In sharp exchange, Putin warns Netanyahu to stand down on Syria, hears Israel will stop Iran
DEBKAfile reports exclusively that the Russian president and Israeli prime minister were at angry cross-purposes in their phone conversation on
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Moscow turns against Israel, suspects its air strike in Syria was a feeler for a US offensive
Moscow’s tone towards Israel turned hostile on Monday, April 9, after its claim that the IDF conducted an air strike
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Chemical warfare hard to pin down by facts – in Douma as in Salisbury
People are dying, but the provenance of the chemical tools of war has become more a matter of politics than
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UK PM fingers Russia for ex-spy poisoning with military grade nerve agent
Prime Minister Theresa May told Parliament Monday that it was “highly likely” that Russia was behind the assassination attempt against
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Trump, Putin, Netanyahu try to back away from a violent clash in Syria
The US, Russian and Israeli leaders tried toning down their saber-rattling over the weekend – especially regarding Iran – even
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Putin calls summit to disentangle his allies’ conflicting Syrian agendas
The “wall” Trump has built in Syria presents Russia, Iran and Turkey with a high obstacle. The coming DEBKA Weekly
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Khamenei’s No. 2 in Lebanon, inspects Hizballah, Israeli border formations
DEBKAfile reveals: Hojatoleslam Seyed Ebrahim Raisi inspected Hizballah and Israel military positions on the Lebanese-Israel border on Jan. 30. Raisi
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High profile Russian delegation in Israel shortly after Putin-Netanyahu Moscow talks
Russia’s National Security Adviser Nikolai Patrushev and deputy foreign, justice and public security ministers arrived in Jerusalem Thursday, Feb. 1,
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Putin plans to end Alawite hegemony in Damascus and evict pro-Iranian Shiite militias including Hizballah
Vladimir Putin has drawn up this plan for the Sochi conference. He will put it before Binyamin Netanyahu when they
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Erdogan holds back on threatened conquest of Afrin, goes for Manjib
The Turkish president has told Trump and Putin he would not seize N. Syrian Afrin from the Kurds after insignificant
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