Russia to beef up air defenses, aircraft to curtail Israeli air operations in Syria
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 meets Erdogan at Sochi to cut a separate deal for Idlib
President Vladimir Putin will insist on an early date for the Idlib offensive when he meets Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan at
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Netanyahu ignores Putin’s alignment with Tehran against a US-Israeli anti-Iran offensive Iran in Syria
Jerusalem finally responded on Tuesday, Aug. 28, to the signing of a new Iranian-Syrian military pact two days earlier in
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Iran demands guaranteed Russian/Syrian backing against US-Israeli offensive in Syria
Iran’s Defense Minister Amir Hatami arrived in Damascus on Sunday, Aug. 26 demanding Russian and Syrian commitments to stand foursquare
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Syria proclaims control of borders with Israel = Iranian/Hizballah forces now face IDF Golan positions
Three glaring inaccuracies appeared in the Syrian claim on Tuesday, July 31, that its army had won control of the
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Israel spurns Russia’s “100km offer” after 8 pro-Iranian militias reach its doorstep
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Chief of Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov were turned away from Jerusalem empty-handed on July
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With breakdown of Russian-Israeli “understandings” for S. Syria, Israel will strike Iranian targets
DEBKAfile Exclusive: The US-Russian-Israel formula for South Syria, composed in painstaking discussions for weeks, is not working. This became clear
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Netanyahu’s secret consent to hand Golan crossing to Syria led to Trump-Putin deal on Israel’s border security
DEBKAfile Exclusive: Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin joined in their support for Israel’s security at their Helsinki summit on
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Israel ties IDF’s hands as Hamas kites burn fields and Iran uses World Cup to repair its Syrian bases
Israel is holding back from using its superior high tech against Hamas’ terror-by-arson and Iran’s resupply of its damaged bases
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Israeli, Russian defense chiefs to meet Thursday in Moscow. Netanyahu: Iran must leave ALL Syria
PM Netanyahu said on May 28 Iran must quit all parts of Syria, qualifying Lavrov’s comment that only Syrian forces
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