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  • Syria prepares missiles to strike Tel Aviv– report

    The Sunday Times reports that Syria is deploying advanced Tishreen surface-to-surface missiles to strike Tel Aviv in case Israel launches another attack. The paper cites“information obtained by reconnaissance satellites tracking Syrian forces,” without any other source.
    Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Makdad said in a broadcast Thursday, May 16, that if Israel again attacked Syria, it would face an immediate and painful response. Asked if he realized that his words meant war between Israel and Syria, Makdan replied:“So what? So there’ll be war.”

    Since January, Israel has conducted three air strikes in Syria targeting shipments of Iranian weapons heading for transfer to Hizballah.

  • In rare interview, Bashar al-Assad says he will not step down

    The Syrian ruler said in an interview Saturday from his palace in Damascus with the Argentine newspaperClarin, that he welcomed dialogue. But the continuing lack of unity among the myriad rebel groups meant that the opposition would be unable to implement any ceasefire accords reached at an international conference, such as surrendering arms.
    He denied his army had used chemical weapons against the rebels and accused the West of telling lies.“Israel,” he alleged“is directly supporting the terrorist groups in two ways, firstly it gives them logistical support and it also tells them what sites to attack and how to attack them. For example, the rebels attacked a radar station that is part of our anti-aircraft defenses, which can detect any plane coming from overseas, especially from Israel."
    Assad went on to remark that he wasn’t aware the Syrian people had granted Secretary of State Kerry a mandate to choose its ruler. He admitted the presence of“people from Hizballah and Iran” in the country, but claimed they had been“coming and going in Syria long before the crisis.”
    The Syrian ruler fully expected foreign intervention, but thought it would be limited in nature.

  • Muddled Israeli-US policies on Assad set stage for Golan offensive against Israel

    The Syrian war is set for its next stage, the spillover of hostilities from Syrian Golan into Israel.debkafile:This is the consequence of the failure of the US, Israel and Turkey to dismantle the Tehran-Damascus-Hizballah bloc, or even stem the flow of Russian, Iranian, Iraqi and Hizballah fighters and arms, which have helped Bashar Assad chalk up major successes for beating the uprising against his rule. A war of attrition against Israel carries the potential of spreading to Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan.

  • In a fresh affront to US, Moscow exposes CIA station chief

    The Russian FSB spy agency Saturday exposed the US embassy’s“Counsellor” as CIA rezident in Moscow. This blunt breach of intelligence protocol is seen as another Russian step to damage bilateral relations with the Washington after exposing and expelling alleged CIA spy Ryan Fogle earlier this week, claiming he had been caught trying to recruit a Russian intelligence officer.

    DEBKAfile:Washington and Moscow are at loggerheads over Syria. By outing the CIA station chief in Moscow, the Kremlin appears to be seeking to humiliate the Obama administration and goad it into retaliating.

  • Five West Bank Palestinians wounded by IDF sniper fire

    The Israeli army snipers opened fire after failed anti-riot police attempts to disperse an illegal Palestinian demonstration near the Jilazoun camp north of Ramallah Friday. The five injured men were transferred to Red Crescent Paramedics for treatment. Riotous demonstrations have swept the West Bank and Jerusalem in the last 24 hours marking Naqba (meaning the“disaster” of Israel’s 1948 independence).

     

  • Twin bombings in Iraq kill at least 70 in anti-Sunni violence

    The first bomb exploded as worshippers left a Sunni mosque in Baquba north of Baghdad Friday; the second as people gathered to help the wounded. Thursday, 25 people were killed in a string of car bombings in Shiite disricts of Baghdad and Kirkuk. Iraqi authorities report sectarian tensions have reached their highest point since the US military pullout from the country in 2011.

  • New York cigarette smugglers fund Islamic terrorists

    Two suspected ringleaders of a multimillion cigarette smuggling network, brothers Basel and Samir Ramadan, were arrested in Maryland, as well as 16 other suspects, all Palestinian immigrants, in New York City, New Jersey and Delaware. The brothers were found with $1.5 million– a fraction of what they made, said state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman. Under investigation are concerns that the ring funneled profits to Hamas and Hizballah for terrorist operations and its ties with Omar Abdel-Rahman, the blind sheikh serving life for conspiracy to blow up New York City landmarks. 

  • Four Russian S-300 batteries shipped to Syria

    Moscow reports that four batteries of S-300 systems with 100-150 simultaneously deployable, guided anti-aircraft missiles have already been shipped to Syria complete with Russian military“adviser” crews.DEBKAfile:An Israeli strike to smash this weapon in Syria could not avoid hitting its Russian crews.

  • Russia sends Syria upgraded anti-ship cruise missiles

    US officials report the delivery to the Syrian government of Yakhont anti-ship cruise missile updated with advanced radar for extending its range and accuracy. It is designed to counter any effort by international forces to supply Syrian rebels from the sea, impose a naval embargo, establish a no-fly zone or carry out limited strikes.DEBKAfileadds: The improved Yakhont enables Syria to keep Israeli missile ships far from its coast and block troop landings..

  • Obama still not convinced

    President Barack Obama said Thursday the US has seen evidence of chemical weapons being used in Syria. It was presented to him by Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House in a file containing the testimony of Turkish physicians who treated Syrian patients and diagnosed them as suffering from poison chemical substances. Yet the US president still insisted it was important to get more specific details about alleged chemical attacks– in the same way as he has rejected all the other evidence put before him of the use of chemical weapons in Syria.

  • Putin Suspects US, Turkey of Taking Part in Israeli Air Strikes over Syria

    In its air strike on Syria on May 3, Israel fired stand-off missiles, a tactic for avoiding sending planes into Syrian airspace. This tactic, which Moscow judged to be the precursor for an attack on Iran, will be thwarted by the 200-kilometer range of the S-300 anti-air missiles in Syria.

  • How Did Israel Wind up Facing a Russian-Syrian Front?

    Binyamin Netanyahu tried tackling Vladimir Putin on the sale of S-300 anti-air missiles to Syria but found that the missiles were already in place and the Russian leader unshakable in his support for the Assad regime– even to backing a war of attrition against Israel.

  • John Kerry Loses Clout for Middle East Diplomacy

    John Kerry finds the ground slipping from under his feet as he pursues Middle East peace initiatives on behalf of a boss beleaguered by scandal.

  • Saeed Jalili is the Supreme Leader’s Favorite for President

    Iran’s nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalilee is the supreme leader’s favorite for president in the June 14 election, appreciating his hard line on Iran’s nuclear program– except that he is short of administrative experience for rescuing a collapsing economy.

  • Has Russia Cracked the Codes of the American Missile Intercept Warning Systems?

    Russia has claimed it has penetrated the US missile shield and it no longer poses a military threat to Moscow. If this is true, Israel and the Gulf emirates are exposed to Iranian ballistic missiles unless because their early warning systems are integrated in the US network.

  • A Digest of DEBKAfile Round-the-Clock Exclusives in Week Ending May 16, 2013

    A Digest ofdebkafileRound-the-Clock Exclusives in Week Ending May 16, 2013

  • CIA chief in Israel

    John Brennan arrived Thursday for his first visit to Israel as Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency. He will be discussing Israel’s security in the light of the latest developments in the Syrian war with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and other Israeli officials.
    In Washington, President Barack Obama recevied Turkish Prime Minsiter Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the Syrian situation.

     

  • Syrian-Israeli war of words via Putin edges into Syrian-Hizballah war of attrition.

    Binyamin Netanyahu left his meeting with Vladimir Putin Tuesday certain that Moscow had given Assad the go-ahead for his threat to make the Syrian Golan the platform for a war of attrition against Israel with the help of Hizballah armed with advanced weapons and other proxies. The next day, a pro-Assad Palestinian terrorist organization shelled Mt. Hermon. Israel countered swiftly with a threat to remove Assad from power.debkafile:Tehran is also egging him on to launch a war of attrition which appears to have begun.

  • Putin again warns Netanyahu hands off Syria

    Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spent three hours with President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Tuesday, May, 14, trying to head off advanced Russian anti-air S-300 missile systems sales to Syria. Instead, the Russian leader issued a warning relating to Israel’s air strikes against Damascus.

  • Saudis explore Iranian options for Syria& Lebanon

    Saudi Arabia is exploring dialogue with its great regional rival Iran for ending the Syrian conflict and assuring Lebanon’s political stability, after giving up on US policy for Syria, debkafile’sGulf sources report. Monday, May 13, the Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers got together in Jeddah.

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