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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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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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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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

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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

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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

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Homs, Syria – March 4th, 2013

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Assad Pulls Ahead in Syrian War. Putin, Khamenei Are Co-Victors

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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

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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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