Tag: Syrian civil war

Israeli tanks and patrol vehicles protecting the border with Syria on the Golan Heights.

IDF Soldiers returned fire and killed the attackers.

Hezbollah will have 10,000 fighters inside Syria.

Syrian government aligned forces have been targeting hospitals in Rebel controlled eastern Aleppo.

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

In the army of President Bashar al-Assad, women who sacrifice their families to help the war effort don't seem to be appreciated.

The takeaway from King Abdullah II's speech is not about his faint call on Israel to be more peaceful with its terrorist neighbors, but a cry for help in managing the Arab hordes on either side of his gates.

Local war monitors are blaming either the Syrians or the Russians for the strike against the aid convoy near Aleppo on Monday, which came after the Syrians had declared an end to the week-long ceasefire.

Eighty thousand Aleppo residents starve as their fate is determined by which side blinks first in a game of chicken played in a ceasefire.

The little girl’s mother told the Israeli caregivers: “I would lie if I said that I expected the kind of humanity I discovered here."

The strike was in response to a Syrian mortar that hit Israel on Wednesday.

Last month, the Turkish government launched Operation Euphrates Shield with Moscow's approval and in coordination with the US Special Forces who are operating in the area.

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

The US is now "playing a critical role in assisting and facilitating the ways through which Hezbollah receives this significant aid from the Iranian government."

Mustafa Badr A-Din (Badreddine), the head of Hezbollah's military operations was reportedly killed by an Israeli air strike in Syria.

When the time comes and a Syrian ruler other than Assad take over, US pressure on Israel to begin negotiations on returning the Golan Heights would begin afresh.

Israel is drilling its troops intensively, with civilians and emergency response teams, both in the north and south.

Syrian Pres. Assad still thinks he can build a unity government, but the US and Russia agree he's got to go for unity to start.

Reports that Israel bombarded a Syrian regime stronghold south of Damascus on Wed., Feb. 17.

The war has done a lot to bring down the cost of body parts in the region.

Prime Minister Netanyahu assured President Obama he still wishes to see two states for two people.

A Federation Council resolution makes it more possible for Russia to carry out air strikes in Syria to defend Assad. Syria demands US remove its planes.

Fighting near the border with Israel apparently set off the rocket alarm.

The Nusra front now controls all the cities in the province, which shares a border with Turkey.

The area, along the Syrian-Lebanon border is strategically critical. It controls the Lebanon-Damascus supply pipelines and is how Hezbollah supports Bashar Assad's regime in Damascus.

The US says it is vetting fighters so that weapons don't fall into hands of terrorists, which could mean the worst fighters will be trained.

The EU's foreign policy chief is pushing Iran to play a major - but productive! - role in the Syrian civil war negotiations.

Arab sources report the IAF destroyed a missile site and killed Syrian soldiers.

The UN troops took advantage of the Israeli tourist site to see what's happening inside Syria.