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Syria: What's Next? Should Israel Be Concerned?

By Abu Ali Express

What would be better for Israel in Syria: the continuation of Assad’s regime or a rebel-controlled Syria, where many factions lean toward ISIS and al-Qaeda?

Analysis

Tahrir al-Sham’s Syrian Strategy: A Moderate Mask or Genuine Shift?

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

The fallout from Israel’s success over Hamas and Hezbollah has triggered a domino effect threatening Syrian President Bashar Assad’s grip on power and Iran’s regional influence.

Abu Ali Express

Why Should Israel Care About What's Happening in Syria?

By Abu Ali Express

Right now, the Syrian Rebels hate the Iranians and Shiites more than they hate Israel.

Headline / IDF & Security / Syria / Iran / Hezbollah

Arab Report: Israel Destroyed Syrian Pantsir-S1 Air Defense System on Friday Night

By Jewish Press News Desk

Last week, Hezbollah claimed the Russian made anti-aircraft system was being deployed on the Golan Heights to block Israeli attacks.

Featured / Syria / Russia / International Conflicts

Syrian Rebels Shoot Down Russian Sukhoi 25 Fighter Jet, Kill Pilot

By JNi.Media

The downing of the plane came as Syrian government forces, backed by Russian air support and Iranian infantry, have intensified their offensive in Idlib, one of the last rebel-held bastions in Syria.

Headline / Syria / Russia

Syrian Air Force Bombing Damascus

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Syrian Rebels have taken over the eastern side of Damascus and attacked the Russian Embassy.

IDF & Security / Syria / Iran / News Briefs / Hezbollah

Iran Claims Hezbollah - Not Iranian Troops - Preparing for Large-Scale Operation on Golan Heights

By Jewish Press News Desk

The reports all agree that Assad's allies are massing near Israel's border with Syria. What's unclear is which enemy it is.

Syria / Iran / News Briefs / Hezbollah / ISIS

Killing of Senior Commander Starts Disputes Inside Hezbollah over Participation in Syrian War

By JNi.Media

Dissent in Hezbollah is growing as a result of the many losses of high ranking leaders, who have been dropping lately “like dominoes.”

News Briefs / Islamists / Iraq / ISIS

Food Poisoning Kills 45 ISIS Fighters

By Jewish Press News Desk

The ISIS terrorists died after breaking their fast at their Iftar meal with poisoned food...

Syria / Druze / News Briefs

Druze Mob Attacks IDF Ambulance, Reportedly Kills Syrian Wounded

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF ambulance was transporting 2 wounded Syrian to an Israeli hospital.

Israel / Syria / News Briefs

Rocket Alert on Golan - Nothing Hit Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Fighting near the border with Israel apparently set off the rocket alarm.

IDF & Security / Syria / Hezbollah

Arab Sources: IAF Attacked Sites in Syria

By Jewish Press News Desk

One of the bases that was reportedly hit is being used by Hezbollah and Assad's forces.

Syria / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Dozens Killed in Strategic Syrian Qalamoun Battles

By Shalom Bear

The area, along the Syrian-Lebanon border is strategically critical. It controls the Lebanon-Damascus supply pipelines and is how Hezbollah supports Bashar Assad's regime in Damascus.

Syria / US / News Briefs / Turkey / ISIS

US Soldiers Arrive in Turkey to Train 'Moderate' Rebels against ISIS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The US says it is vetting fighters so that weapons don't fall into hands of terrorists, which could mean the worst fighters will be trained.

Israel / Syria / News Briefs / Hezbollah / ISIS

Syrian Rebels Ask Israel to Bomb Hezbollah

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Rebels are worried that Assad and Hezbollah are regaining territory.

IDF & Security / Syria / Iran / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah / ISIS

Syria and Hezbollah Launch Attack on Rebels at Israel's Golan Border

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

You can’t choose your neighbors, and who would want to choose between Al Qaeda and Assad-Hezbollah?

J.E. Dyer

An Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program in What was Formerly ‘Syria’

By J. E. Dyer

Remnants of Assad’s nuclear program are alive and well, under the control of Hezbollah and Iran

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / News Briefs / Europe / Russia / ISIS

Syrian Rebels Claim They Overran Golan Spy Post Backed by Russians

By Jewish Press Staff

Underneath all of the mess in Syria, Israel prefers Russian-backed Assad over jihadist rebels.

IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs / Islamists / ISIS

After Mortar Strike, IDF Evacuates Israeli Civilians Near Quneitra

By Jewish Press News Desk

A mortar launched from Syria landed inside an Israeli agricultural area, close to 9am.

Israel / Syria / News Briefs / Islamists / ISIS

Updates from Kuneitra, Syria

By Shalom Bear

With new neighbors along our Syrian border, we thought we'd check out what they're saying and what's going on...

Terrorism / Analysis / IDF & Security / Syria / Gaza / Hamas / Global / News Briefs / Islamists / ISIS

Al Qaeda and ISIS are Israel’s New Northern Neighbors

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The bad news is that ISIS and Al Qaeda are on the Syrian Golan. The good news is that every terrorist in Syria is killing each other.

Syria / News Briefs / Islamists / ISIS

ISIS Slaughters 450 Captured Syrian Soldiers Since Wednesday

By Jewish Press News Desk

Many of the Syrian soldiers were not armed when ISIS captured and then slaughtered them.

Syria / News Briefs

Dozens Killed in Two Syrian Cities

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syrian soldiers and rebels killed more than 50 people and wounded more than 100 others in a car bomb blast in a regime-held neighborhood in Homs and mortar shelling attacks in Damascus. The car bomb explosion killed 36 people and wounded more than 85, most of them civilians. In Damascus, at least 17 died and […]

Terrorism / Syria / Iran / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Syrian Rebels Decimating Hezbollah

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syrian rebels have killed approximately 500 Hezbollah soldiers, including at least 15 in the past 10 days, according to sources quoted by the Beirut Daily Star. Social media and websites have depicted photos of the dead Hezbollah members, complete with praise for their “martyrdom” for carrying out their “jihadist duty.” Videos have been posted that […]

Israel / Syria / News Briefs

Report: Commander of Syrian Rebels Trained in Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Abdul-Ilah al-Bashir, the new commander of the Free Syrian Army, secretly trained in Israel last year after being admitted into to the country for medical treatment, according to the Arabic language Al-Ahd website. He was transferred to a hospital in Israel after he was wounded in a military operation. Rumors spread that he died and […]

Israel / Syria / Iran / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

US Backs Syrian Rebels' Ultimatum to UN to Keep Iran Out of Talks

By Jewish Press News Desk

The United States has backed an ultimatum by Syrian opposition forces to rescind an invitation to Iran to joint the Geneva II peace talks scheduled for Wednesday unless Tehran publicly accepts that the conference will establish a political process to end the rule of Syrian President Bassar al-Assad. The peace talks appeared to be over before […]

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs

Al Qaeda-Linked Car Bomb Kills 26 in Syrian Rebel Stronghold

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Al Qaeda-linked ISIL terrorist organization attacked a rebel-held city in northern Syria on Wednesday and killed at least 26 people in a car bomb explosion. Fighting between the rebels and ISIL has developed into a second civil war with the broader civil war between Syrian President Bassar al-Assad and opposition forces. ISIL denied claims […]

News Briefs / Saudi Arabia / United Nations (UN)

UN Human Rights Stops Updating Syrian Death Toll

By Jewish Press News Desk

The United Nations no longer will report on how many people have been killed in the raging Syrian civil war because it says it no longer has enough sources in the field for reliable information. The last official count by the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights was around 100,000, while the […]

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs

Syrian Rocket Smashes into Bus; 25 Dead

By Jewish Press News Desk

At least 25 people, including women and children, were killed in Aleppo Tuesday when Syrian forces attacked a bus with a rocket, according to the opposition Aleppo Medical Center, It said the attack from a nearby Syrian military base burned everyone inside the bus beyond recognition and that it was impossible to know the actual […]

Syria / News Briefs

‘Barrel Bombing’ Toll in Syria Reaches 300

By Jewish Press News Desk

More than 300 Syrians, including at least  87 children and 30 women, have been killed in the week-long “barrel-bombing” offensive by the regime on Syrian President Bassar al-Assad, opposition sources reported. The civil war’s violence, which consistently has been reported as the worst possible, continues to defy description for its barbarity on both sides. A […]

Syria / News Briefs

Assad’s Air Force Kills 14 Children in Bombing of Aleppo

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syrian President Bassar al-Assad’s Air Force dropped “barrel bombs” of explosives on Aleppo Sunday, killing 14 children and eight others, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. A school was hit by the bombs, the Observatory said, and another activist group reported that there were several helicopter attacks. The city, Syria’s second largest, […]

Syria / News Briefs

Rebels Kill Four Generals, 27 Troops, in Damascus Bomb Blast

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syrian rebels dealt a deadly and psychological to the Assad regime Sunday by apparently breaching security at a government building and setting off a blast that killed four generals and 27 soldiers, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Unconfirmed sources said the death was 75. The attack was carried out in  the […]

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / News Briefs / Hezbollah

Nasrallah Says Hezbollah Committed to Remain by Assad’s Side

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah told supporters in Beirut’s suburbs Thursday, “We won’t bargain our presence in Lebanon, Syria and the axis of resistance for some ministerial portfolios” to form a new Lebanese government. He said he is defending Syrian President Bassar al-Assad because he backs the “resistance” against Israel. Nasrallah appeared in public, a rare […]

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / Iran / News Briefs / Saudi Arabia

Iran Claims Syrian Forces Seized Israeli Missiles from Rebels

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iran’s government-controlled Fars News Agency reported on Sunday that Syrian forces seized “Israeli-made missiles, machine guns, rifles and communication devices” in clashes with rebels in the Daraa region. Saudi Arabia has been known to be a major supplier of weapons to opposition forces, so if the report has any validity, it raises the fanciful scenario […]

Syria / News Briefs / Lebanon / Islamists / Hezbollah / Iraq

Syrian Rebels Kill 17 Hezbollah Fighters in Direct Hit (Video)

By Jewish Press Staff

Syrian opposition forces again prove Hezbollah is not invincible. They posted a video showing a direct hit near Damascus on a multi-story Hezbollah building, which collapsed like dominoes.

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs

Syrian Mine Blows Up Minibus; Women and Children among 21 Dead

By Jewish Press News Desk

A mine explosion as a minibus drove by on Wednesday killed 21 people, including women and children, near the birthplace of the Arab Spring revolution against the Assad regime more than three years ago. Four children and six women were among the victims in the city of Noa in the Deraa province, according to the […]

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs

Car Bomb Kills Dozens in Rebel-Held Syrian Town

By Jewish Press News Desk

A car bomb in a Syrian rebel-held town near the Turkish border killed at least 39 people Monday, but the death toll is expected to rise because of a large number of people suffered serious to critical injuries. Activists posted a video showing residents of Darkoush carrying bodies amid extensive damage to nearby buildings. No […]

Syria / Global / News Briefs

Syrian Violence Spills Over to – Australia

By Jewish Press News Desk

Violence in the Syrian Civil War knows no borders and has spillover as far as away as Australia, where shooting and arson attacks have taken place. A Melbourne-based nurse visited Syria twice to help with humanitarian efforts on behalf of rebels  and said her husband’s car had been firebombed and their hem shot at, the […]

Syria / US / Qatar / Iran / News Briefs / Turkey / Islamists / Saudi Arabia / United Nations (UN)

Syrian Chutzpa: ‘Foreign Terrorists’ Invasion is Our 9/11’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It is chutzpa but no surprise that Syria told the U.N. the “terrorist” rebellion is its 9/11. It is a surprise that the US delegates did not throw him out of the General Assembly.

Terrorism / Syria / US

Syrian Rebels Signing up with Al Qaeda

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hundreds of Syrian rebels have signed up to fight in the northern and eastern areas of Syria with Al Qaeda against Bassar al-Assad's forces, according to sources quoted by Reuters. Al Qaeda  forces, primarily the Nusra terrorist group that is linked with Al Qaeda,  are better trained and more effective than many opposition fighters, and […]

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / US / News Briefs / Europe / Hezbollah / Russia

Liberman: No Confirmation that Assad Sent Poison Gas to Iraq

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel has no information to confirm Syrian rebel claims that the Assad regime has sent part of its stockpile of chemical weapons to Iraq, Knesset Member and former Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman told Voice of Israel radio Sunday. However, the regime still is planning to ship the illegal weapons to Iraq and to Hezbollah, Free […]

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / US / News Briefs / Europe / Islamists / Hezbollah / United Nations (UN) / Russia

New Poison Gas Attack Claimed in Syria, but Has the Clock Run Out?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Is Assad’s mind so twisted that he used chemical weapons again? Or are the rebels equally twisted enough to gas Assad’s soldiers and then accuse the regime. And does it matter anymore?

Terrorism / Syria / US / Eye on "Palestine" / Iran / News Briefs / Turkey / Europe / Lebanon / Islamists / Saudi Arabia / Hezbollah / Egypt / Russia

9/11 Spreads in the Middle East

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Al Qaeda brought down the Twin Towers 12 years ago. With the help of other terrorists, it is bringing down Mideast regimes, banking on chaos to spread its policy of destruction of the West.

Terrorism / Syria / US / News Briefs

Report: Syrian Pilots Sign Pledge to be ‘Kamikaze Suicide Pilots’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Suicide may be the easiest way out for Syrian pilots who have not already defected. And if they see they are going to die anyway, why not take along as many Americans and Israelis as possible?

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs / Gulf States / UAE

Syrian Opposition Claims Gulf States Sent 400 Tons of Weapons

By Jewish Press News Desk

Gulf states supporting Syria rebels in the civil war against Syrian President Bassar al-Assad have sent them 400 tons of arms, opposition sources told Reuters Sunday. Most of the shipments contained ammunition for anti-=-aircraft machine guns and shoulder-fired weapons. The ammunition and arms cross into northern Syria form Turkey. The movement of weapons for rebels […]

Syria / Government

Netanyahu Worried about 'Tragedy and Crime’ in Syria

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Cabinet Sunday morning that Syria falls into the same category as Iran when it comes to Israel’s having to strike first in order to defend itself against a threat that could destroy the country. Referring to the use of chemical weapons across the northern border, the Prime Minister said, […]

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Nasrallah Has Golden Opportunity to Become Martyr in Syria

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Nasrallah said he is willing to personally fight in Syria. The next day one of his commanders there was killed. Now he has his golden opportunity to become a martyr, but don’t hold your breath.

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs

Rebels’ Car Bomb Kills 18 in Christina-Druze Damascus Suburb

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syrian rebels set off a car bomb and killed at least 18 people and wounded dozens of others in a predominantly Christian and Druze suburb of Damascus Tuesday night. Rebels have suspected Syrian Druze and Christians, who have to portray themselves as neutral in the civil war, of secretly supporting the Assad regime. Official state […]

Israel / Syria / News Briefs

Suicide Attack Helps Rebels Take Over Syrian Military Airport

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syrian rebels staged a suicide attack that enabled its forces to overcome government troops and take over a key air base in northern Syria Tuesday morning. Rebels also seized tanks and arms. The victory was both military and moral, coming after last week’s Syrian offensive that took back control of areas in Homs and in […]

Syria / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Gigantic Explosion at Syrian Ammo Depot Kills Dozens (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Syrian rebels and Assad’s forces are fighting it out to see which side is more brutal and inhuman. An explosion at a rebel-bombed Syrian army depot looks like an Atomic bomb blast.

Syria / News Briefs / Religion

Al-Qaeda-Linked Terrorists Abduct Jesuit Priest in Syria

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Rebels linked to Al-Qaeda have abducted Italian Jesuit Priest Paolo Dall’Oglio, a well-known advocate of Christian-Muslim dialogue and a vocal critic of the government of President Bashar al-Assad. The Vatican’s envoy to Syria, Archbishop Mario Zenari, told Vatican Radio that he has no official confirmation of Dall’Oglio’s abduction, who reportedly was kidnapped in the rebel-held […]

IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs / Lebanon

Air Force Flies over Lebanon, Rebels Claim IAF Hit Missile Convoy

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syrian rebels claimed on Saturday that the Israeli Air Force bombed a convoy of missiles headed from Syria for Hezbollah, while Lebanon reported that IAF planes flew over several regions of the country. The Lebanese El-Nashra website reported that Israeli jets bombed Syrian posts. .No other source has confirmed a strike on a missile convoy. […]

Syria / US / News Briefs

Obama Closer to Arming Rebels in Syria

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Barack Obama is closer to presenting a plan to directly arm Syrian rebels, but he still faces Congressional opposition. “The House Intelligence Committee has very strong concerns about the strength of the administration's plans in Syria and its chances for success," House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers,  a Republican from Michigan, said in a […]

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Is It against Israeli Law to Fight with Syrian Rebels?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It is forbidden to travel to enemy states, such as Syria. That was enough to jail an Israeli Arab, who was spared a heavier sentence because there is no law against fighting with Syrian rebels.

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / US / News Briefs / Islamists / Hezbollah

Arming Rebels May Give Al Qaeda Missiles that Can Down Israeli Plane

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Obama wants to arm Syrian rebels. Saudi Arabia is giving them anti-aircraft missiles. And Al Qaeda has a how-to manual use them. Then it can do what Israel feared Assad would do – down an Israeli plane.

Rubin Reports

Obama Doctrine: Alliance with Muslim Brotherhood for 'Stability'

By Barry Rubin

The weapons will be given to people whose politics encompass hatred for Jews, Christians, the West generally, and Women.

Syria / News Briefs / Islamists / Egypt

Morsi to Cut Off Relations with Syria

By Jewish Press News Desk

Egyptian’s Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi announced Saturday he will cut diplomatic ties with the regime of  Bashar Assad and close Cairo’s embassy in Damascus. He also demanded that Hezbollah leave Syria adding, “There is no business or place for Hezbollah in Syria.” Morsi spoke at a rally organized by hardline Islamists, whose clerics told […]

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / US / Hamas / Iran / News Briefs / Turkey / Palestinian Authority / Jordan / Hezbollah / Egypt

Iran and US in Proxy War in Syria

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Iran and the US don’t have to go to war. They already are there. Obama arms Sunni rebels. Iran sends Hezbollah Shi’ites to help Assad. And Israel prays it won’t get the dirty end of the stick.

Syria / US / News Briefs

US to Arm Rebels, Mulls No-Fly Zone in Syria

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Obama jumps off the fence and will arm rebels. Military planners proposed a limited no-fly zone in Syria to help arm rebels. The US charges that Assad has killed more than 100 with chemical weapons.

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs

Double Suicide Bombings in Center of Damascus Kill 2

By Jewish Press News Desk

A double suicide bombing in the center of Damascus morning killed at least two people and injured two dozen others, according to a regime-operated television station. The reported attacks coincide with what appears to be the upper hand that Hezbollah has given forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad. They are prep raring to recapture […]

Terrorism / Syria / Iran / News Briefs / Islamists / Hezbollah

Sen. Menendez: US-Israeli Bond Stronger than Turbulent Mideast

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel could not ask for a friendlier Foreign Relations panel chairman than NJ Sen. Menendez. He used the left-wing Haaretz to state the US needs to intervene in Syria. Faint hopes for ”peace process.”

Terrorism / Syria / US / News Briefs

McCain Slips into Syria to Meet with Rebels

By Jewish Press News Desk

Sen. John McCain Monday slipped into Syria from Turkey Monday and met with Syrian rebel leaders, who appealed for direct U.S. military aid, the Daily Beast reported. Sen. McCain has been outspoken in his harsh criticism of the Obama administration for not having helped the rebels long ago to topple the regime of Syrian President […]

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / News Briefs / Hezbollah

Rebel Rockets on Beirut Signal Civil War across from the Galilee

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

An unstable enemy country is often worse than a known foe. Syrian rebel rocket attacks on Hezbollah areas in Beirut leave Israel with a powder keg from the Golan Heights to the Mediterranean Sea.

Syria / News Briefs / Islamists

Syrian Says Prime Minister Survived Car Bomb Explosion

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rebels, termed “terrorists” by the Assad regime, killed six people in a car bomb explosion in Damascus that failed to claim the life of its main target, Prime Minister Wael al-Halaqi. Official state media broadcast the report of the car bomb, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed it. The apparent suicide attack was […]

Terrorism / Syria / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Israeli Arabs

Israeli Arab Citizen Charged with Joining Syrian Jihadists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Nearly 1.5 million Arabs are Israelis. Most are decent citizens, even if not Zionists. But more and more want to destroy Israel. For the first time, an Israeli Arab allegedly joined Syrian jihadists.

Syria / US / News Briefs

US-Backed Syrian Rebel Coalition Collapses

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The US State. Dept. has scored another colossal failure in the Middle East. It pressured rebels to from a shadow government despite warnings it would not work. but it did work – for a week. Game over.

Syria / News Briefs / Islamists

US Citizen Chosen as Syrian Rebel’s Interim Leader

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syrian rebels have narrowly elected a Syrian with American citizenship as their interim leader, opponents say the move is ridiculous because of their lack of solid control of rebels over parts of Syria. The rebel’s leader is Ghassan Hitto, 50, an information technology executive who lived in Texas until recently, The New York Times reported. […]

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