Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has been examining options to stop Islamist militias on the Golan Heights. Israeli sources said the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was consulting with the military and intelligence community to determine measures to stop the expansion of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as well as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has downed the first Syrian Air Force fighter-jet in nearly 30 years. The Israel Air Force said it shot down a Russian-origin Su-24 combat aircraft on Sept. 23 over the Golan Heights. The air force said the Syrian warplane was struck by a missile fired by a PAC-2 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Islamist rebel militias have been advancing in Syria’s Golan Heights. Rebel militias are said to have defied Syrian air strikes and advanced in the Quneitra province near Israel. In heavy fighting, the rebels, led by Al Qaida’s Nusra Front for the Defense of the Levant, repulsed a Syrian Army operation […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Israel and Syria have joined to help rescue United Nations observers from Islamist rebel militias in the Golan Heights. Diplomatic sources said Israel and Syria provided fire and other support that enabled scores of members of the UN Disengagement Observer Force to flee Al Qaida’s Nusra Front for the Defense […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — An Israeli teenager, in the first such incident since the Sunni revolt, has been killed along the Syrian frontier. The Israeli Defense Ministry said the 13-year-old son of a contractor was killed in an explosion as they drove in a water truck south of the border crossing of Quneitra. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has deployed its Iron Dome missile and rocket defense system near the frontier with Syria. Military sources said the Israel Air Force has stationed an Iron Dome battery near the Golan Heights, divided between Israel and Syria. They said the battery was meant to protect against rocket […]
Special to WorldTribune.com AMMAN – Security sources said Jordan’s military reinforced its presence along the 370-kilometer border with Syria. Jordan has been hosting thousands of rebels trained by the United States. An estimated 2,500 rebels trained in Jordan were said to be fighting south of Damascus. The Jordanian alert came amid a Syrian military offensive […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Syrian military has headed toward the border with Israel and Jordan for an offensive against Sunni rebels. The opposition said the Syrian Army and Air Force launched a major offensive against U.S.-trained rebels near the frontier with Israel and Jordan. The opposition said the military deployed fighter-jets, attack helicopters, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Sunni rebels trained by the United States were advancing in southern Syria, a report said. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy said up to 20,000 rebels were operating in southern Syria, including along the borders of Israel and Jordan. In a report, the institute said the rebels have overpowered […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Syrian military has launched air and artillery strikes on rebel strongholds in the Golan Heights, shared with Israel. The Syrian assault has sparked an alert in Israel. The Israel Air Force is said to have intensified operations to block any intrusion by Syrian aircraft. Opposition sources said the military […]