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US Patriots relocate from Gulf to Jordan. Israel and Turkey pool Syria intelligence

Israel and Turkey agreed last week to start pooling their incoming intelligence on the Syrian civil war, debkafile’s intelligence sources report exclusively. Exchanges will take place at the highest level between Mossad Director Tamir Pardo and Hakan Fidan, head of Turkey’s … 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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White House to Congress: Assad has used chemical weapons. Israeli jets down Hizballah drone opposite Haifa

In a remarkable reversal, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in Abu Dhabi Thursday afternoon, April 25, that the US intelligence community believes the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against its own people, determining with “varying degrees of confidence” that … 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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Israel Says Syria Has Used Chemical Weapons

Israel’s senior military intelligence analyst said Tuesday that the Syrian government had repeatedly used chemical weapons in the last month, and criticized the international community for failing to respond, intensifying pressure on the Obama administration to intervene. “The regime has … 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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US troops sent to Jordan to counter Syrian attack on kingdom

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Wednesday, April 17, that 200 troops of the US 1st Armored Division had been ordered to deploy in Jordan. DEBKAfile’s military sources report that they are being sent on arrival to the north and ranged … Continue reading

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Chemical warfare looms over Syria. Israel passes atropine to rebels

As the Syrian civil way went into its third year this week, signs abounded of increasing readiness for the use of chemical weapons on both sides of the conflict. Since February, the US, Israel, Ankara and Amman have been aware … Continue reading

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West embargoes arms to Syrian rebels over their resale to al Qaeda

The Western arms pipeline to the Syrian rebels fighting Bashar Assad is starting to run dry since the discovery that some of the weapons are being resold and used by al Qaeda in its conquest of southern Syrian and takeover … Continue reading

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Al Qaeda brigade captures Syrian-Israeli-Jordanian border junction

The highly strategic intersection of the Syrian, Israeli and Jordan borders, just east of the Golan, was captured by the Al Musanna Brigade of al Qaeda’s Syrian arm, Jabhat al-Nusra on Passover Eve, Monday, March 25, DEBKAfile’s exclusive sources report. This … Continue reading

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DEBKAfile: Rocket fired in Aleppo contained Agent 15

Western military sources have told DEBKA file that three chemicals were believed present in the Scud B rocket which exploded in the Aleppo neighborhood of Khan al-Assal Tuesday March 19: phosphorus, chlorine and Agent 15 or BZ. Although the Assad … Continue reading

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Witnesses report onset of chemical warfare in Syria

Extensive preparations by Syrian army units for launching chemical weapons against rebel forces have been sighted in the northern town of Homs, Western intelligence agencies told DEBKAfile’s military sources Tuesday, March 19. Damascus paved the way for resorting to unconventional … 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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France, Britain flout US objections on arms to Syrian rebels

Working through Jordan, Britain and France are determined to get arms shipments to the Syrian rebels fighting Bashar Assad –  parting ways for the first time with the Obama administration’s objections to this course throughout Syria’s two-year civil war The … Continue reading

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