Bashar Assad

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US increases pressure on Iran, warns other players not to impede sanctions
Jackson Richman27.11.2018
“We are acting against a complex scheme Iran and Russia have used to bolster the [Bashar] Assad regime and generate funds for Iranian malign activity,” said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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US envoy accuses Iran of secretly subverting Syria’s president
Ariel KahanaIsrael Hayom21.11.2018
Iranian forces are in Syria to carry out their own long-term regional hegemonic program and subvert the authority of the state, says U.S. envoy for Syrian conflict James Jeffrey.
An old Israeli tank with a flag overlooking the Syrian town of Quneitra in the Golan Heights on Feb. 11, 2018. Israeli Air Force F-16 jets were sent to Syria following an invasion of an Iranian drone. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.
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Ziad Abdelnour14.11.2018
The Middle East needs strategic vision, not moral outrage
Let’s be clear. All Arab rulers are prepared, if necessary, to murder those who stand in the way of their political ambitions. So let’s move on.
Ziad Abdelnour (Twitter)
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Burak Bekdil10.10.2018
Turkey’s Syrian quagmire
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan does not understand that his biggest divergence with Russia is over the future of all of Syria, not just a Syrian province.
Burak Bekdil (Credit: Youtube)
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Pilots mark planes used to bomb Syrian nuclear reactor in anniversary ceremony
07.09.2018
Noting the 11-year anniversary of the destruction of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s secret nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour, the Israeli Air Force conducted a ceremony emblazoning warplanes that took part in the strike with special markings.
A member of “Operation Outside the Box” marks a plane that took part in the bombing of Syria's Deir a-Zour nuclear reactor in September 2007. Source: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
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Jonathan S. Tobin06.09.2018
Who shall live and who shall die? The lessons of Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was bashed for extolling strength and deploring weakness. The ongoing slaughter in Syria illustrates the wisdom of his sentiment.
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Israel Hayom
Eyal Zisser03.09.2018
End of the Syrian war represents a risk for Israel
The Europeans want to find a mechanism that would repatriate the Syrian refugees from Europe; the Americans want to ensure that Iranian forces leave the country. But neither goals are likely to be met.
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Israel strikes airbase near Damascus, Arab media reports
Israel Hayom02.09.2018
Reports say Israeli airstrike caused five explosions and an unknown number of casualties at Mezzeh airbase near the Syrian capital.
An Israeli jet flying during an Israeli airshow. Credit: Flash90.
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IDF hits Syrian position after mortar fire in buffer zone
06.07.2018
The safe zone between Israel and Syria has turned into a de facto refuge for residents of southern Syria, who have escaped in the tens of thousands from the Daraa region under attack in recent weeks.
View of a camp of Syrian refugees near the Syrian-Israeli border, as seen from the Israeli side of the border on July 2, 2018. Photo by Flash90.
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IDF grants entry to two Syrian adults and four new orphans in wake of Assad attacks
01.07.2018
The six were injured in a renewed offensive against anti-regime forces in the southwestern Daraa region and were allowed entry to Israel after local leaders made contact with the Jewish state to ask for help.
Israel Defense Forces soldiers providing emergency medical care to young Syrians injured in attacks by Syrian President Bashar Assad on rebel-held towns near Daraa, prior to evacuating them to Israel. Source: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
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‘Operation Good Neighbor’ delivers tents, food, clothing to Syrian refugees via IDF
29.06.2018
The aid was transferred to refugee camps in southern and central parts of the Syrian-held Golan Heights from four different entry points along the Israel-Syria border.
Protesters hold signs during a call to end the war in Syria near the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv on Dec. 18, 2016. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.
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Israeli minister: Assad is signing ‘death warrant’ if Iran attacks from Syria
07.05.2018
“If Syrian President Bashar Assad continues allowing the Iranians to operate out of Syria, it would be the end of him, the end of his regime,” said Israel’s Energy and Water Minister Yuval Steinitz.
Israel’s Energy and Water Minister Yuval Steinitz at the weekly government conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Oct. 29, 2017. Photo by Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL
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Jonathan S. Tobin16.04.2018
Better than Obama is not good enough
Allied airstrikes on Syria were praiseworthy. But the mission left unaccomplished is the Iranian threat, backed by Russia, which the Trump administration is ignoring.
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Analysis: Minimal strike on Assad shows extent of Russian deterrence
Yaakov Lappin14.04.2018
While the purpose was to target Syria’s chemical-weapons capabilities, in actuality, the strikes are more of an indication of Russia’s successful ability to cause Western powers to limit their action.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron in Versailles, France on May 29, 2017. Photo by www.kremlin.ru/Wikimedia Commons
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Conflicting interests in Syria create a dangerous complexity for Russia and Israel
Israel Kasnett20.02.2018
Can Israel and Russia work together to find a peaceful and common solution to the situation in Syria? Two experts weigh in for JNS.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Moscow in late January. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.
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