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Syria, Iran, and terrorist connections
The IDF have confirmed that Syrian President Bashar Assad has used chemical weapons on his opponents. In a horrifying report in the JPost we read some gruesome details: Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons – likely nerves gas – … Continue reading
Posted in Mideast news, Terrorism
Tagged Bashar Assad, Bulgaria, Canada, chemical weapons, Iran, railway, sarin, Shi'ite, Sunni, Syria, train
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IDF boosts forces on the Golan after UN kidnapping, threats from Syrian rebels
As I’ve written previously here, the civil war in Syria is approaching perilously close to Israel’s border and sometimes even spilling over into Israel with stray tank shells and mortars. This danger was just ratcheted up a notch over recent … Continue reading
Posted in Defence and Military, Israel news, Mideast news
Tagged Al Qaeda, Bashar Assad, civil war, Golan, IDF, Lebanon, peacekeepers, rebels, Syria, Syria-Israel border, UN, UNDOF
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Syrian civil war spillover into Israel
Following last month’s news several Syrian fighters were brought into Israel for medical treatment, we hear that several mortars and projectiles from Syria have landed in Israel in recent days, thankfully causing no injuries, but causing great concern amongst the … Continue reading
Posted in Mideast news
Tagged Bashar Assad, civil war, Golan Heights, mortars, rebels, Syria
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Egypt and Syria go pear-shaped
In my previous post I mentioned the anti-Morsi demonstrations that were taking place in Egypt in protest at President Morsi’s sweepting appropriation of powers for himself. The protests were violent enough to cause Morsi to flee his presidential palace overnight. … Continue reading
Posted in Mideast news, Terrorism
Tagged Bashar Assad, border, Cairo, chemical weapons, demonstrations, Egypt, Jihadists, Mohammed Morsi, Syria, Tahrir Square
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Is Syria responsible for killing Lebanese security official in huge Beirut car bomb?
A huge car bomb in Beirut on Friday killed 8 people, amongst them the apparent target, Wissam al-Hassan the head of police intelligence: BEIRUT — At least eight people were killed and 78 injured in a massive blast in east Beirut … Continue reading
Posted in Mideast news
Tagged Bashar Assad, Beirut, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Michel Samaha, Najib Mikati, police, Rafik Hariri, Syria, Wissam al-Hassan
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News from the Middle East that we missed over Rosh Hashana
We turn off our computers and phones for two days and look what happens: An Iranian scientist revealed on Monday (1st day Rosh Hashana) that separate explosions targeted two of Iran’s uranium enrichment sites back in August: Iran’s most senior … Continue reading
