Bitter rift in Assad family. Bashar vs tycoon cousin Makhlouf
Syria’s finance minister on Tuesday, May 19, ordered the seizure of assets belonging to Rami Makhlouf, President Assad’s billionaire cousin
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Iraqi Shiite militia chiefs redeployed to Syria as well as Iran. Hizballah disbands Bekaa strike bases
Iran’s threats of revenge for Qassem Soleimani’s death were coupled on Sunday, Jan. 5, with practical preparations for action. DEBKAfile’s
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Kochavi: Direct conflict with Iran is improbable. Still, he warned of increased fire power against civilian areas
In a wide-ranging lecture on Wednesday, Dec. 25, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi said: “Although a direct
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Israeli air strikes knock over dozens of Iranian Guards and Syrian army targets
Israel fighter jets early Wednesday, Nov. 20 smashed dozens of Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Syrian military targets in Syria –
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Netanyahu warns Iran & Syria; Nasrallah, Saudi Arabia. Iran redeploys big Saegheh-2 drones at T-4
Hizballah’s Hassan Nasrallah was implicitly threatening Saudi Arabia as well as Israel when he said on Friday, July 11, that
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Netanyahu confers with Air Force chiefs, warns F-35s can reach Iran
Binyamin Netanyahu, PM and Defense Minister, sat down on Tuesday, July 9, with Israel’s Air Force chiefs for an unusual
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Iran’s Al Qods Brigades and Hizballah on battle alert on day before next US sanctions
The day before new US oil sanctions against Iran go into effect on May 2, DEBKAfile reports heightened war preparations
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How does Israel’s decision to give Assad two prisoners square with the fierce Russian-Iranian struggle over Syria?
Russia’s envoy to Damascus, Alexander Lavrentiev, disclosed on Friday that Israel had decided to release some jailed Syrian citizens after
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Belarusian, North Korean missile engineers killed or injured in Israel’s air raid of Masyaf
The Israeli air strike on the Scientific Studies and Research Center in the Syrian town of Masyaf on Saturday, April
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Israelis take election holiday before waking up to changed Mid-East realities
For a month, Israelis and their media were too steeped in ferocious electioneering, among bidders to lead the next government
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