sarin bombs ready for Assad’s “go” order. Israel’s odd silence
American officials said Wednesday, Dec. 4, that they believed bombs had been made ready with sarin gas, but not yet loaded onto fighter planes and Assad had not issued the “go” order. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned President Assad … Continue reading
US, Israel, Turkey, Jordan primed to strike if Assad activates chemical weapons
US forces in the region, Israel, Turkey and Jordan were all braced Monday night, Dec. 3 for action against Syria in case Syrian President Bashar Assad ordered his army’s chemical warfare units to go into action against rebel and civilian … Continue reading
Unusual activity at Syrian chemical weapons sites amid rumors Assad is dead or fled
Western intelligence officers were seeing new signs of activity at Syrian chemical weapons sites, they told the New York Times Sunday, Dec. 2. “It’s in some ways similar to what they’ve done before,” a senior U.S. intelligence official said. “But they’re doing … Continue reading
Syrian rebels destroy Assad’s radar station facing Israel
In a resounding blow to the combat capabilities of Bashar Assad’s army against external enemies, Syrian rebels destroyed their most important electronic warning radar station facing Israel – M-1 – Monday, Nov. 26, DEBKAfile reports exclusively from its military sources. This Russian-built station … Continue reading
New Western intelligence: Syrian rebels don’t have the numbers to win
The revised estimates compiled by US and French intelligence agencies on the relative strength of Syrian government and rebel forces have given Washington and Arab capitals backing the Syrian opposition pause. The Obama administration has built its policies around an … Continue reading
Syrian regime tested chemical weapons firing systems
Syria tested firing systems for poison gas shells at the country’s largest chemical weapons research center at Safira, east of Aleppo, last month, German weekly Der Spiegelreported on Monday, citing statements from various witnesses. According to the report, Iranian Revolutionary Guard … Continue reading
Clinton: Chemical warfare is planned for. Rebels get first anti-air Stingers
Turkey has sent the Syrian rebels fighting in Aleppo their first shipment of shoulder-carried, anti-air FIM-92 Stingers, DEBKAfile’s military sources report. More are on the way to insurgent groups battling government forces around Damascus and other parts of Syria. In Istanbul, … Continue reading
Be Careful What You Wish For
See Tea Party Nation for additional comments. How long will Syria’s government last? The lessons learned in Libya may have tempered the US response in Syria until it was released this week that Obama was secretly supplying weapons to the … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Unrest, Editorial, War
Tagged al Qaeda, Assad, Muslim Brotherhood, NC Renegade, Putin, Syria, UN, Unitied Nations
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Annan quits Syria role, blames UN ‘finger pointing’
UN’s Arab League mediator Kofi Annan announces resignation as US puts together new humanitarian aid package for Syria. The US announced an infusion of humanitarian aid to Syria on Thursday, just as the head of the UN-backed mediation effort between … Continue reading
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Another War Notch for Obama’s Belt
Obama authorizes secret U.S. support for Syrian rebels President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, U.S. sources familiar with the matter said. Obama’s order, … Continue reading
Israel prepares for battle to secure Syrian chemical weapons
HAIFA, Israel – As Syria’s regime teeters on the brink of collapse, Israeli soldiers and civilians alike are preparing for possible military action to make sure Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons don’t fall into the hands of terrorist groups. Sources close … Continue reading
