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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Trump says US had nothing to do with Iranian rocket explosion
The US President Donald Trump denied any involvement in an explosion during Iran’s preparations for launching a space satellite on
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Israel to Hizballah: A crushing Israeli response will come – even for a “limited reprisal”
Israel categorically rejected Hizballah’s proposal of a “limited reprisal” to close the books on the IDF’s weekend attacks in Beirut
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Saudis and UAE begin quiet talks with Tehran in epic Gulf somersault
The UAE and Saudi Arabia have quietly embarked on talks with Tehran, after waiting in vain for two months for
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Trump: USS Boxer shoots down Iranian drone over Hormuz
President Donald Trump said on Thursday, July 18, that the USS Boxer amphibious assault ship took defensive action in the
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Moscow pointedly allows East Jerusalem venue for US-Russian-Israeli Mid-East security meeting
The first gettogether of the US, Russian and Israel national security advisers on Tuesday, June 25 in Jerusalem proved a
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