Syrian Commander Escapes Israeli Assassination Attempt
A senior commander in the Syrian army recently escaped unharmed an Israeli assassination attempt in the Golan Heights, the Iranian semiofficial Fars news agency reported Friday.
A senior commander in the Syrian army recently escaped unharmed an Israeli assassination attempt in the Golan Heights, the Iranian semiofficial Fars news agency reported Friday.
Russia has sent fighter jets to Syria, US officials said, raising the stakes in a military buildup that has put Washington on edge and led Friday to the first talks between US and Russian defense chiefs in over a year.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is claiming that Israel on Wednesday evening struck military outposts in Syria, near the capital Damascus, Reuters reports.
MOSCOW – The wife of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview her husband’s foes had offered her the chance to flee Syria in order to try to shake confidence in him, but that she had not left the country since the war erupted.
The Syrian army said in an official announcement that Israeli warplanes had attacked a military base in western Syria.
The Syrian army warned Israel of “serious consequences” Thursday after officially confirming media reports claiming Israeli fighter jets carried out a strike on targets on the state’s Scientific Studies and Research Center (CERS) near the city of Hama, which is responsible for research and development of nuclear, biological, chemical and missile technology and weapons.
Syosset, NY – Officials say three people have been killed after a small plane crashed in a residential neighborhood on Long Island.
A synagogue in the town of Verdun near France’s eastern border was vandalized over the weekend, the European Jewish Press reports.
Temple Beth Torah in Wellington, Florida was vandalized last week, shocking and outraging members of the town’s Jewish community.
A Sydney synagogue may have to close because it is unable to sack its rabbi, the synagogue’s president says.