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Strategic breakthrough for Iran in unimpeded drone-missile attack on E. Syria

Oct 2, 2018 @ 8:18Oct 10, 2018 @ 13:37 Diane Shalem 4816 Views Iranian drones, Iraq, Israel, Syria, US military, US Sentinel

Neither Israel nor the US intervened when Iran broke new strategic ground on Monday, Oct. 1 by sending a squadron

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Putin’s adviser in Tehran with a deal: Israel to stop Syrian air strikes, Iran to halt arms shipments

Sep 28, 2018 @ 8:32Oct 10, 2018 @ 13:40 Diane Shalem 3729 Views IL-20 crisis, Iranian arms shipmentss, Israel, Isreli air strikes, Tehran, Vladimir Putin

DEBKAfile Exclusive: President Vladimir Putin sent his national security adviser Nikolai Patrushev to Tehran on Thursday, Sept. 27, to test

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A Russian spy plane with 14 aboard missing. Moscow cites Israeli fighters, French frigate in Latakia missile strikes

Sep 18, 2018 @ 6:57Sep 18, 2018 @ 7:11 Diane Shalem 2936 Views French frigate, Iranian base, Israel, Latakia missile attack, Russian air base, Russian spy plane

Hours after a missile attack on Syrian and Iranian military targets in Latakia Monday night, the Russian Defense Ministry said

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Post-war Syria destined to be sanctions-busting hub, the Russian-Iranian-Turkish summit decides

Sep 12, 2018 @ 12:09Sep 20, 2018 @ 9:37 Diane Shalem 4342 Views Idlib, Israel, Russia-Iranian-Turkish summit, Syria sanctions-beating hub, Turkey, US

Shared mechanisms for beating US sanctions against Iran may be built into Syria’s massive post-war reconstruction program, DEBKAfile’s exclusive sources

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IDF to Hizballah: Don’t try and surprise us after withdrawing from Syria

Sep 7, 2018 @ 11:21Sep 17, 2018 @ 10:54 Diane Shalem 6702 Views border wall, IDF-Hizballah, Israel, Lebanon, surprise attack

Intelligence monitors report deepening Hizballah control of Lebanese army forces near the Israeli frontier, raising concerns that the Iranian-backed group

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Trump’s Syria envoys arrive in ME: US says no to Idlib offensive

Sep 2, 2018 @ 18:46Sep 12, 2018 @ 17:26 Diane Shalem 5500 Views Idlib operation, Israel, missile attack on Syria, Moscow, Syria, Tehran, US Syria envoys

Two senior US envoys for Syria were due in Jerusalem Sunday, Sept. 2, to follow up on President Donald Trump’s

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Hamas freely threatens Tel Aviv since a truce deal was always a non-starter

Aug 30, 2018 @ 11:21Sep 5, 2018 @ 10:23 Diane Shalem 4562 Views David Friedman, Egypt, Hamas, Israel, truce negotiations

Where did Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar find the gall to boast on Thursday, Aug. 30, that Tel Aviv could be

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Syrian air defense forces reported on full alert for US attack

Aug 28, 2018 @ 0:17Sep 5, 2018 @ 10:25 Diane Shalem 8947 Views Israel, Russia, Syria war alert, US

DEBKAfile: Russian sources are ramping up war fever over Syria. Syrian air defense forces were reported Monday night on high

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Hamas’ extortionate demands derail Gaza truce talks in Cairo

Aug 8, 2018 @ 20:32Aug 27, 2018 @ 17:22 Diane Shalem 7743 Views Egyptian mediation, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, truce

Both Israel and the Palestinian Authority are for once of one mind: They totally reject the exorbitant demands Hamas negotiators

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Russia’s 8 military Golan positions – problematic for Israeli security. Hizballah creeps ever closer

Aug 3, 2018 @ 11:43Aug 9, 2018 @ 9:21 Diane Shalem 10737 Views Golan, Israel, Russian falsehoods, Russian military police, UNDOF

The Russian decision to set up 8 military positions along the Syrian-Israeli Golan border will impede rather than help consolidate

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