Syria

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US to give Israel more F-35s to face S-300s, deploy a squadron in Emirates

Oct 5, 2018 @ 9:03Oct 10, 2018 @ 13:34 Diane Shalem 2513 Views 0 Comment Donald Trump, F-35, Israeli air strikes against Iran, Russia, S-300, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE

DEBKAfile Exclusive: President Donald Trump has ordered additional F-35 stealth planes supplied forthwith to Israel, in response to the four

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Syria’s S-300s are being integrated in Russia’s national nuclear C3 command and control system

Oct 3, 2018 @ 9:34Oct 10, 2018 @ 13:35 Diane Shalem 2161 Views 0 Comment Israel, Russia=US contest, Russian C-3, S-300, Sergei Shoigu, Syria, Vladimir Putin

When Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Oct. 2 that the “unified” S-300 air defense systems in Syria will

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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 2129 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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Russia ramps up anti-Israel measures in Syria for possible war of attrition

Sep 29, 2018 @ 19:44Oct 10, 2018 @ 13:39 Diane Shalem 3342 Views electronic warfare, Il20, Israel-Russia dispute, S-300, Syria, war of attrition

At some point in the last 48 hours, the fallout from the Russian Il-20 plane disaster has evolved into hostile

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Russia declares electronic war on Israel ranging over Syria, E. Mediterranean

Sep 24, 2018 @ 16:06Oct 2, 2018 @ 9:55 Diane Shalem 3107 Views Israel-Russia, Netanyahu-Trump, Russian electronic warfare, Syria

Within two weeks, Russia will arm Syria with S-300 air defense systems and start jamming navigation in the E. Mediterranean

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Ahvaz attack reveals Tehran under heavy pressure at home and in regional wars

Sep 22, 2018 @ 22:48Sep 30, 2018 @ 12:26 Diane Shalem 2280 Views Ahvaz terror, Anbar, Iran, Iranian Kurds, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Sunni Arabs, Syria

The terror attack on a military parade at the Iranian oil city of Ahvaz on Saturday, Sept. 22, killing 29

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Russia to beef up air defenses, aircraft to curtail Israeli air operations in Syria

Sep 19, 2018 @ 19:39Sep 30, 2018 @ 12:29 Diane Shalem 3537 Views advaned Russian radar, Binyamin Netanyahu, Russian IL-20, Russian probe, Syria, Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s response to the downing of the Il-20 by Syria was mild in tone, but his reference

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Putin is ready to go all the way against the US in Syria. Where does this place Israel?

Sep 10, 2018 @ 9:41Sep 20, 2018 @ 9:38 Diane Shalem 4574 Views Hizblalah, IDF, Idlib, Iran, Syria, US-Russian tension

Russian-Syrian success in the high-stakes Idlib offensive would give Tehran a major victory and renewed footing in Syria. This would

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Rupture between Iran’s top ally Nasrallah and its top general Soleimani

Sep 3, 2018 @ 17:33Sep 12, 2018 @ 17:25 Diane Shalem 5271 Views Hassan Nasrallah, Iran, Qassem Soleimani, Shiite mlitias, Syria

Exclusive: After long service to Shiite Iran’s expansionist goals,  Hizballah’s Hassan Nasrallah’s close ties with Gen. Soleimani are on the

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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 4297 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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