Joel Rosenberg on May 23, 2013 at 3:17 am Several years ago, when I mapped out the plot for my novel, Damascus Countdown, I tried to imagine a scenario in which Iran and its agents would attempt to take over Syria, attempt to make it a… Read More ›
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Israel’s dithering over Golan strikes gives Assad go-ahead for war of attrition
DebkaFile The Syrian army in more than two years of fighting a civil war has proved to be highly professional, steadfast under pressure and above all disciplined. Not once in this brutal conflict were there instances of lone initiatives by… Read More ›
Air force chief warns of ‘surprise war’ with Syria
Israel Air Force chief Amir Eshel (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash 90) Amir Eshel says Assad’s ‘immense arsenal’ could be turned on Israel at any moment, accompanied by rockets from Gaza and Lebanon By Times of Israel staff May 22, 2013,… Read More ›
Israel must return to ’67 borders for solution: Turkish PM
World Bulletin Israel must recognize a Palestinian state according to pre-1967 borders for a two-state solution to the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Turkish Premier Erdogan said. He also noted that Fatah and Hamas must reconcile for peace talks. World Bulletin/News Desk… Read More ›
Hezbollah preparing to attack Israel, commander says
Reza Kahlili – WND NEWS Terror group reportedly now has sophisticated Russian weapons Hezbollah is in the final stage of preparation to attack Israel with sophisticated weapons, according to a high-level commander of the terrorist group. Tabnak, an outlet of… Read More ›
Hezbollah preparing to attack Israel, commander says
Terror group reportedly now has sophisticated Russian weapons SOURCE Hezbollah is in the final stage of preparation to attack Israel with sophisticated weapons, according to a high-level commander of the terrorist group. Tabnak, an outlet of Iran’s Islamic regime, said… Read More ›
Report: Assad preparing missile strike against Tel Aviv in case attacked again
The Syrian army is deploying advanced surface-to-surface missiles aiming at Israel in the aftermath of the alleged Israeli strikes, The Sunday Times reports. By Haaretz | May.19, 2013 Syria is making preparations to strike Tel Aviv in case Israel launches… Read More ›
Israel caught in the middle as U.S. and Russia clash over Syria’s future
Israel News – Joseph Wouk The conflict of interests between the U.S. and Russia over Syria is closely linked to an issue that has recently slipped down the priority ranks but is expected to take center stage again soon –… Read More ›
Israel-Syria tensions remind me of pre-1967 war period, says ex-intel chief
Amos Yadlin, former director of military intelligence. (photo credit: Gideon Markowicz/FLASH90) Amos Yadlin warns Israel should be wary of carrying out further airstrikes on Damascus, says Russia is signaling that it won’t let the US touch Syria By Times of… Read More ›
This week on ‘The Hal Lindsey Report’
Hal Lindsey – HalLindseyOnline Last January, then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The committee was probing the attack on our diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that resulted in the deaths of U.S. Ambassador… Read More ›
Unmoved By Israel, Russia Will Send Top Air-Defense System To Assad
Times of Israel Undeterred by pleas and warnings from Israel, Russia made clear on Thursday that it will go ahead with its planned delivery of a highly sophisticated air-defense system to Syria’s President Bashar Assad. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly… Read More ›
Islamist rebels execute 11 Syrian soldiers
BEIRUT | Thu May 16, 2013 4:37pm EDT (Reuters) – A video published on Thursday showed fighters of the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front in Syria executing 11 men they accused of taking part in massacres by President Bashar al-Assad‘s forces…. Read More ›
Israel Tells Russia They Will Wipe Out Syria If Assad Attacks
Israel has warned Damascus that if President Assad chooses to hit back at Israel for any further Israeli military strikes, Israel will bring down his regime. An Israeli official confirmed Wednesday night that a dramatic and unprecedented message to this… Read More ›
Russia Not to Tolerate Further Israeli Attacks on Damascus
TEHRAN (FNA)- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, while in Shanghai, was given a sharp dressing-down by Russian President Vladimir Putin, a warning that Russia would not tolerate further Israeli attacks on Damascus and would respond. Putin did not say how,… Read More ›
Hezbollah to open ‘new front’ in Golan Heights
Iran reportedly convinces Assad to let Lebanese group attack Israel from Syrian territory, calls on ‘all Arabs and Muslims’ to unite and join fight Poster of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah from 2006 (photo credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90) SOURCE Iran has convinced… Read More ›
Israeli doctors save Syrian girl’s life
May 14, 2013 Four-year-old suffering from deadly heart condition successfully operated in Isreali hospital; ‘We can show Syrians, world we want peace,’ says surgeon SOURCE After an arduous journey, a four-year-old Syrian girl was successfully operated for a deadly heart… Read More ›
Attacks calculated to force Iran’s hand
F. Michael Maloof – SOURCE Bombs dropped on Syria a plan to squeeze Islamic regime? Israel‘s recent airstrikes on Syria are calculated to force Iran to respond, thus opening the door for a counter-attack aimed at Iran’s nuclear facilities, according… Read More ›
Russia Preps For End-Times Role As Magog, Will Not Tolerate Further Attacks On Damascus By Israel
SOURCE Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, while in Shanghai, was given a sharp dressing-down by Russian President Vladimir Putin, a warning that Russia would not tolerate further Israeli attacks on Damascus and would respond. Putin did not say how, but… Read More ›
Netanyahu to visit Putin in a bid to stop his S-300 missile sale to Syria
SOURCE Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sets off for the Black Sea town of Sochi early next week for a personal call on President Vladimir Putin. This was confirmed Saturday, May 11 by the Russian president‘s spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who… Read More ›
Report: Israeli Air Force Warplanes Spotted Over Southern Lebanon
Lebanese media reported Sunday that Israeli Air Force warplanes had been spotted conducting mock attacks over southern Lebanon. According to the report by Lebanese news channel Al-Nashra, four F-16 jets circled low over the Lebanon-controlled territories of the Hermon Mountain,… Read More ›
Lebanese sources: Intense Israeli air, ground activity
debka.com May 12, 2013 Various Lebanese sources report intense Israeli military activity Sunday along the Israeli-Syrian and Lebanese borders. Witnesses describe Israeli warplanes as making aerial passes over south Lebanon, ground forces moving along the Golan border… Read More ›
Palestinian-Syrian group forming units to fight for Golan
A Palestinian guerrilla from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command Photo: REUTERS May 11, 2013 | Jerusalem Post BEIRUT – A militant Palestinian group in Damascus said it is forming combat units to try to recapture Israeli-occupied… Read More ›
Turkey blast death toll rises to 43; 140 injured
The site of one of the explosions that killed at least 40 people and injured dozens in Reyhanli, near Turkey’s border with Syria, Saturday. (AP Photo/IHA) Erdogan links explosions to Syrian refugees who ‘want to agitate sensitivities’ in border areas;… Read More ›
Hezbollah head says Syria will supply ‘game-changing’ arms
BEIRUT — Hezbollah chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said on Thursday that Syria will supply his Lebanese militia with “game-changing weapons,” describing the move as Syria’s response to airstrikes earlier in the week. Nasrallah spoke less than a week after unnamed… Read More ›
Syria: We’ll ‘Choose the Moment’ to Hit Back
This article is the courtesy of John McTernan’s Insights. Verse of the Day Psalm 83:4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance…. Read More ›
5 reasons Syria’s war suddenly looks more dangerous
By Tim Lister, CNN updated 11:28 AM EDT, Thu May 9, 2013 The fighting has taken a toll on buildings in Aleppo’s Saladin district, seen here on April 8. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Regional analysts say Syria is in danger… Read More ›
Syria STILL ‘cut off from the internet’
The cause of the latest internet outage in Syria is not known Internet services have halted across Syria, in what appears to be the second shutdown in six months. Web monitoring companies reported regular traffic on the internet plummeted to… Read More ›
Russia delivers supersonic cruise missiles to Syria
Haaretz News Military source confirms delivery of missiles, according to an AFP report; second official says missiles will protect Syria from ‘possible attack from the sea.’ Russia has delivered supersonic cruise missiles to Syria, AFP reported on Thursday. A military… Read More ›
The Situation in Syria
KHOUSE For many years now, the Islamic Republic of Iran conducted an organized campaign to keep President Bashar al-Assad in power for as long as possible. The purpose of keeping Assad in power was to assure access to Syrian airspace,… Read More ›
Syria goes dark again in widespread Internet blackout
Google Transparency Report Google’s traffic data shows a total loss of connectivity with Syria beginning just before 3PM Eastern time. War-torn Syria has gone almost completely offline in what appears to be an Internet blackout, according to traffic readouts by… Read More ›
Don’t Arm Rebels Before Vetting Them, Israel Urges US
Times Of Israel Israel opposes arming Syrian rebels unless they are carefully vetted beforehand, Jerusalem’s ambassador to the US said Wednesday. Michael Oren’s comments to CNN come as the US and other Western countries are weighing upping their involvement in… Read More ›
Juxtaposition of Israeli action and U.S. inaction on Syria puts more pressure on Obama
Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper. Damascus bombings highlight perception that Obama is walking away from red line that he drew in the Syrian sand. But if he acts and things go wrong, Israel will share the blame. By Chemi… Read More ›
Embassies raise alert levels, Israelis line up for gas masks
A gas mask distribution center (photo credit: Gili Yaari/Flash 90) Syria strike raises fears that Hezbollah may attack homefront or missions abroad By Asher Zeiger May 5, 2013, 11:52 pm | Times of Israel Preparedness at Israeli embassies was stepped… Read More ›
We (Shoebat.com) Were Right — Syrian Rebels Not Syrian Regime Used Chemical Weapons
By Ted on May 6, 2013 | SHOEBAT.COM–CLICK HERE TO READ MORE GREAT ARTICLES LIKE THIS ONE! By Walid Shoebat and Theodore Shoebat It wasn’t the Syrian regime, but rather the Syrian rebels who used sarin nerve gas recently as… Read More ›
Did Israel Invade Lebanon?
Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com May 5, 2013 Photo: Israel Defense Forces According to the Israeli intelligence asset DEBKAfile, the IDF crossed into Lebanon following a second Israeli attack on a military research facility located on the outskirts of Damascus early Sunday… Read More ›
Pictures emerge showing destruction caused to buildings by airstrikes Israel says it was targeting Iranian-made missiles on the way to Hezbollah
Daily Mail Bulldozers are clearing away rubble from buildings razed to the ground by Israeli airstrikes near Damascus, as Syria pledges retaliation for the ‘declaration of war’. Pictures have emerged from Syria showing the damage caused to buildings, including some… Read More ›
Is the “Prophetic War of Psalm 83 Coming Together Before Our Eyes?
May 5, 2013 |ENDTIMES HEADLINES Psalm 83 – Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! 2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted… Read More ›
No early warning for U.S. on Israeli strikes in Syria
By Tabassum Zakaria and Deborah Charles WASHINGTON | Sun May 5, 2013 7:45pm EDT | SOURCE (Reuters) – The United States was not given any warning before air strikes in Syria against what Western and Israeli officials say were weapons… Read More ›
Iran, Syria prep retaliation for Israeli airstrikes
Officials warn of terrorist attacks in Africa, South America Published: 7 hours ago Aaron Klein TEL AVIV – Iran has instructed the Al Quds unit of the Revolutionary Guard to prepare a response to Israel’s reported airstrikes Sunday and Friday… Read More ›
Syria ‘to open borders’ for flood of terror
So jihad groups can launch attacks on Israel Published: 3 hours ago Aaron Klein TEL AVIV – The Syrian government will soon declare it is opening its borders with Israel for Palestinian and other jihad groups to carry out attacks… Read More ›
Iran, Syria prep retaliation for Israeli airstrikes
Officials warn of terrorist attacks in Africa, South America Published: 4 hours ago Aaron Klein About | Email | Archive Aaron Klein is WND’s senior staff reporter and Jerusalem bureau chief. He also hosts “Aaron Klein Investigative Radio” on New… Read More ›
McCain: Israeli strikes could force Obama to act on Syria
SOURCE By REUTERS 05/05/2013 22:02 Republican senator says alleged Israeli air strikes will put more pressure on Obama administration to intervene in Syria: “Every day that goes by, Hezbollah increases their influence and the radical jihadists flow into Syria.”… Read More ›
Why Netanyahu ordered more air strikes in Syria: Analysis
Joel Rosenberg | May 5, 2013 at 2:24 pm Around 2:00am Sunday morning local time, Israeli fighter planes conducted another round of air strikes against Syrian targets. This was the second round of Israeli preemptive strikes in the last 48 to 72… Read More ›
WORLD WAR 3 “MIGHT” HAVE STARTED
Courtesy of John McTernan’s Blog Isaiah 17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. Commentary Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Bashar Assad. Report: Syria stations missile batteries… Read More ›
Syrian report: Israel bombs outskirts of Damascus for second time in recent days
Video: Israeli officials report their target was a shipment of advanced long-range missiles headed to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. They are both a major supporter of the Assad regime in Syria and an outspoken enemy of Israel. CLICK HERE… Read More ›
Syria: Israeli attack equals declaration of war. Iron Domes at Haifa and Safed
DEBKAfile Special Report May 5, 2013, 2:44 PM (IDT) Syria‘s Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said Sunday, May 5, that the strike at Syria overnight represented a “declaration of war” by Israel. Russian and Iranian media earlier predicted full-scale Middle East… Read More ›
