Syrian forces fighting on behalf of the Bashar al-Assad regime wrested a key southern town from rebel control on Wednesday, the latest success for the Syrian army in a counteroffensive which has seen rebels dislodged from several critical towns and cities: Among the areas where this counteroffensive has been most...

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More details are emerging about an order given to Palestinian terrorist groups by Syria’s Basher al-Assad regime, under which the groups were given permission to conduct “operations” against Israel from within Syria. The Tower exclusively conveyed the news yesterday. The story was subsequently confirmed by Syrian media outlets, which described...

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By striking military targets inside Syria three times since January – twice this past weekend alone – Israel is engaging in what Former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles would have described as a “brinksmanship” strategy. It is not in Israel’s national interest to intervene in the bloody Syrian civil...

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Two mortar shells struck Israel’s Golan Heights on Monday in the early evening local time. Though the IDF described the mortars as accidental spillover from fighting across the border in Syria, they are bound to deepen fears of escalating violence in the region. On Friday and Sunday Israel reportedly struck...

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Israel is moving quickly to dampen regional tensions in the aftermath of Friday and Sunday air strikes which the Jewish state conducted against military assets in Syria. The air strikes were conducted by Israeli Air Force (IAF) jets hovering in Lebanese airspace, and targeted mostly Iranian and Hezbollah assets. Analysts...

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Tonight’s air strikes in Syria targeted sensitive military facilities, including ones staffed by Iran Revolutionary Guard personnel, according to Western government sources who focus on the Middle East and who spoke to The Tower. Those reports have yet to be publicly confirmed. Israel has consistently made clear that it will act to...

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Iran and its terrorist proxy Hezbollah are coordinating to seize control of large swaths of Syria in the aftermath of Bashar al-Assad’s expected downfall, according to analysis published today by Israeli Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Dr. Shimon Shapira: Suleimani… now appeared to be prepared to extend Iran’s control to all of Syria....

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The U.S. intelligence community has concluded that the Syrian army used chemical weapons against opposition forces, according to statements made today by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel first revealed the intelligence assessment, which was detailed in a letter to select members of Congress, while speaking to reporters...

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A little-seen video uploaded to YouTube yesterday claims to depict the funeral of an elite Hezbollah figure killed fighting in Syria on behalf of the Bashar al-Assad regime. The video comes amid deepening Iran-Hezbollah coordination on Syria. Hezbollah has declared that its participation in the conflict is a national, moral...

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French media is reporting that Jordan has granted Israel the use of its airspace to monitor developments and potentially strike targets in Syria. Le Figaro reported that Amman has opened two air corridors to Israeli drones – one through southern Jordan opposite the Negev and the other in the vicinity of...

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