Posts Tagged: Syria Chemical Weapons
Israel Prepares for Massive Chemical Weapons Attack Drill
Times of Israel - The Home Front Command on Wednesday was preparing for a massive military drill next week, to focus on coping...
Syrian Gains Amplify Pressure on White House
Wall Street Journal - The Syrian army battled Monday alongside Hezbollah militants to reclaim a rebel-held city, amplifying pressure on President Barack Obama to...
Syria Reportedly Aims Half-Ton Warhead Missiles at Tel Aviv
Syria has deployed advanced missiles carrying 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) warheads with attack coordinates set for Tel Aviv, The Sunday Times reported. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, responding...
CIA Head Meets With Israel’s Defense Minister During Surprise Visit
Times of Israel - CIA director John Brennan arrived in Israel Thursday evening and held consultations on the situation in Syria, amid fears...
Syria, Target of Reported Israeli Airstrikes, Jumps to Top of Iran’s Foreign Interests
The recently reported Israeli airstrikes on Syria, which were neither confirmed nor denied by the Jewish state, targeted weapons depots allegedly storing Iranian-made weapons intended...
Syrian Rebel Commander: Israeli Airstrikes Meant to Aid Assad
A top Syrian rebel commander has said that Israeli airstrikes on Damascus were meant to aid Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in his fight against opposition...
Syria and the Debate Over America’s Decline
According to a revealing report in The New York Times this past week, President Barack Obama went much further than he originally planned last August,...
Mistaking Cause and Effect in Syria
Russia's President Vladimir Putin called Prime Minister Netanyahu during Mr. Netanyahu's visit to China, surely a diplomatic oddity. (Chinese Premier Li Kegiang answers the...
Should Israel’s Security be Sacrificed at the Altar of ‘Regional Stability’?
Check out the front page of Monday's (May 6th, 2013) edition of The Guardian and your hair will be blown back by this scorching headline:...
Israel’s Game-Changer with Hezbollah
The international media have focused on the recent Israeli airstrikes in Syria and what it means to the region. What and whom did Israel...
Netanyahu, Obama Discuss Regional Security Issues in Phone Call
Washington Times - President Obama spoke to Prime Minister Netanyahu Wednesday on regional security issues and Middle East peace, the...
Airstrikes in Syria: Western Officials Fear Retaliation Against Israeli Civilian Targets
Washington Post - Western officials and experts fear that a pair of Israeli airstrikes on Syrian military targets in recent days increased the risk of...
The Fourth Great War
This article by Shoshana Bryen was originally published by the Gatestone Institute. The announcement by Secretary of Defense Hagel that the United States will "rethink all options"...
Hezbollah Deepens Involvement in Syrian Civil War
Wall Street Journal - Hezbollah fighters joined Syrian government forces in the siege of a rebel-held town inside the war-torn country on Monday, local...
