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Debka Exclusive: Iran arrests 3 Fordo sabotage suspects who entered from Azerbaijan

Iran is holding three suspects who entered the country from Azerbaijan under intense grilling to discover their role in the mid-August explosion of the power lines to the underground uranium enrichment site at Fordo, DEBKAfile’s exclusive Iranian sources reveal. Tehran is … Continue reading

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Iran accuses nuclear watchdog of being infiltrated by “terrorists and saboteurs”

Emboldened by certainty that the US and Israel had given up on attacking its nuclear program, Iran’s atomic energy chief Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani felt free to heap abuse on the International Atomic Energy Agency. Addressing the IAEA’s annual meeting in Vienna … Continue reading

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Al Qaeda-led Salafis hit three Egyptian Sinai bases, down Egyptian chopper

Salafi Bedouin and al Qaeda bands Sunday, Sept 16, expanded their Sinai offensive to three Egyptian bases along a 70-kilometer front three days after they raided the US-led Multinational Force base south of El Arish in northern Sinai and hoisted … Continue reading

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Turkish officers take command of Syrian rebel brigades. N. Israel on alert

Turkish army officers have assumed direct command of the first two Syrian rebel brigades fighting Bashar Assad’s government forces, according toDEBKAfile’s exclusive sources. This step has sent military tensions rocketing on Israel’s northern borders with Syria and Lebanon in case … Continue reading

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Egypt confronts Israel with 6,000 Sinai Islamists as an approved militia

To keep the truce with the Islamist terrorist networks in Sinai in place, while avoiding a large-scale military operation to suppress them, Egypt is now releasing dozens of jailed Salafist gunmen in batches every few days, so feeding the Islamists … Continue reading

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US CIA chief Petraeus arrives Monday to cool Israeli ire

President Barack Obama is sending CIA Director David Petraeus to Israel in a hurry Monday, Sept. 3, in an attempt to quench the flames of discord between Israel and his administration on the Iran issue. He will fly in from … Continue reading

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Muslim Brotherhood anti-army coup in Cairo. Tanks move up to Israel border

HAVING GAINED CONTROL OF THE EGYPTIAN PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT AND PRESIDENCY, THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD HAS MADE ITSELF THE UNCHALLENGED RULER OF EGYPT. DEMOTING THE HEADS OF THE MILITARY LEAVES THE MB IN CONTROL OF THE BIGGEST ARMY IN THE ARAB WORLD. … Continue reading

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Iran threatens US, Turkey after Israel with spreading Syrian conflict

Tehran is not done with threats after shaking its fist at Israel: Tuesday, Aug. 7, Iranian Armed Forces Chief Gen. Hassan Firuzabadi pointed at Ankara and other Middle East capitals when he declared: “Turkey will be next in line for violence … Continue reading

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Iran prepares for 60 percent uranium enrichment

Model of a fortified Iranian nuclear site The months of negotiations with the six world powers were happily used by Iran for great strides toward bringing its nuclear weapon program to fruition. Tehran’s back-channel dialogue with Washington leading up to … Continue reading

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Khamenei Warns Iran’s Top Leaders: WAR IN WEEKS

From YouTube: Iran launches its biggest ever fortification project to protect its nuclear installations from US and/or Israeli attack which Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned his military chiefs is only weeks away: Iran’s nuclear facilities are being buried under mountains of … Continue reading

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Big Russian fleet nears Syria. Iran to fight regime change as foreign forces pile up

 Russian, Western and Arab forces were piling up on Syrian borders Wednesday, July 25, bringing closer a war confrontation which could spur the Assad regime into making good on its threat to use chemical weapons against “external aggression.” Based on … Continue reading

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IDF: Syrian chemical threat targets Israel. Obama warns Assad against “tragic mistake”

Senior Israeli military officers, referring to the Syrian foreign ministry statement Monday, July 23, that Syria would only use chemical weapons against “external aggression,” found in it a direct threat by the Assad regime to turn those weapons against Israel. … Continue reading

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Two hours for Syrian chemical weapons to reach Lebanon. Four armies prepared

The IDF, the Turkish and Jordanian armies and US Middle East forces have switched to preparedness mode in the last few hours in case the Syrian chemical weapons arsenal starts moving west toward Lebanon, DEBKAfile’s military sources report. Acting in … Continue reading

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Assad rebuilds fighting command, retaliates against Turkey

President Bashar Assad quickly recovered from the blow he suffered with the loss of his four top allies last Wednesday, July 18. Within 24 hours, he had put in place a new command for fighting the rebels headed by his … Continue reading

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A Hizballah suicide terror revival launched by the Burgas bus bombing

The suicide bombing attack in Bulgaria that left five Israelis dead and more than 30 injured Wednesday, July 18, is seen by Israeli and Western intelligence and counter-terror sources as marking Hizballah’s regression to its old tactics. After a 17-year … Continue reading

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