Tag: Syrian civil war

There were no casualties to our forces.

According to Kara, “Jordan can now help the Druze refugees on humanitarian grounds."

The Hezbollah telegram channel confirmed that the commander was killed while on duty, but did not specify where and when.

SANA cited the Syrian ministry of petroleum and mineral resources as saying that the fire “is believed to be an attack by a drone coming from the direction of Lebanese territorial waters.”

Both prisoners, who were convicted on security charges by Israeli courts, have no interest in going back to Syria.

Al-Alam, an Arabic news channel broadcasting from Iran and owned by the state, reported that more than 18 sites had been targeted.

On December 20, 2019, President Donald Trump signed into law the “Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019” (the Caesar Act).

Security cameras record from Rt. M4 in Idlib, Syria, this week: a joint Turkish-Russian patrol triggers a powerful roadside charge. Three Russian soldiers were...

The assistance authorizes cooperation with Israel on counter-tunnel and counter-aerial capabilities, and $500 million for developing and procuring the Iron Dome, David’s Sling and Arrow weapon systems.

While America prefers “peace to war,” says U.S. secretary of state, “kinetic or military action” against NATO ally Turkey is on the table in connection with the crisis in northern Syria.

Israel has previously bombed Hezbollah and Iranian infrastructure under construction in the Dara’a area.

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 GPPi estimates that some 90% of all confirmed chemical attacks were launched after Obama's August 2013 "red line" warning.

The forces were instructed to wear Syrian army uniforms, remove non-Syrian army flags and markings, not speak Farsi near Syrian citizens or foreign forces, refrain from using smartphone apps in Farsi, and present themselves as Syrian army officers or experts.

This was the first Israeli airstrike on the Damascus area in 2019. The last time the IAF hit the same area was on December 25, 2018.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday that the thousands of Turkish troops amassed along the Syrian border would attack whether the US is out or not.

Senior Russian commanders on the ground in Syria actually admire the IDF and its aggressive style – as long as the IDF does not shoot down Ilyushin planes, of course.

This week, President Trump's other friend in the Middle East, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, called President Erdogan an “anti-Semitic dictator.”

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.

"As long as the Golan Heights are perceived as being ‘in play’ as part of the ‘occupied territories,’ the illusion that it might someday be captured by Syrian or Iranian forces is perpetuated."

Russian military police has been maintaining security in a zone of roughly 30 miles along the Israeli border.

"This interference satisfies the interests of Israel and runs counter to those of the Syrian people."

AFP inquired with the Coalition forces whether they were behind the attack but did not receive a response.

Russian deputy defense minister described his country's successful cooperation with Iran in the fight against international terrorism.

An armed Uyghur Salafist jihadist group from China is fighting in the Syrian Civil War.

"There may be some advisers to the Syrian army, but the heavy equipment and weapons that could threaten Israel have moved away from the border."

According to a report of Russian news agency Sputnik, one of the pilots was killed and the other is missing.

A Syrian Sukhoi warplane crossed over into Israel, flying two kilometers within Israeli territory

The meeting was not mentioned in the Israeli Government Press Office's Monday's agenda for the PM issued Sunday night.