Tag: Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War

"The airstrikes resulted in significant material losses at the targeted sites."

Israel is now targeting not only Iran’s proxy forces but also the regime itself, via “economic, diplomatic and intelligence measures, as well as with military means,” says Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett.

Iran’s having its own access to the Mediterranean would deprive Russia of its economic monopoly along Syria’s coastal areas and would create "certain security risks."

The last thing Iran is seeking at this point is an escalation of the US military threat in the region, with three major US Navy contingencies parked along its shores in the Persian Gulf.

The foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War encompasses political, military and operational support to parties involved in the ongoing conflict in Syria that began in March 2011, as well as active foreign involvement.

The top US commander of the war against ISIS supported the US intelligence assessment that "tens of thousands" of ISIS fighters are still alive and kicking in Syria and Iraq.

"Iran is exploiting Syria, and Syria is paying a heavy price."

An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman on Saturday welcomed President Trump’s decision to withdraw American forces from Syria, saying the US military presence in the Middle East fuels insecurity in the region.

President Trump is, in effect, ceding Syria, the Kurds, and, eventually, Iraq, to Russia and Iran. And he did it without consulting anyone in the Pentagon.

Russia is enforcing a no fly zone and upgrading military equipment in Syria following the downing of the Ilyushin-20.

More than 1,000 Iranians, including senior members of the elite Revolutionary Guards, have been killed in Syria since 2012.

Prime Minister Netanyahu's demand that all Iranian forces be withdrawn from all of Syria is unrealistic at this stage, Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly...

The ambassador did not comment on the news that Iranian proxies dressed in Syrian army uniforms have infiltrated the Assad regime's forces.

A week ago, Syrian State TV reported an Israeli attack near the Damascus airport.

The sanctions against Iran "will be implemented by all entities operating in Syria ... The policy of this administration is to stifle Iran."

Both Israel and Jordan fear that Iranian militias reach the border and become assimilated by the Assad regime.

"The coalition has been targeting the military positions in a desperate attempt to raise the collapsed morale of the terrorist organizations due to the achievements of the Syrian army," SANA explained.

The Russian request also places constraints on Syrian President Bashar Assad, who is dependent on Russia in his fight against the rebels.

In recent days it has been reported that Russia is deploying military and military police units along the border between Syria and Lebanon, a move the Russians have undertaken without prior coordination with Hezbollah.

Also slated for departure from southern Syria, according to the Observatory, are ISIS affiliates Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and Jaysh Khalid Ibn al-Walid.

Is President Assad delusional? Probably – you can't be reduced to the post of Mayor of Damascus and still call yourself President of Syria without a hefty doze of delusional thinking.

One of those zones was supposed to be handed over to Iran, which was planning to rule over the rebel-controlled south, along the Syrian border with Israel and Jordan.

Elaph reports that Israel and Iran held secret negotiations in Jordan.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards have established a new militia named Brigade 313 in Southern Syria.

Some frank exchanges were reported about Shoigu's meetings with PM Netanyahu and Minister Liberman, and they were all about the Iranian threat to Middle east peace.

Assad had a special message for his neighbor to the north Erdogan, who, he said, "is playing the role of political beggar after his support for terrorists was exposed."

The Syrian president is more concerned 'how to have Syrians return to their homeland rather than how to send them to the US.'

"Israel has a principle: we do not interfere in regional crises, including in what is taking place in Syria," the ambassador said.

Neither Republican nor Democratic candidate offered realistic solutions for the escalation of the Syrian civil war, just north of Israel's border.

Israeli military officials are watching the situation in Syria as Aleppo becomes a ticking time bomb.