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Assad Taunts Israel: First Russian S-300 Anti-Air Missiles Are in Syria

Directly taunting Israel, Syrian president Basher Assad says in an interview prerecorded for broadcast Thursday night, May 30, that the first batch of Russian S-300 anti-air missiles has arrived in Syria and a second consignment is on the way. The … Continue reading

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Israel Warns Russia Against Syria Arms Sales

From YouTube: Israel’s defense chief said Tuesday a Russian plan to supply sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles to Syria was a “threat” and signaled that Israel is prepared to use force to stop the delivery. The warning by Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon … Continue reading

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Israeli forebodings over widening Russian-Hizballah-Iraqi intervention in Syria

Forebodings were voiced Wednesday, May 29, by senior Israeli military officers in the face of the widening military intervention in the Syria civil war by Russia, Iran, Hizballah and latterly Iraq too. They have made Syria’s civil war the platform … Continue reading

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Kerry wants major Israeli concessions for Palestinians, including sovereign northern Dead Sea coast

US Secretary of State John Kerry put a package of proposals for reviving the moribund Israel-Palestinian peace process before Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and peace negotiator Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and then returned to Amman Monday, May 27. He keeps the … Continue reading

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Hizballah fires rocket toward Israeli Metula, calls up reserves, enters Damascus

Residents of Israel’s northernmost town of Metula were roused before dawn Monday, May 27 by an exploding rocket fired from the Lebanese town of Marjayoun about 10 kilometers north of the border. It landed on open ground, causing no casualties … Continue reading

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Syrian cyber attack on Haifa water system thwarted

National R&D Council chairman Prof. Yitzhak Ben-Israel has revealed that, two weeks ago, Syria tried and failed to launch a cyber attack on Haifa’s water system. Speaking at the Shabatarbut Beersheva festival, he said that the attack was by the … Continue reading

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Yaalon: We destroyed Syrian Golan position. Damascus: We fired on Israeli patrol

Syria and Israel crossed verbal swords Tuesday, May 21, after an overnight exchange of fire on the Golan. When the Damascus government claimed responsibility for the gunfire on an Israeli Golan patrol Monday night and threatened to strike back for … 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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Syrian-Israeli war of words via Putin edges into Syrian-Hizballah war of attrition.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Netanyahu ended their three-hour meeting in Sochi Tuesday, May 14, at loggerheads on Syria. In fact, Putin warned his guest that Israel and its army, the IDF, were heading for war with Syria in … Continue reading

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Putin again warns Netanyahu hands off Syria

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spent three hours with Russian President Vladimir Putin at his residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Tuesday, May, 14. He came for a last-ditch attempt to head off the supply of advanced Russian … Continue reading

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Russia staffs Mediterranean fleet. Turkey weighs payback for Syrian bombings

Russian Navy Admiral Viktor Chirkov said Sunday, May 12, that the process is underway for creating a permanent staff to run Russian fleet operations in the Mediterranean Sea.  Speaking at Sevastopol, the Black Sea fleet’s home port, Adm. Chirkov said … Continue reading

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Netanyahu to visit Putin in a bid to stop his S-300 missile sale to Syria

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sets off for the Black Sea town of Sochi early next week for a personal call on President Vladimir Putin. This was confirmed Saturday, May 11 by the Russian president’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who declined … Continue reading

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U.S. Is Warned Russia Plans Syria Arms Sale

Israel has warned the U.S. that a Russian deal is imminent to sell advanced ground-to-air missile systems to Syria, weapons that would significantly boost the regime’s ability to stave off intervention in its civil war. U.S. officials said on Wednesday … Continue reading

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US to arm Syrian rebels: Putin’s rebuke, Chinese “peace plan” mar Netanyahu’s Chinese trip

Negative diplomatic ricochets are pursuing Israel in the aftermath of its air force attacks on Syria. In the first place, they are seen to have had no effect on Hizballah’s successful military intervention on the side of the Assad regime … Continue reading

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Syria: Israeli attack equals declaration of war. Iron Domes at Haifa and Safed

Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said Sunday, May 5, that the strike at Syria overnight represented a “declaration of war” by Israel. Russian and Iranian media earlier predicted full-scale Middle East hostilities involving Israel erupting in the coming hours, in the … Continue reading

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