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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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Andrew C. McCarthy on the Arab Spring

From YouTube: The first fundamental truth about the “Arab Spring” is that there never was one. The salient fact of the Middle East, the only one, is Islam. The Islam that shapes the Middle East inculcates in Muslims the self-perception … Continue reading

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Turkey badly needed to end row with Israel. Netanyahu’s apology gave Obama a diplomatic breakthrough

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu granted the Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan a face-saver for ending their three-year rift out of willingness to crown US President Barack Obama’s three-day visit with an impressive diplomatic breakthrough. He swallowed Israel and its … Continue reading

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Turkey resumes NATO ties with Israel – a Netanyahu breakthrough

Turkey dropped its ban on cooperating with Israel as a third-nation NATO partner at the 28-member alliance meeting in Brussels on Dec. 4, in response to a reprimand from Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen that the ban had “created a … Continue reading

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Obama and the New Caliphate

The first person that Obama telephoned when elected president in 2008 was Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. This relationship has only strengthened since then: 1. Benghazi was the launching point for arms to Turkey to supply the rebels in Syria. 2. The Syrian … Continue reading

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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

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US-led NATO intervention begins in Syria war. Patriots in Turkey

Tuesday, Nov. 27, the Middle East military spotlight swung around from Gaza to the Syrian war with steps for the start of US and NATO intervention in that conflict. Without spelling this out, a game changer began unfolding when a … Continue reading

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Russian S-400s relocated near Turkey. Hizballah shifts units, rockets into Syria

Hizballah has begun depleting line of rockets and fighting units it has facing Israel from the Litani River of South Lebanon and moving them to the Syrian front line at Homs to strengthen Assad’s forces, DEBKAfile’s military sources reveal. Hizballah’s … Continue reading

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Turkey’s army on high state of readiness, first step for Syria no-fly zone

War tensions over Syria shot up again early Thursday, Oct. 11, when the Turkish army was placed on high readiness and its chiefs pledge stronger responses to Syria. An authoritative US source told DEBKAfile that Turkey had – by forcing a Syrian … Continue reading

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Turkish F16s force Syrian flight from Moscow to land. Ankara: Syrian air space no longer safe

Turkish air force jets forced a Syrian 35-passenger Airbus A320 bound from Moscow to Damascus to land in Ankara Wednesday night, Oct. 10, on suspicion it was carrying arms. Its cargo compartment was subjected to checks by Turkish officials. Foreign … Continue reading

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Did Turkey Just Declare War On Syria?

Just out from the WSJ: Turkey’s parliament has approved a bill authorizing the military to conduct cross-border operations in Syria, a day after a deadly shelling from Syrian territory killed five civilians So, just how is this different to war? … Continue reading

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Turkey hits targets inside Syria after border deaths

Turkish artillery has fired on positions inside Syria after shells from Syria killed five people in a southern Turkish border town. A woman and her three children were among those killed earlier when the shells, apparently fired by Syrian government … Continue reading

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Iran Gold Imports From Turkey Surge To $8 Billion YTD – $3.2 Billion Worth Of Bullion In Q2 2012

Today’s AM fix was USD 1,731.00, EUR 1,352.77 and GBP 1,081.33 per ounce. Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,732.75, EUR 1,355.09 and GBP 1,082.63 per ounce. Silver is trading at $33.57/oz, €26.36/oz and £21.02/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,602.75/oz, palladium … 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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Syria’s neighbors braced for chemical threat. Assad warns Turkey on Stingers

The US and its allies are discussing a worst-case scenario that could require up to 60,000 ground troops to go into Syria to secure chemical and biological weapons sites following the fall of the Assad government, an unnamed American source … Continue reading

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