Syrian Army Outposts South Of Damascus Hit By Israeli Rockets, Monitor Says
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is claiming that Israel on Wednesday evening struck military outposts in Syria, near the capital Damascus, Reuters reports.
Damascus – Last Vestiges Of Syrian Jewry Clinging To Community
Israeli experts and an activist in contact with the remaining Jews in Damascus painted a bleak picture to The JP.
Saudi Arabia Cooking Up Strategic Move Against Russia
The news from Munich on Friday that a cease-fire would be declared in Syria within a week was still fresh when Saudi Arabia announced its own initiative: It would send warplanes to Turkey and special ground forces to fight in Syria against the Islamic State organization.
Russia’s New Syrian Strategy: Ethnic Cleansing
Russian forces, combined with the Iranians and Hezbollah, have changed their tactics in Syria. With a complete disregard to the international community, they are intensively bombing rebel bases, even at the risk of killing thousands of civilians, and starting a new wave of refugees.
Vladimir Putin Turned Syria Into His Private Playground
Aleppo is in bad shape. More than 60,000 families in the suburbs outside government control will soon run out of the mazut they use to heat their homes and run their bakeries.
Satellite Images Show ‘Russian SU-24 Jets Getting New Engines’ After Intensive Syria Flights
Russian Air Force SU-24 jets have flown so intensively over Syria that they have needed to receive replacement engines, new satellite imagery of a Syrian airbase in Latakia, used to house Russian air assets, has shown.
Navy: Hezbollah May Strike Israeli Ships From Syria With Russian Made Missiles
“Syria possesses Russian-made Yachont missiles, and there is the feeling that they have also made their way into the hands of Hezbollah,” a senior Israel Navy officer told The Jerusalem Post’s Hebrew-language sister publication Ma’ariv.
Russia Is Providing Major Weapons Supplies to Hezbollah
Russia is providing major supplies of arms to the Lebanese-based Hezbollah group in the course of military support that both the Russians and Hezbollah are providing the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the Daily Beast reported.
Qatar – Arab Journalists Posts Photo Revealing Stunning Differences In Prisoner Treatment Between Israel And Syria
Qatar – A split-screen photo posted to an Arab journalist’s Facebook page of an emaciated Syrian prisoner matched-up against a photo of a robust Israeli prisoner has gone viral and is drawing praise for Israel’s treatment of its prisoners from the Arab world.
Chuck Hagel: White House Had No Syria Strategy, Was Unprepared For ISIS
Former secretary of defense Chuck Hagel pulled no punches in a new interview, accusing the White House of failing to devise a coherent strategy on Syria and of being utterly unprepared for the rise of the Islamic State terror group. He also charged that some in the Obama White House tried to “destroy” him politically…