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US covert cyber war on Iran may prompt Russian, Chinese cyber aid for Tehran against America

Jun 24, 2019 @ 10:41Jul 3, 2019 @ 21:46 Diane Shalem 4420 Views Chinese cyber capacity, Russia, US-Iran cyber war

President Donald Trump is reported widely by US media to have embarked on a covert cyberwar on Iran. Just as,

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The contest over the Strait of Hormuz’s closure has begun at… Libya’s Ras Lanuf

Apr 29, 2019 @ 8:12May 11, 2019 @ 9:12 Diane Shalem 5752 Views Gen. Khalifa Haftar, Libyan oil, Russia, Trump oil sanctions on Iran

Five of Iran’s top leaders have threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz to oil traffic. Why is President Donald

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IDF: Iran’s Al Qods aimed the Fateh-110 missile at Golan, which Iron Dome intercepted

Jan 21, 2019 @ 11:31Jan 26, 2019 @ 15:47 Diane Shalem 6244 Views Al Qods, Fatteh-110, IDF spokesman, Iran, Iron Dome, Israel's Syria operation, Russia, Syria

The ground-to-ground missile aimed at the Golan on Sunday, Jan. 20 was fired by Al Qods and made in Iran,

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Most extensive Israeli attack ever on Soleimani’s military resources in Syria

Jan 21, 2019 @ 5:12Jan 26, 2019 @ 15:48 Diane Shalem 7271 Views Al Qods forces in Syria, Israel attacks Syria, Khmemim, Qassem Soleimani, Russia

Early Monday, Jan 21, the IDF struck Iranian Al Qods forces, command centers and ammo dumps in Syria for 50

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How Shin Bet chief’s election meddling comment on Iran and Hizballah morphed into media frenzy against Russia

Jan 10, 2019 @ 11:07Jan 19, 2019 @ 11:45 Diane Shalem 3356 Views cyber war, Iran/Hizballah, Nadav Argaman, Russia, Shin Bet

Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman carefully avoided names when he warned that a” foreign country” intended interfering in Israel’s coming

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Erdogan calls for joint Turkish-Russian-Iranian control of US pullout from Syria in face of Moscow’s veto

Jan 9, 2019 @ 19:54Jan 19, 2019 @ 11:46 Diane Shalem 7159 Views Erdogan, John Bolton, Kurds, northeast Syria, Russia, Vladimir Putin

Like Washington, Moscow is averse to the Turkish army moving into northern Syrian Kurdish lands after the Americans leave. Yet

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Netanyahu: US will run economic war against Iran, leaving military drive to Israel

Jan 4, 2019 @ 9:05Jan 8, 2019 @ 14:03 Diane Shalem 5948 Views Binyamin Netanyahu, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Israeli Air Force, Russia, Syria, US pullout from Syria.

That the US retains the economic side of the war on Iran leaving the military campaign for Israel to manage

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Trump orders US troop pullout from NE Syria. Israel left alone against Russia, Iran

Dec 19, 2018 @ 18:17Dec 26, 2018 @ 17:19 Diane Shalem 6522 Views Donald Truimp, Iran, Israel, Jim Mattis, Mike Pompeo, Russia, US forces i Syria

US President Donald Trump has announced in a series of tweets the imminent withdrawal of US forces from northern and

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Israeli Air Force flies over Lebanese-Syrian border – first time in 3 months

Dec 17, 2018 @ 7:59Dec 22, 2018 @ 12:57 Diane Shalem 5793 Views Hizballah tunnels, IDF delegation to Moscow, Israeli Air Force, Israeli=Russian coordination, Lebanon, Russia

The Israeli Air Force made several passes over the Lebanese-Syrian border on Sunday, Dec. 16, for the first time since

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Russia fears US surveillance flights portend fresh Israeli air strikes over Syria

Oct 25, 2018 @ 17:15Nov 2, 2018 @ 12:19 Diane Shalem 7473 Views Israeli Air Force, Russia, Trump-Putin Paris summit, US reconnaissance flights in Syria

Moscow charged Thursday, Oct. 25, that US surveillance aircraft had piloted a massive UAV attack on Russia’s Syrian air base.

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