New US military moves in the Mid-East & Israel’s Syria air raid were coordinated
The US hands-off to Iran’s top general in Iraq, Ali Abdullah Saleh’s changeover of sides in the Yemen war and Trump’s’ thinking on Jerusalem – all signal a new, proactive US strategy for the region.
Central Intelligence Agency chief Mike Pompeo was uncharacteristically frank when he addressed high-ranking US military and security officials on Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Reagan Presidential Foundation. He revealed that he had sent a note to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Al Qods chief, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, and explained: “I sent it because he had indicated that forces under his control might in fact threaten US interests n Iraq.”
Soleimani replied that he had refused to open the letter, commenting: “It didn’t break my heart to be honest with you.” Pompeo went on to elaborate: “What we were communicating to him in that letter was that we will hold him and Iran accountable… and we wanted to make sure that he and the leadership of Iran understood that in a way that was crystal clear.”
Since words clearly don’t mean much without deeds, the United States, after being frozen in place for months in the Middle East, suddenly sprang into action in the past 48 hours, along with its senior Middle East allies, Israel and Saudi Arabia, on four fronts: Iraq, Syria, Yemen and the Palestinians.
IRAQ: Large-scale US forces arrived at the Kaywan base-K1 west of the oil city of Kirkuk and then split into two contingents: several hundred troops stayed on base while the second contingent headed east on Friday, Dec. 1 towards Tuz Khumatu in eastern Iraq (See attached map) and took control of the Siddiq military airport 35km to the west. Tuz Khumatu lies 100km west of the Iraqi-Iranian border and 163km north of Baghdad. DEBKAfile’s military sources report that American troops have never been deployed so close to the Iranian border since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq. This movement was meant to strongly advise Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi to stop playing ball with Iran to the extent that he did in mid-October, when he allowed pro-Iranian forces to grab Kirkurk and its oilfields from the Kurds. Washington was chiefly drawing a large X on Soleimani’s plan for bringing Northern Iraq’s oil under Iranian control.
SYRIA: Early Saturday, Dec. 2, Israeli warplanes dropped missiles on a secret meeting of pro-Iranian Shiite militia chiefs taking place at the Syrian army’s 91st Brigade HQ, outside al-Kiswah – 14km southwest of Damascus and 50km from the Golan. These militias, which have been fighting for Bashar Assad under Gen. Soleimani’s command, were being briefed by Iranian and Hizballah officers on their next offensive. This was Israel’s first attack on any of his forces.
YEMEN: On Saturday, Ali Abdullah Saleh, former president of Yemen, the mainstay of the Iranian-backed Houthi insurgency, announced he was “turning the page.” He was ready to ditch the Houthis and their backer, Iran – provided that the coalition (Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) lifted the blockade they had imposed on Yemen to cut off incoming Iranian weapons and halted its attacks. Saleh’s announcement sparked violent clashes between his followers and the Houthis.
DEBKAfile’s military sources recall that Yemen’s ex-president had long maintained ties with the CIA. His change of sides was timed to coincide with a fresh US-Saudi intelligence push to restore Saleh to the pro-Western Arab camp and topple pro-Iranian positions in Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula.
ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS: The Trump administration is fed up with dodgy Palestinian tactics on peace negotiations. Egyptian President Abdel-Fatteh El-Sisi and Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin-Salman are likewise ready to wash their hands of the Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen). US officials tried threatening to shut down the PLO office in Washington unless the Palestinians finally came to the table for peace talks and are now holding over Palestinian heads a possible decision – either to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem or recognize the city as Israel’s capital.
To ward off these actions, all Abu Mazen needs to do is to pick up the phone to the White House, the royal palace in Riyadh and the presidential residence in Cairo and declare his willingness to cooperate with their initiatives to restart the peace process. But so far, Abbas is holding out, resorting instead to his outdated tactics: threatening that the entire Middle East will go up in flames and Palestinian terrorism will again raise its head if the Trump administration goes through with new decisions on Jerusalem.
By mid-week, the Trump administration should have reached a decision that indicates whether or not it has caved in under Palestinian threats. The next few days will also show whether the new US Middle East momentum is a flash in the pan or a fresh start to be continued.
Just another fine day in the Middle East———–stay tuned!
But this time ISISrael has gone to far…….the world knows what you are doing. We are all not stupid like the Americans…….ZIONIST EXTREMISM will dumped in the dustbin of history………it gives Jews a bad name…..nothing wrong with Jews it is ZIONIST EXTREMISM Is the problem…..
“…….the world knows what you are doing. We are all not stupid like the Americans……
@Benny the fraud,
By “we”, do you mean Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad or Syria ???????
Which one of those entities are you a spokesman for here ???????
None of the above kid…….we the people know….again see you always have to think that it is some group…the people around the world are opening their eyes to ZIONIST EXTREMISM…..Jews are also victims of this horrid ideology……
Zionist Extremism is a bit of a hackneyed, knee jerk comment with you folks Ben.
Zionism in and of itself very important and necessary. The world learn just how important in the coming months. Hang on to your butt Benny 2018 is going to be a wild ride.
Unworthy comment
The G-d of Israel is a Zionist. So curse Him all you want, see where it will get you. Psalm 132: 13 13For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His habitation. 14″This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.…
i am going to say, i support Netinyahoo on removing all arabs out of old Israel and the ones who stay must sign an oath to support Israel and work for the IDF for 2 years! or they will be deported to Saudi Arabia , Build the third temple now!
Chaos always precedes Order. (And vice-versa). No-one seems to know in which sequence we are now!
I’m sure the Iraqi government and Iranian republic give a damn about Uncle Sam’s interests in a country they have set ablaze for nearly 4 decades. Also notice that Uncle Sam has NOTHING to do in Syria, even according to the most obvious propaganda.
Hopefully, for the sake of ISISrael, their beloved brethren in Saudi Arabia can massacre children more efficiently in Yemen with Saleh on their side.
Apartheid Israel’s benefactors is getting wiped out of the middle east. I wonder how soon before the welfare checks cut annually to the shitty little european outpost will continue. That’s a big deal, since Apartheid Israel cannot exist without the welfare checks.
If Israel gets ‘welfare’ at all it will be well spent. Unlike the Palestinians – most of theirs goes into the pockets of their leaders and their terrorists.
I wonder what happened to all those tens of thousands of tons of cement, rebar and other building materials that poured into Gaza in recent years???
“I wonder what happened to all those tens of thousands of tons of cement, rebar and other building materials that poured into Gaza in recent years???”
@\\\\\bob,
I wonder how many new terrorist attack tunnels Hamas & Islamic Jihad have constructed which havn’t been discovered yet?
Israel has a $300b GDP. American aid, which must be spent in the U.S., is only 1% of the GDP. “Palestinian”, aid of $300 million goes to terrorists in jail or their families.
If America, was not giving aid and weapon sales to various Arab nations of $8b per annum, Israel could forego its aid as well.
What “shitty” unproductive nation are you a part?
Arab Faker : Allah himself turned your fictitious, sh*tty, little “Palestine” over to the European Jews for a reason…so you’ll have to pray to him that your great, great grandchildren may see some progress in it’s recovery.
How dare you associate Israel with ISIS you anti semitic piece of shit.
Perfectly said. Way to go Ron!
I remember when I was ten.
White europeans aren’t semites because they stole land from them.
“I remember when I was ten. ”
@Arabs are Real Semites, not Fakers,
You can remember as far back as a whole year ago ????????
Arabs are Hamites; Jews are Semites. For details see http://www.freemaninstitute.com/RTGham.htm
I am afraid it is true, Israel is targeting the Syrian Army not ISIS…….ISIS is an Israeli/US/Saudi operation , the world is waking up to that fact. Now this is not normal Jews fault , it is Netanyahu and his ilk !!
“anti semitic piece of shit” ISIS is an Israeli / US / Saudi Government creation ….facts speak for themselves……blame Netanyahu and his Zionist Extremist government.
so why didn’t the “palestinians” declare independence in 1948? because they didn’t exist. and after they were invented, by an egyptian by the way, in 1963, why didn’t they declare their independence then? because their only purpose is to steal land from the jews.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zuheir_Mohsen
people of your type know very well what welfare checks are
The only apartheid is in the countries you so much love where other religions get slaughtered. In Israel Arabs and Jews drink from the same public faucets, use the same public toilets and ride the same busses. All minorities are represented in the Knesset by the far left “combined list party” who btw spread incitement and lies. Even if Israel would not exist you would blame it on Jews in the diaspora for your inhumane living conditions, your failing education hate spreading schools and madrassas, and backward lifestyle. Get used to it, Israel is here to stay, better make peace with them, so they can lift your country out of misery and despair.
The only apartheid is in the countries you so much love where other religions get slaughtered. In Israel Arabs and Jews drink from the same public faucets, use the same public toilets and ride the same busses. All minorities are represented in the Knesset by the far left “combined list party” who btw spread incitement and lies. Even if Israel would not exist you would blame it on Jews in the diaspora for your inhumane living conditions, your failing education hate spreading schools and madrassas, and backward lifestyle. Get used to it, Israel is here to stay, better make peace with them, so they can lift your country out of misery and despair.
Your goat is in its nighty and calling for you. Make love, not war.
https://nypost.com/2016/10/09/the-sex-slave-scandal-that-exposed-pedophile-billionaire-jeffrey-epstein/
It is the Palestinians that are in the third generation of welfare checks from the UN and the only refugees that have been on the payroll of the UN for three generations. You will soon see the destruction of Iran, Hezbollah, and Syria.
Bull Dust….
One more raghead troll…keep your hate to yourself and store maps of the actual ME: it’s on its way to be changed very soon, forever.
You f—-ing bastard.
Chaos always precedes Order, and vice-versa. No one knows in what sequence we are now.
Nope! Chaos always precedes Chaos, for it is Order which is transient. This is because of the vice versed Thermodynamics.
Chaos and order are always in equilibrium, Israel creates order by sending some muhrabin to walhalla, and after that the muhrabin create chaos by spontaneously self exploding.
Jerusalem is the Israel’s capital, there is nothing to recognize, just comply and that’s all. ?
..so the game of chess continues…when are we going to see a credible plan for getting rid of Iran’s hardliners without causing massive conflict in the region that then majorly impacts everyone else though..!?
“..so the game of chess continues…when are we going to see a credible plan for getting rid of Iran’s hardliners without causing massive conflict in the region that then majorly impacts everyone else though..!?”
@frank,
The people of Iran need to do just what you said. They tried protesting a few years ago but some were shot or imprisoned and tortured by Iran’s secret police and the Obama administration failed to help them.
Peace talks have been going on and off for decades and absolutely no progress has been made. When you do the same thing that does not work over and over again; doesn’t that tell you something?
Recognize Jerusalem, move the embassy, and deport the protesters to some island in the arctic.
Only Sam Popack the new Lubavitcher Meshiach can save the Middle-East thru his divine powers.
Russia and Iran very quiet
Interesting to see if these two would allow years of efforts go to waste for a few US .troops movements.
Iran can mobilise hundreds of thousands in a very short time.
The greatest show is about to start.
Turkey is the key.
If Turkey sides with Iran, then Iran will more likely to prevail.
Note, US is supporting the Kurds
Turkey is in no position to side with Iran, and this Garlicstan state don’t trust the Mongoloid dwarf at the Kremlin so al-much…Turkey will remain neutral and Iraq will be re-occupied by the US/NATO forces thanks to the mess and HR abuses done by those crook ragheads, Hashd-Al Shaabi…
“Turkey is the key.
If Turkey sides with Iran, then Iran will more likely to prevail.”
@Peter,
Turkey is still PO’ed about the losses their Ottoman Empire suffered in 1917.
Stay tuned!
syria air defence has intercepted 2 Israeli missiles
false or ture ?
Three not two one of which captured in video.
Israeli planes fired from Lebanon and ran back
amazing how these syrian civilian sources have superpowers to see the markings on aircraft 30 miles away, and 5 miles up, in the middle of the night, and track their flight path. and even better, they can read the thoughts of the pilots.
truly incredible.
in combat, sometimes the bad guys get to shoot back. but the target was destroyed, and no israeli aircraft were damaged, which is what matters.
The clock started ticking for Gen. Qassem Soleimani,? Causing too many problems for too many ?
soleimani is just a cog. the real problem is ali khamenei, who is both the source of many problems. and beyond his “sell by” date. the only question is who will replace him as “supreme leader”.
If peace is based on the Snake-Like Trump’s peace plan which is derived from the Saudi peace plan. A plan suicidal to Israel, then no thanks to Trump.
A diplomatic plan being formulated by the United States to renew the peace process between Israel and the PA, according to Yisrael Hayom. According the London-based Arabic-language Al-Arabi Al-Jadid, American diplomats in Cairo, who wished to remain anonymous, have confirmed the reports.
Under the temporary plan, said to be acceptable to Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, there would first be reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas that will allow the PA to hold power in Gaza. Israel and the PA would discuss the gradual establishment of full PA control of Areas A and B in Judea and Samaria. In accordance with the progress of the political process and the negotiations between the sides, a summit would be held in Cairo, with the participation of Egypt, Jordan, the United States, Israel and the PA, in which the parties would discuss ways to facilitate the continuation of the diplomatic process and expand the authority of the independent state to Gaza.
In the last stage of the plan, discussions would begin on a predefined timetable regarding core issues, such as the status of eastern Jerusalem, the annexation of large blocs of Jewish communities beyond the 1949 Armistice Line, the complete freeze of construction in isolated communities and the uprooting of communities that are not part of the blocs based on land swaps and a solution to the refugee issue.
Report: Secret Saudi plan includes Israeli nuclear disarmament
Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar says it has received a letter from Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir to Crown Prince Muhammad Salman in which he summarizes discussions and recommendations on a project to establish relations between the Saudis and Israel, according to what he called the strategic partnership agreement with the United States.
Citing Al-Akhbar, Maariv reports the document, which includes Israeli nuclear disarmament, proves what has been leaked since US President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia last May, according to which Washington will begin efforts to sign a peace treaty between Saudi Arabia and Israel, including reciprocal visits, to Tel Aviv, headed by a recent secret visit by the crown prince. The document also includes “the size of the concessions that Riyadh will present in order to end the Palestinian issue,” as well as “its concerns about receiving support against Iran and Hezbollah.”
Report: Secret Saudi plan includes Israeli nuclear disarmament
Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar says it has received a letter from Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir to Crown Prince Muhammad Salman in which he summarizes discussions and recommendations on a project to establish relations between the Saudis and Israel, according to what he called the strategic partnership agreement with the United States.
Citing Al-Akhbar, Maariv reports the document, which includes Israeli nuclear disarmament, proves what has been leaked since US President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia last May, according to which Washington will begin efforts to sign a peace treaty between Saudi Arabia and Israel, including reciprocal visits, to Tel Aviv, headed by a recent secret visit by the crown prince. The document also includes “the size of the concessions that Riyadh will present in order to end the Palestinian issue,” as well as “its concerns about receiving support against Iran and Hezbollah.”
no thanks to Bush/Bubba/Bush II/Obomber/Trump.
Fixed it for you.
” as well as “its concerns about receiving support against Iran and Hezbollah.”
@Meir Itcha,
I just knew it————the Saudis are after something for themselves, after all!
The demonic entities controlling these human/alien hybrid’s want to kill us all.
“On Saturday, Ali Abdullah Saleh, former president of Yemen, the mainstay of the Iranian-backed Houthi insurgency, announced he was “turning the page.” He was ready to ditch the Houthis and their backer, Iran – provided that the coalition (Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) lifted the blockade they had imposed on Yemen to cut off incoming Iranian weapons and halted its attacks. Saleh’s announcement sparked violent clashes between his followers and the Houthis.
DEBKAfile’s military sources recall that Yemen’s ex-president had long maintained ties with the CIA. His change of sides was timed to coincide with a fresh US-Saudi intelligence push to restore Saleh to the pro-Western Arab camp and topple pro-Iranian positions in Yemen and the Arabian Peninsula.”
Why would the Saudis and the UAE trust Saleh, when he has been an ally of Iran? Why would Iran be willing to send weapons to Yemen, if Yemen switches sides and the Sunni blockade is lifted? Saleh has deep tentacles in the CIA, and Obama worked feverishly to create an Iranian caliphate in the Middle East. Therefore, Saleh’s CIA contacts must be part of the transnational, globalist swamp.
Yemen turns the page, too.
Ansarullah says hello.
Rot in hell, Saleh.
The US Israel Saudi Arabia Egypt and any other Arab state that wants to bring regime change to Iran…Need to use and refine the same tactics that these Iranians are using to undermine the ME…There are a lot of Iranians who hate this Ayatollah regime…And would love to see them hanging from Lampposts…In Central Tehran..
However, on avarage they would seem less willing to commit treason against their country and thereby favor Sunni states’ interests, which call for genocide against Shia.
What Apartheid Israel would give for another nice fascist, like the Shah…
How Apartheid Israel loves fascism!
All the problems in the Middle Est come from the 1949 demarcation line, a very bad drawing.
The best demarcation is the Jordan river.
But, only for the Palestinian issue, they shall settle around the pyramids, there is plenty of rocks there, they may atifading between themselves conveniently and for free the next couple thousands years.
Give the palestinians the sinai. they can start a garbage dump to accept hilary clintons used diapers and make a fortune.
U.S. in Kurdistan IRAQ
Thank GOD, I feared POTUS’d abandoned the Kurds!
Saudi King2b MbS plans war on Iran – is USA joining it?
Or just ousting Iran terrorists from Kurdistan?
I see debka has weird trolls – so does Gab.ai
No matter where I go those weirdos are there
There is really NO IRAQ – only greater Persia and Kurdistan.
All things considered, ALL things – –
Expand Israels northern borders and create room for the Kurds adjacent to Israel.
The Obama presidency, with its support to the “Arab spring” caused a lot of havoc in the Middle East and North Africa. They US has a lot of money and military might but, in one way or the other, some how they allwayse succed in doing the wrong thing. Do they do it on purpose? Do they do it because they don’t have any plan on how o play this game? I don’t know but I don’t expect any solution or anything that will really tip the ballance to come from the US. Solutions can come only from the two regional Heavy Weights. Iran and Saudi Arabia. A solution must take in account the evidence that ISRAEL IS PART OF THE MIDDLE EAST. Iran will never take it in account. Saudi Arabia has allready taken it in accout and their young new ruller might be a game changer for the Middle East. About Turkey I don’t think that they can be counted as a regional power. They don’t have a strong economy and they don’t have petroldollar$$$.
“Turkey I don’t think that they can be counted as a regional power. They don’t have a strong economy and they don’t have petroldollar$$$.”
@Gianpiero,
Turkey has made friends with the Russians———-do they need any thing else?
Just ask Syria, Iran and Hezbollah what it means to be friends with the Russians!
@Davefromorange,
Putin has no friends and anyway, at this time, it looks like Putin’s friendship has a limit called Israel…
Up to now the russians didn’t dare to harm IDF planes.
Putin is a very good leader and he will allwayse do the best for Russia and GAZPROM/ROSNEFT.
The gas of the Aegeans sea is more inportant for Russia than his actual Shia friends and the deals struck by Rosneft with the Kurds are more important than Erdogan.
Erdogan isn’t an heavyweight and his interest will be sacrified for the best of Russia when ever there will be the need.
Well, the Saleh part of the puzzle was solved rather quickly.
Apartheid Israel’s head chopping BFFs in the child molesting Saud crime syndicate must be really sad.
Israel should embark on defending its borders as Sulaimani is knocking on your door. US, UK, and France allowed Sulaimani to be the sole ruler of Iraq and he roamed freely in Iraq and Syria. The Arabs and ISIS in Iraq killed thousands of US soldiers, however, they backed Abadi the puppet of Iran instead of supporting the Kurdish nation who was the spearhead against ISIS.
Send the Land Grabbers into Syria, and say goodbye to your Stolan Golan.
Fatboy Avgidor is writing checks that his 150 kilos can’t cash!
Is that after you and your boys Weinstein and Epstein give you a nice 8 year old to rape?
Thanks to George Bush and Barack Obama, Iraq is now a satellite of Iran.