Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Israel and Syria have been engaged in an increasingly bitter border war. Western diplomatic sources said Israeli and Syrian forces were battling on a nearly daily basis along the Golan Heights. They said the fighting often began with Syrian Army or proxy attacks on Israel Army outposts and vehicles. “At […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The United Nations observers force along the Israeli-Syrian frontier has revised its strategy. Diplomatic sources said the UN Disengagement Observer Force has severely restricted operations in Syria and focused on protection of its 1,000 members. They said the UN force was reorganizing after the abduction of 21 officers by Syrian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — The Israel Army has resumed fire into neighboring Syria. On March 24, the Israel Army fired into Syria and destroyed a military post on the Golan Heights. The Israel Army said the operation was in response to Syrian fire toward an Army patrol along the border region. “Our understanding […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni rebels have captured a Syrian military intelligence facility near the Golan Heights. The Free Syrian Army said it captured the military intelligence facility in the Hauran Plain in southern Syria. FSA said the compound, located eight kilometers from the Israeli frontier, fell in a five-day siege that ended on […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The United Nations peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights appears on the verge of collapse. Diplomatic sources said members of the UN Disengagement and Observers Force were fleeing the Syrian side of the Golan Heights for Israel. They said the flight was in coordination with the Israel Army, which has […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — The Israel Army has returned its urban warfare force to battle Palestinian unrest in the West Bank. The Army has ordered the return of the Kfir Brigade to the West Bank in an effort to stop increasing Palestinian violence. Military sources said Kfir, trained in urban warfare and counter-insurgency, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Al Qaida-aligned fighters have expanded operations in the Golan Heights near Israel. The Syrian opposition said a leading Al Qaida militia was operating in the southern Golan. On Jan. 24, the militia, identified as the Nusra Front for the Defense of Syria, blew up a Syrian military intelligence headquarters some […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com WASHINGTON — The Defense Department said that Iran was establishing signals intelligence stations in several parts of the Middle East, including the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Pentagon’s counter-terrorist support office said the stations were established by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps together with Teheran’s leading ally, Syria. “Two Iranian-Syrian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has been concerned over the prospect of an Al Qaida takeover of Syria. The military’s Northern Command has been drafting contingency plans for the collapse of the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Officials said the plans were based on the assessment that Assad’s ouster would result […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Syrian rebel movement has begun using powerful roadside bombs against forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. Syrian officials said Sunni rebels have acquired powerful improvised explosive devices similar to those used by Al Qaida in Iraq. They officials said the Damascus regime assessed that Al Qaida operatives from Iraq […]