Iran’s attack on US airbase in Iraq finds Israel vulnerable to same kind of ballistic missile strike
The breakthrough achieved by Iran in upgrading the precision of its ballistic missiles was displayed in its Jan. 8 attack
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Iran poised to strike US forces, pulls militia chiefs out of Iraq. Trump: We have targeted 52 Iranian sites
Iran began gearing up for a revenge strike on US targets in Iraq on Saturday night, Jan 4, DEBKAfile’s exclusive
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Surge of Shiite militia attacks in store for US forces in Iraq, possibly Israel too
Iran’s leaders are not likely to be deterred by US President Donald Trump’s warning on Dec. 31 that Tehran would
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Trump: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died like a coward
Confirming that US special forces had taken down the ISIS leader, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, Saturday night, US President praised
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Despite Erdogan’s bravado, his Syrian offensive is squeezed in a US-Russian hug
US-Russian coordination for holding back Turkey’s operation against Syria’s Kurds goes forward smoothly amid a flurry of talks. On Tuesday,
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Russian warning pauses Turkish Syria operation. US pullback from E. Syria, too, opens door to Iran
The Syrian army’s arrival at embattled Kurdish towns in the north east, backed by Russian threats, seemingly halted the Turkish
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Task of stopping Turkey passes from Trump to Putin. Syrian army defends threatened Kurdish towns
President Donald Trump’s decision to pull US troops back from the Turkish-Kurdish confrontation on Sunday, Oct.13 produced a lightning realignment
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Turkey is short of military strength to achieve Erdogan’s ambitious goals in Syria
The Turkish push into northeastern Syria started with the aim of conquering three border towns, Ras al-Ayn, Tel Abyad and
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US prevents Turkish invasion of Syria by CAOC intelligence cutoff
DEBKAfile sources refute the overblown reporting of a major US pullback from northeastern Syria and reveal that after 100-150 troops
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The big drone attack on Saudi oil facilities was launched by Iran-backed Yemeni Houthis from… Iraq
DEBKAfile Exclusive: Early Saturday, Sept. 14, Yemeni Houthi rebels fired at least 10 drones against the Saudi Aramco’s biggest oil
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