Posts Tagged: Syria Chemical Weapons
In UN Showdown, Russian Veto Kills Syria Chemical Arms Panel
Infuriating the United States and its allies, Russia on Thursday blocked an American-sponsored resolution at the Security Council to extend the life of a panel...
Washington Post: With Recent Strike on Syrian Chemical Weapons Facility, Israel May Have ‘Done a Service to Humanity’
US President Donald Trump should heed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent warnings about the danger posed by Iran’s effort to establish a permanent military...
Alleged Israeli Strike Destroys Syrian Chemical Weapons Facility
JNS.org – An Israeli airstrike on Thursday destroyed a chemical weapons facility belonging to Syria’s regime, a Syrian government agency claimed. Syria’s Scientific Studies and Research Center...
UN: 2 North Korean Shipments to Syria’s Chemical Weapons Program Intercepted
JNS.org - Two North Korean shipments to Syria’s chemical weapons program have been intercepted in the past six months, according to a confidential report from...
Israel Growing Concerned That Unresolved North Korea Nuclear Crisis Will Embolden Iran, Experts Say
Israel is anxiously observing the escalating international crisis over North Korea's nuclear program, paying particular attention to its implications for Iranian behavior, a policy paper...
Defense Secretary Mattis: Syria Appears to Have Heeded US Warning About Chemical Attack
US Defense Secretary James Mattis said on Wednesday that the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad appeared so far to have heeded a warning this...
Israeli Intelligence: ‘Hard to Believe’ Assad Had No Knowledge of Chemical Attack
JNS.org - It is difficult to believe that President Bashar Assad had no knowledge of the deadly chemical attack on Syrian civilians in early April, a...
Israeli Defense Officials Find Evidence Syria Still Has Chemical Weapons
Syria still has up to three tons of chemical weapons, Israeli defense officials said Wednesday in the first specific intelligence assessment of President Bashar Assad’s...
Netanyahu on US Military Strike in Syria: Israel Hopes This Message of Resolve Will Resonate Not Only in Damascus, But Also in Tehran, Pyongyang
US President Donald Trump has received across-the-board praise from top Israeli political figures for his decision on Thursday to launch a Tomahawk missile strike against...
US Launches Missiles at Syria in Response to Deadly Chemical Attack
The United States fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Syria overnight in response to what it believes was a chemical weapons attack that killed more...
‘We Cannot Remain Indifferent,’ Says Northern Israeli Municipal Leader Seeking to Host Refugees From War-Torn Syria
Following Tuesday’s suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria in which dozens of civilians, including children, were killed, a local municipal official in northern Israel said...
Ex-US Senator Joseph Lieberman: Chemical Weapons Use by Iran-Backed Syrian Regime Shows Urgent Need for US to Designate IRGC as Foreign Terrorist Group
This week’s suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria -- believed to have been carried out by Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime -- showed why the...
Israeli Arab Newscaster on Syria Crisis: ‘Where Is the Arab Leadership? Where Are You, Traitors? Have You Forgotten Your Own People?’
Israeli Arab newscaster Lucy Aharish issued an impassioned rebuke on Wednesday of regional heads of state over their failure to halt the ongoing humanitarian crisis...
Major US Jewish Groups Urge International Response to Assad Regime Following Deadly Suspected Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria
A number of major US Jewish groups have issued urgent calls for an international response following the suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria this week...
