It is well known that Israel has been supporting the so-called opposition operating in Syria in order to overthrow the legitimate government of Bashar Assad since the very beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011. Another goal of Tel Aviv is to gain full control over the Golan Heights which Prime Minister B. Netanyahu is Read More…
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Israel Is Directly Arming At Least 7 Syrian “Rebel” Groups
Israel’s mounting interest in Syria’s War, and in particular in picking fights with the Assad government, Iran, and any other Shi’ite factions in the country, have included reports by analysts of a growing amount of Israeli arms and ammunition flowing across the border for rebels. Officially, Israel isn’t a big fan on Sunni Islamist organizations. Read More…
Netanyahu Tells UN Chief That Golan Is Forever Israel’s
Speaking to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared the Golan Heights “forever” part of Israel, irrespective of international law not recognizing it as Israeli territory. Israel occupied the Golan Heights militarily in 1967, and started building settlements there almost immediately. In 1981, Israel formally annexed Golan, though this is not Read More…
World Watches As All-Out War Between Israel And Iran Inches Closer
Over the weekend, Israel used the long-standing adversarial threat of Iran as a pretext to launch a barrage of attacks against targets in Syrian territory. According to the Israeli side, an Iranian drone launched from Syria flew deep into Israeli airspace, which prompted Israel to not only down the drone, but to also target the base Read More…
Israel Preps For Syrian War With Golan’s Oil And Water In Its Sights
While news of Saturday’s dangerous escalation involving Syria’s downing of an Israeli fighter jet is fizzling out, Israeli plan’s for a broader war to secure water and oil reserves in the resource-rich Golan Heights are just getting underway. GOLAN HEIGHTS – Soon after Saturday’s dangerous escalation involving Syria’s downing of an Israeli fighter jet in its airspace Read More…
“Major Escalation:” Israel Carries Out “Large Scale Attack” On Syria After Israeli F-16 Shot Down
Update 3: According to Reuters, Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the situation in Syria in a telephone call following the heavy Israeli air strikes in the country, Interfax news agency cited the Kremlin as saying. “They discussed the situation around the actions of the Israeli air force, which carried our missile strikes on Read More…