Anti-Tank Trenches Shield Damascus from Encroaching Foes
Bashar Assad has resorted to the age-old device of deep trenches or moats for defending Damascus against enemy tanks and
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Syrian opposition
Assad loses battles as US, Israel, Turkey, Jordan, Qatar and UAE arm Al Qaeda’s Syrian branches
For the first time in the nearly five-year Syrian war, opposition forces, such as the Army of Conquest and the
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Arab League Summit: The empty leadership chair in Doha
After patching up the feud between Israel and Turkey, US President Barack Obama faces a much tougher ordeal: brokering
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Assad Deploys Chemical Weapons for Capital’s Defense as Al Qaeda Takes the Rebellion to Lebanon
Every aspect of the Syrian conflict is fraught with contradiction and ambivalence. DEBKA-Net-Weekly has marshaled its sources for shedding daylight
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Barak: Assad’s fall is imminent. Jalili, Assad weigh reprisal for Israel
Israel’s defense minister Ehud Barak had strong words for Iran and its allies at the Munich Security Conference Sunday, Feb.
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Bolstered by 16 Russian warships, Assad nixes dialogue with “Western puppets”
With a buildup of 16 Russian warships carrying thousands of marines on the Syrian coast “to deter the West from
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The Anti-Assad Coalition’s Syrian No-Fly Zone Depends on US Green Light
Every round of bombing attacks on government targets in the 18 months of the Syrian conflict seemed to bring direct
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