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Iraq, Israel on High Alert in Case of Strike on Syria
2013-08-29 Read More...
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Iraqi Security Forces are on high alert in case there is an international military strike on Syria. Israel has followed suit and is preparing their defenses near the Syrian-Israeli border, reported

Syria Vows to Use “Surprise” Defenses if Attacked
2013-08-28 Read More...
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem vowed on Tuesday that his country will defend itself in case of any Western military strikes against it, AFP

400-Tonne Arms Shipment Reaches Syrian Rebels
2013-08-27 Read More...
Gulf-based supporters have sent a 400-tonne shipment of arms to Syria's outgunned rebels, one of the biggest to reach them in their two-year-old uprising, opposition sources said on

Assad Describes Chemical Weapons Claims as “Nonsense”
2013-08-27 Read More...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Western claims his regime used chemical weapons were “nonsense,” warning that the United States “faced failure” if it attacked Syria, in comments to Russian newspaper Izvestia published on

US Repositions Naval Forces in Mediterranean
2013-08-26 Read More...
The US on Friday was repositioning Naval Forces in the Mediterranean to give President Barack Obama the option for an armed strike on Syria, although officials cautioned that Obama had made no decision on military

France to Seek “Force” if Chemical Weapons Used in Syria
2013-08-23 Read More...
France will seek to react with “force” if a massacre in Syria involving chemical weapons is confirmed, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported the French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius as saying on

U.N. Begins Chemical Weapons Inspections in Syria
2013-08-21 Read More...
A team of U.N. chemical weapons inspectors has landed in Syria to begin probing allegations that chemical weapons have been used during the bloody civil war there, the world body said

U.N. Chemical Weapon Inspectors Prepare for Syria Mission
2013-08-09 Read More...
U.N. weapons inspectors tasked with looking into claims of chemical weapons use in Syria are “completing their preparations” in The Hague before heading to Damascus, the United Nations said earlier this

Syrian Defense Minister Tours Seized Homs District
2013-08-06 Read More...
Syrian Defense Minister Fahd al-Freij visited army troops in Khaldiyeh, a Homs district the army won back from rebel control in late July, state news agency SANA said on

Dempsey Cautious Over Armed Intervention in Syria
2013-07-26 Read More...
The top U.S. military officer said on Wednesday he was cautious over recommending armed intervention in Syria, concerned that ill-conceived action could turn the country into a failed

Austria to Start Golan Pullout Today
2013-06-12 Read More...
Austrian troops in a UN monitoring force will begin pulling out from the Golan Heights on Wednesday, the Defense Ministry said, just days after Vienna’s controversial decision to quit the

UN Rejects Russian Offer to Send Troops to Golan Height
2013-06-10 Read More...
Russia’s offer to replace peacekeepers from Austria in the Golan Heights was not accepted by the United Nations on

Austria to Withdraw its Troops from Golan Heights
2013-06-07 Read More...
Austria will withdraw its troops from the UN peacekeeping mission in the Golan Heights, the government said Thursday, after Syrian rebels briefly seized a crossing on the Israel-Syria ceasefire

Syrian Rebels Lose Strategic Town of Qusair
2013-06-06 Read More...
Syrian government forces and their Lebanese Hezbollah allies seized control of the border town of Qusair on Wednesday, dealing a major defeat to rebel fighters battling to overthrow President Bashar

Yaalon: “No Russian S-300s to Syria Before 2014”
2013-06-04 Read More...
Russia cannot deliver advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to the Syrian regime before 2014, Israel’s Defense Minister asserted on

Russia, Syria Discuss MiG-29 Fighter Jet Deal
2013-06-03 Read More...
The Syrian government wants to revive a contract to purchase MiG-29M/M2 fighter jets from Russia, representatives of aircraft maker MiG said

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