Tag: Syria
Syrian air-defense missile falls in southern Israel; IAF strikes launchers
A Syrian surface-to-air missile (SAM) fired at an Israeli Air Force fighter jet that had been involved in airstrikes on targets in Syria exploded in Israel’s southern Negev region early on Thursday.
Warning sirens went...
Hezbollah steps up preparations for Lebanon’s collapse
Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror organization is advancing its preparations for the possibility that the state may collapse, Reuters reported on Friday.
The group is expanding its food ration card system, importing medicine and preparing storage for fuel to...
Report: Israel strikes targets in the Damascus area
Israel struck a number of targets in the Damascus area early on Thursday morning, according to Syrian state media.
The Syrian Arab News Agency quoted a Syrian military source as saying that four soldiers had...
Syrian media reports Israeli airstrikes near Damascus
Syrian state media reported on Tuesday that Israel had launched an airstrike against targets in the Damascus region.
The Syrian Arab News Agency quoted an unnamed Syrian military official as saying that Israel had launched missiles from...
Washington attempts to quell Israel’s shadow war with Iran at sea
Recent reports suggest that the United States is disturbed by aspects of the Israeli-Iranian shadow war that is raging across the region—in this case, at sea. It seems reasonable to conclude that Washington is...
IDF steadily boosts and builds its readiness against Hezbollah
Despite ongoing disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Israel Defense Forces has been able to stick to an intensive and large-scale combat training program and build its readiness against adversaries, particularly against the...
Iran is fighting two parallel shadow wars, partly to seek retaliation
Recent events have demonstrated that Iran is engaging in two, parallel “shadow wars”: one against Israel and the second is against the United States. The explosive attack against an Israeli-owned cargo ship in the Gulf of...
Report: Obama offered Syria Israeli withdrawal from Golan Heights
Just a few months before the Syrian civil war erupted in March 2011, the Obama administration offered the Assad regime an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights in return for severing ties with Iran...
Russian state media airs footage of Israeli spy Eli Cohen in Damascus
Russia’s English-language state television channel RT has aired what it claims to be previously unseen footage of legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen in Damascus.
The broadcast came as Moscow was mediating efforts to return an Israeli woman who had...
Report: Prisoner exchange in works between Syria, Israel
A prisoner exchange in the works between Israel and Syria was reported on Wednesday by Syrian state media and foreign sources.
The release allegedly involves two Syrians who are prisoners in Israel and an Israeli...