Tag: Syria
Turkey requests US missile-defense batteries on southern border to deter Syrian troops
Turkey has requested that the United States to send two Patriot missile-defense batteries on its southern border to deter any future attacks by Syrian troops, reported Bloomberg on Thursday, citing a senior Turkish official.
The request was made...
Bennett says Israel is seeing ‘first signs’ of Iran rethinking its Syria strategy
Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday that Israel has seen signs that Iran is considering decreasing its presence in Syria.
“I can inform you that we have identified first signs of Iran loosening...
New Israeli defense minister takes a hardline position on terrorism in all forms
When Naftali Bennett was appointed last month as Israel’s defense minister, it was seen as a temporary political move by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to shore up his right-wing flank until a new government...
Famed Israeli spy Eli Cohen’s widow angry at Mossad over new report
The widow of famed Israeli spy Eli Cohen, who was executed in Damascus in 1965 and then buried in a secret location, expressed anger at the Mossad spy agency on Sunday, after the publication...
Israel strikes dozens of Syrian targets after rocket attack, preps for reprisals
Israel struck dozens of targets in Syria early on Wednesday in retaliation for the firing of four rockets from Syria at the Golan Heights and Galilee by Iranian forces the day before, according to the Israeli...
Four rockets fired at northern Israel from Syria
Four missiles were launched at Israel from Syria on Tuesday morning, according to the Israeli military.
The attack triggered sirens in the northern Golan and the Galilee region at 4:52 a.m., sending residents rushing to...
In White House visit, Trump touts US alliance with Turkey; Erdoğan slams critics
WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump, standing alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, touted at a White House press conference on Wednesday that the relationship between the United States and Turkey, a fellow NATO ally, has...
US House passes resolution recognizing Armenian genocide, bill to sanction Turkey
The U.S. House of Representatives passed on Tuesday both a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide and a bill to enact U.S. sanctions against Turkey for its incursion this month into northern Syria.
Reps. Greg Pence...
Northern Syria ‘desert regions’ suited to Arabs, not Kurds, says Erdoğan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said during a television interview this week that northern Syria is more suitable for Arabs than Kurds because it is “a desert region.”
In an 80-minute interview broadcast on Oct....
Islamic State leader believed killed in US operation in Syria
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the 48-year-old leader of the Islamic State (ISIS), was targeted by the U.S. military in Syria last week, according to unnamed U.S. defense sources, and is believed to have been killed.
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