Tag: Syria
To confront what’s brewing in Syria, the world needs another Churchill
There have been extraordinary scenes in cinemas throughout the United Kingdom. People have leapt to their feet in standing ovations, and grown men have been weeping. The source of the emotion? The wartime speeches...
Syrian civilians targeted by Assad, 20 children killed
At least 100 civilians, including 20 children, were killed in massive fighting in Syria’s rebel-held Eastern Ghouta, evidence of major escalations on the part of dictator Bashar Assad’s regime.
The area has been held by...
Analysis: Downing of Israeli F-16 is no victory for Iranian axis in escalating ‘war...
A day after Israeli, Syrian, and Iranian forces were involved in a major military confrontation—that left an Israeli F-16 shot down, along with an Iranian drone, and multiple Syrian air defenses destroyed—the dust has...
White House: US supports Israel’s right to defend itself against Syrian, Iranian provocations
The White House Press Secretary issued a statement on Sunday declaring U.S. support for Israeli military reprisals against Syria, and calling on Iran to “cease provocative actions” against the Jewish state.
“Israel is a staunch...
Israeli F16 shot down by Syria in dramatic military escalation
An Israeli F-16 was shot down by Syrian anti-aircraft missiles and crashed in Israel’s Jezreel valley early Saturday morning, as Israel was responding to the infiltration of an Iranian drone into Israeli airspace.
The plane...
The Real Russia Challenge Trump Faces
After beating ISIS, the administration can’t stand by idly as the chaos in Syria leads to war between Israel and Iran’s Hezbollah auxiliaries.
Donald Trump was elected president of the United States promising an “America...
Gunfire from Syria targets Israeli drone, hits Druze house
Gunshots were fired from Syria at an Israeli drone Thursday night and missed their target, instead hitting a house in the town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
No injuries...
Experts warn of ‘escalation’ between Israel and Russia over Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week did not appear to resolve the two countries’ differing objectives in Syria, and it remains unclear if the status-quo can continue.
Russian...
Holocaust museum pulls study absolving Obama administration for inaction in face of Syrian genocide
A major United States Holocaust Memorial Museum study of the Obama Administration’s Syria policy was put on hold last night after portions of the study given to Tablet were greeted with shock and harsh criticism by...
Mosul is liberated—But not yet free
There are joyous liberations. Of Paris in 1944, for example—a liberation insurrectionary and exultant. And then there are leaden liberations: Warsaw’s in 1944; Berlin’s in 1945; and, more recently, Sarajevo’s.
The liberation of Mosul obviously...