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Syrian Civil War
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Israel unleashes powerful strike capabilities after Iran hits first
Yaakov Lappin
10.05.2018
Iran tried to force Israel to accept its presence in Syria, and the effort failed. It ended up losing more than 50 military targets, and Israel’s message to Tehran—to exit Syria immediately—received a powerful boost.
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Analysis
Does Russia care about stopping Israel-Iran escalation?
Sean Savage
10.05.2018
Moscow is seen by many observers as the key to defusing the situation between Israel and Iran, as it enjoys relations with both countries and is the major military power on the ground in Syria. However, it may be out for its own interests.
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War monitor: Israeli airstrikes in Syria killed 23 military personnel
10.05.2018
The U.K-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights “documented the death of 23 people at least as a result of the Israeli missile strikes, which targeted several military positions and points of the regime forces and allies in scattered areas in central Syria.”
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Syria blames Israel for airstrikes, IDF orders bomb shelters open in the north
08.05.2018
According to Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the base targeted by the alleged Israeli missiles was an “arms depot belonging to Hezbollah and the Iranians,” AFP reported.
brief
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.
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From JNS's Military Correspondent
Analysis: Stopping the formation of the Iranian war machine
Yaakov Lappin
30.04.2018
Iran is continuing to try and build up its attack capabilities in Syria, and testing Jerusalem’s determination to stop it.
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Analysis
Middle East braces for a tense May
Yaakov Lappin
26.04.2018
Nevertheless, the nations and parties in the midst of possible escalation have nothing to gain from an all-out war.
Featured column
The Sephardi Perspective
Lyn Julius
Sephardi Perspective
24.04.2018
Well-meaning American Jews are helping import anti-Semitism
Jews have been among the first to “virtue signal” their compassion for refugees from the Syrian civil war.
brief
Syrian state media claims it shot down missile attack on bases, US denies involvement
17.04.2018
One of the bases was targeted by American forces last year following a chemical-weapons attack by Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces in Khan Shaykhun.
Featured column
Jonathan S. Tobin
16.04.2018
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.
news
From JNS's Military Correspondent
Analysis: Minimal strike on Assad shows extent of Russian deterrence
Yaakov Lappin
14.04.2018
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.
column
Endowment for Middle East Truth
Sarah N. Stern
12.04.2018
Syria gets us farther from a post-war epoch
The lesson: If we do not engage ourselves in smaller wars, America might well find itself dragged into a much larger war.
brief
Israeli security confers after Trump’s threat to bomb Syria
12.04.2018
Top-level Israeli security officials met on Wednesday to prepare for scenarios in which Israel is attacked by Syria or Iran, following a tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump declaring that he would bomb Syria.
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From JNS's Military Correspondent
Analysis: Latest Israeli airstrike in Syria likely stopped new Iranian threat
Yaakov Lappin
09.04.2018
Amid fallout from chemical weapons attack, Israel enforces its own red lines in Syria, while sending a message to Iran and Hezbollah.
brief
Spiritual War
Israel’s chief rabbi: Jews have a ‘moral obligation’ to help end the genocide in Syria
09.04.2018
“I have said in the past and I will say it again, what’s happening in Syria is genocide of women and children in its cruelest form, using weapons of mass destruction,” said Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef.
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