Posts Tagged: Syrian civil war
As Possible Confrontation with Syria Looms, IDF Deploys Iron Dome Battery Near Tel Aviv
JPost - The IDF deployed an Iron Dome battery in the greater Tel Aviv area overnight Thursday amid preparations for a potential US strike on...
Report: Hezbollah Fighters Receive Treatment for Exposure to Chemical Agents
At least four Hezbollah fighters came into contact with chemical agents in Syria and are receiving treatment in Beirut, a security source told Lebanon's The...
Report: Syrian Army Gunship Fires Rockets into Lebanon
A Syrian army helicopter fired several rockets Monday at an illegal border crossing in northeast Lebanon, Lebanese security sources told The Daily Star. At least three...
Assad: We Will Win War
Ynet - The Syrian president has lauded his military troops, saying they are fighting the "fiercest" war but that he is confident they...
Report: Gulf States Implement More Thorough Hezbollah Sanctions Than EU
The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council has started implementing sanctions on the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah, the Saudi newspaper Al-Wattan reported Sunday, citing a "well-informed" source. Members...
Report: US Officials Were Not Informed of Latakia Strike
U.S. officials were surprised by a reported recent strike on a Syrian weapons depot by an Israeli submarine, Hebrew-language daily Ma'ariv reported Thursday. The U.S. officials...
Syrian Deputy Prime Minister to Visit Russian Counterpart Amid Peace Conference Efforts
Syrian Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil is scheduled to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Monday, the Russian foreign ministry...
Obama’s Proxy War on Mideast Christians
With the recent decision to arm the opposition fighting Syrian President Assad, the United States has effectively declared a proxy war on Syria's...
Shias: The Arab Spring’s Latest Victims
The U.S.-sponsored "Arab Spring" continues to expose itself as a Sunni supremacist takeover. While the indicators are many—from the al-Qaeda Benghazi consulate attack...
Syrian City of Homs Flattened in Regime Battle Against Rebels
Jerusalem Post - AMMAN - Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces pounded Sunni Muslim rebels in the city of Homs with artillery and from the...
Report: Russia Withdraws Military Personnel from Syria
The Hill - Russia has withdrawn all its military personnel from Syria amid escalating violence, Russian media report, avoiding any chance of Russian...
IDF Chief Gantz: Flames Creeping Up on Nasrallah
JNS.org - In Lebanon, the "flames have begun to lick [Hezbollah leader Hassan] Nasrallah's robe," IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said Thursday...
Christian Human Rights Group Alerts Congress on Plight of Syrian Refugees
JNS.org - Dr. John Eibner, CEO of Christian Solidarity International—a Christian human rights NGO based in Switzerland—told the U.S. Congress in a testimony on...
Report: CIA Begins Operations to Arm Syrian Rebels
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has commenced operations to help arm Syrian rebels battling the forces of that country's president, Bashar al-Assad, The Wall Street...
