Posts Tagged: Syrian President Bashar Assad
Report: Veteran Palestinian Terrorist Who Commanded Infamous 1987 Hang Glider Attack Killed in Syria
A veteran Palestinian terrorist who commanded an infamous 1987 attack in northern Israel was killed in Syria over the weekend in a military strike that...
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...
Expert: While a Hezbollah Withdrawal From Golan Border Region in Syria Would Benefit Israel, Reports Such a Pullout Has Begun Should Be Viewed Skeptically
Hezbollah withdrew its forces from around a dozen positions near the Israeli border on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights this week, according to...
Top IDF Intelligence Official: Hezbollah ‘Very Challenged’ at Moment Due to Ongoing Military Support of Assad Regime in Syria
Hezbollah is “very challenged” at the moment due to its ongoing military support of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime, a top IDF official told the...
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...
Report: Israeli Officials Say Assad Regime Would Not Use Chemical Weapons Against Jewish State for Fear of IDF Response
A day after dozens of civilians, including children, were killed in a suspected gas attack in the northwestern Syrian town of Khan Shiekhoun, IDF military...
Israel Must Prepare for Deterioration of Security Situation in North, Retired IDF General Says After String of Syria Incidents
Israel must be prepared for a deterioration of the security situation along its northern border, a retired IDF general said this week, according to the Hebrew...
Israeli Military Analyst: Firing of Missiles at IAF Planes Is Indication of Syrian President Assad’s Bolstered Confidence Thanks to Russian Backing
The firing of S-200 missiles at Israeli Air Force planes on Thursday night was an indication of the bolstered confidence Syrian President Bashar Assad is...
Israel Concerned by Reported Pending Deal Between Iran and Assad Regime That Would See Islamic Republic Build Military Base at Mediterranean Port of Latakia
Iran is on the verge of reaching a deal with the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad to build a military base at the port...
Israeli Military Chief: We Are Operating ‘Under the Radar’ to Keep Hezbollah From Getting Stronger
The IDF is “operating under the radar to prevent Hezbollah from getting stronger,” Israel’s military chief told a key Knesset body on Wednesday, the Hebrew...
Top Tehran Official: Iran Will Keep Supporting Anti-Israel Terrorism Front
The Islamic Republic will always back nations and groups that fight Israel, a top Iranian official vowed on Tuesday, the Tehran regime-aligned Tasnim news agency...
Report: Hezbollah Rejects Moscow-Ankara-Brokered Syria Ceasefire Deal Over Turkish Demand for Withdrawal of All Foreign Fighters
Sources in Lebanon told the London-based pan-Arab daily Al-Arab that Hezbollah has rejected the Russia-Turkey-mediated ceasefire agreement for the Syrian civil war, the Hebrew news site nrg reported on...
Bernard-Henri Lévy: The Shame of Aleppo
"The pyramid of martyrs haunts the earth." Remembering Aleppo, this line from René Char’s wartime poem comes back to me like a slap in the...
Former Top Israeli Official: Iran in Rush to Arm Terror Proxies Before Trump Takes Office
Iran is stepping up the speed at which it is arming its proxies in the region due to its fear that after Donald Trump assumes the...
