Monitor: Six dead in IDF strikes on Islamic Jihad in Gaza, Syria

Israeli army says sites attacked used for ‘research and development of armaments’ manufactured in Syria and Gaza but also produce dozens of kilograms of rocket fuel each month; Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least one of the dead was Syrian, other nationalities unknown; Islamic Jihad: Debt will be settled Daniel Salami, Published: Israeli […]

Bennett: Israel preparing plan to fundamentally change situation in Gaza

IDF on alert following deadly strikes against PIJ in Gaza and Syria; roads, trains closed in the south By ANNA AHRONHEIM FEBRUARY 24, 2020 10:34 Israel is “preparing a plan to fundamentally change the situation in the Gaza Strip” Defense Minister Naftali Bennett said following a night of deadly retaliatory airstrikes against the Palestinian Islamic […]

Reports of attack in Damascus

Syrian media report of explosions being heard over Damascus, country’s air defense systems deployed. Elad Benari, 23/02/20 23:46   Media outlets in Syria on Sunday reported of explosions being heard over Damascus. The country’s air defense systems were deployed, according to the reports. Tags:Syria, Damascus  

Erdogan Confirms Intention to Meet With Putin, Merkel, Macron to Discuss Idlib on 5 March

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed on Saturday that he intended to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron in Istanbul on 5 March to discuss the situation in Syrian Idlib. “I held telephone conversations with Putin, Macron and Merkel on Idlib. We will […]

Turkey continues armored build-up for Idlib

Turkey has concentrated hundreds of armored vehicles in Idlib province to try to slow-down a Russian-backed Syrian regime offensive. SETH J. FRANTZMAN FEBRUARY 22, 2020 14:48 Turkey has concentrated hundreds of armored vehicles in Idlib province to try to slow-down a Russian-backed Syrian regime offensive. New photos on Saturday showed Leopard tanks and a T-300 […]

Turkey And Russia Fight It Out: Is This The End Of The Road For Erdogan?

Developments in Syria’s northern Idlib region have put Turkey’s President in a tight corner, perhaps the tightest since he first hijacked state power ten or more years ago. Upwards of a million refugees, purged by Assadist forces operating under Russian air support, are stumbling northwards toward the Turkish border. The border is closed. But you […]

After talks with Putin, Erdogan promises more decisive steps in Syria

After talks with Putin, Erdogan promises more decisive steps in Syria  Saturday, February 22, 2020 2:08:08 PM     Turkey will take more decisive steps in Syria, stated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “Fighting is not easy for us, people are dying. We will take more decisive steps,” he said, speaking in the city of […]

Syrian bomb kills 16th Turkish troop in Idlib this month

Turkish forces retaliated and destroyed 21 “regime targets”, the ministry said, adding the soldier was a tank mechanic who died while being transferred to the hospital. REUTERS ISTANBUL – A Turkish soldier was killed in Syria’s Idlib region in a bomb attack by Russian-backed government forces, the defence ministry said on Saturday, Turkey’s 16th military […]

Syrian news agency shares footage of Russian strike on Turkish military

Syria’s official state news agency SANA has shared video footage of what appeared to be Russian jets striking four tanks that belonged to the Turkish army. Turkish defence ministry on Thursday had announced that two soldiers had died in an airstrike of unspecified origin in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province, while another five soldiers had been […]

Syrian news agency shares footage of Russian strike on Turkish military

Syria’s official state news agency SANA has shared video footage of what appeared to be Russian jets striking four tanks that belonged to the Turkish army. Turkish defence ministry on Thursday had announced that two soldiers had died in an airstrike of unspecified origin in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province, while another five soldiers had been […]

The massive – but reversible – defeats of Iran and Turkey

With our attention focused on other things – Israel’s elections, the legal fraternity’s aggressive lawfare against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump’s peace plan, to name just a few – profound strategic shifts have upended the strategic balance in the Middle East. Israel’s two most formidable adversaries – Iran and Turkey – both came […]

Turkey should bomb Damascus

Tom Rogan  | February 21, 2020 10:45 AM Having lost two more soldiers to Syrian airstrikes on Thursday, Turkey should retaliate by striking regime targets in Damascus. While an operation against the Syrian capital would attract Bashar Assad’s fury, it would send a clear message to the dictator and his Russian allies. And from a […]

Naftali Bennett: To stop Gaza terrorism, focus on Iran and Syria

“I will do everything to prevent a third Lebanon war, a 14th Protective Edge, to go to the source, to go to the same people who pay $1b. a year to Hezbollah” TZVI JOFFRE FEBRUARY 20, 2020 19:29 As Israel granted a record number of travel permits to Gaza merchants after weeks of explosive balloons, […]

Iran, Hezbollah stir chaos in Syria’s southwest

Behind Enemy Lines: Iran, Hezbollah and ongoing, armed resistance to Syria’s regime merge to create constant chaos JONATHAN SPYER FEBRUARY 20, 2020 22:28 The global spotlight has currently returned to Syria because of the Assad regime’s current bloody offensive in Idlib, Aleppo and Latakia provinces. The regime is trying to reduce the last enclave held […]