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Iran’s Al Qods Brigades and Hizballah on battle alert on day before next US sanctions

May 1, 2019 @ 18:23May 11, 2019 @ 9:10 Diane Shalem 9556 Views Hizbalahh, Iran's al Qods, Iraq, missile war, Syria, US May 2 sanctions, Yemen's Houthis

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?

Apr 27, 2019 @ 20:51May 11, 2019 @ 9:19 Diane Shalem 5630 Views Alexander Lavrentiev, Russia-Iran, Russia-Syria, Syria, Zachary Baumel

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

Apr 14, 2019 @ 21:45Apr 25, 2019 @ 10:19 Diane Shalem 11109 Views Belarus, Iran, Israel air raid, Masyaf missile production center, North Korea, Syria

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

Apr 9, 2019 @ 8:32Apr 9, 2019 @ 8:32 Diane Shalem 7114 Views Binyain Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Israel's election, Libya, Mid East, Syria, Vladimir Putin

For a month, Israelis and their media were too steeped in ferocious electioneering, among bidders to lead the next government

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Netanyahu & Putin meet urgently over Iran’s new command hub in Aleppo

Apr 2, 2019 @ 12:28Apr 10, 2019 @ 12:14 Diane Shalem 9700 Views IDF air strikes in Syria, Iranians in Aleppo, Netanyahu-Putin meet, Syria

The removal from Damascus to Aleppo of Iran’s IRGC command HQ brings Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’ to Moscow on Thursday,

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The IDF’s exposure of Hizballah’s Golan unit ties in with US plans to deal with pro-Iranian militias around Iraqi-Syrian border

Mar 13, 2019 @ 9:48Mar 18, 2019 @ 17:17 Diane Shalem 7275 Views Ali Musa Daqduq, Hizballa's Golan file, Iran, Iraqi Shiite militias, Qassem Soleimani, Syria, US forces in Iraq

Israel’s military spokesman Wednesday, March 13, disclosed that Hizballah had planted a terrorist unit on the Syrian Golan for conducting

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The Putin-Netanyahu deal to remove foreign forces from Syria breaks new ground for both

Mar 2, 2019 @ 17:24Mar 8, 2019 @ 9:49 Diane Shalem 8118 Views Assad in TGehran, Kushner in Ankara, Netanyahu-Putin talks, Syria

When President Vladimir Putin sat down with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Feb. 27, the US envoy Jared Kushner was

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Netanyahu-Putin talks up in the air until outcome known of Assad’s meeting with Khamenei

Feb 27, 2019 @ 9:53Feb 27, 2019 @ 9:53 Diane Shalem 4031 Views Assad-Khamenei talks, Harop drone, Netanyahu-Putin talks, Syria

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu cut short his Moscow trip on Wednesday, Feb. 27, because even President Vladimir Putin doesn’t know

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Hizballah’s takeover of Lebanese government bolsters Iran in Syria against US and Israel

Feb 1, 2019 @ 19:54Feb 1, 2019 @ 19:54 Diane Shalem 8194 Views Hassan Nasrallah, Hizballah tunnels, Israel, Lebanese government, Operation Northerd Shield, Syria, US

The cabinet Said Hariri has formed in Beirut after a nine-month stalemate is a façade. The most powerful portfolios have

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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 11422 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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