July 3, 2026 Categories: Aaron Klein
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The official said there is information that Russia recently shipped a large convoy of Iskandar ballistic missiles and surface-to-air missiles to Hizbullah.
Earlier this month, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem traveled to Russia to meet with the country’s president, Vladimir Putin, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi.
This column reported at the time that according to a source in Assad’s regime, Putin and Lavrov assured Moualem that Russia “won’t stand for” any Western attack on Assad and that the Russians pledged “support” and “protection” to the Assad regime.
That pledge came amid pressure from Turkey and Saudi Arabia on the Obama administration to expand the fight against ISIS in Syria and target Assad’s forces.
Is ISIS Making A Move In Egypt?
In recent weeks Egypt arrested dozens of foreign jihadists in the Sinai Peninsula, stoking fears that Islamic State militants are seeking to open a new front in Egypt, an Egyptian security official told KleinOnline. The official said the Egyptian military brass were alarmed by the number of foreign jihadists who had infiltrated the Sinai, with those jihadists arrested in recent raids originating from such countries as Pakistan, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, and beyond. The first raids took place earlier this month. More were reported arrested in Egyptian military raids of the Sinai last Wednesday and Thursday.
