Tag: Syria
‘Operation Good Neighbor’ delivers tents, food, clothing to Syrian refugees via IDF
In a special overnight operation, Israel Defense Forces troops delivered approximately 50 tons of humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees, who are fleeing attacks by Syrian President Bashar Assad on the rebel-held city of Daraa.
Supplies...
Kremlin: Putin, Netanyahu agree to boost Israel-Russia coordination in Syria
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin agreed to strengthen coordination on Syria with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call on Friday, the Kremlin said in a statement.
The two leaders discussed “the situation in...
Syrian handler paid Hamas cell $100,000 to attack Israeli cities, Shin Bet reveals
A Hamas plan to carry out terrorist attacks in Israeli cities has been thwarted, the Shin Bet security agency revealed Sunday.
According to available details, Shin Bet agents, in collaboration with the military and police,...
Report: Hezbollah rejects Russian request to withdraw from Syrian positions
Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based Shi’ite terrorist organization, has rejected Russian demands to withdraw its forces from the Lebanese-Syrian border, a prominent Syrian-rights group indicated Thursday.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Hezbollah is still...
Israel warned to avoid strikes against Syria as World Cup kicks off in Russia...
With the 2018 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament kicking off on Thursday, host nation Russia has made it clear that it expects Israel and other Middle Eastern states to avoid an escalation in the...
Netanyahu asks for May’s help in ‘rolling back’ Iranian aggression in Mideast
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked for British Prime Minister Theresa May’s help in how to “roll back Iran’s aggression” in the Middle East.
Netanyahu told his British counterpart that he believes that there are...
Iranian and Hezbollah forces are reportedly withdrawing from southern Syria
A Syrian war monitor group has reported that Iranian and Hezbollah forces are withdrawing from southern Syria near the Israeli border.
According to the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Iranian and Hezbollah forces are...
Report: Israel, Iran reach back-channel understandings on Syria operation
Israel and Iran recently used back channels to reach behind-the-scenes understandings over Syrian maneuvers in the southern Golan Heights, Saudi media reported on Sunday.
According to the independent Arabic news website Elaph, Syrian President Bashar Assad’s...
IDF publishes images of destroyed Iranian military sites in Syria
The Israel Defense Forces published aerial photos on Friday of several intelligence and logistics installations that it destroyed in a massive bombardment of Syria-based Iranian military sites on Thursday.
Israeli F-15 and F-16 fighter jets...
‘Hezbollahstan has 120,000 rockets pointed at Israel’
Two senior Israeli defense officials warned of Iranian intentions in Lebanon and Syria, providing a harsh reality for Israel in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.
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