Tomorrow, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss events in southwestern Syria. Netanyahu has already released a statement in advance of the meeting declaring that Israel “will not tolerate the establishment of a military presence by Iran and its proxies anywhere in...

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A Malaysian agency that serves as  a sales agent for Iran’s Mahan Air was sanctioned by the United States Treasury Department for its support for Iranian terror, Reuters reported Monday. Mahan Air, which is officially a commercial airline, itself was sanctioned in 2011 by the U.S. Treasury Department for “providing financial, material...

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The IDF targeted a Syrian army position following the landing of an errant mortar shell in a demilitarized section of the Golan Heights, The Jerusalem Post reported Friday. The shell was apparently fired during fighting between the Syrian army and rebel forces in the area. A statement from the IDF...

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“Salam Aleikum” began the letter that hundreds of Syrian refugees found attached to tents they received last week via the Israel Defense Forces’ Operation Good Neighbor. The letter was hastily written in English by Gal Lusky, who has been supplying humanitarian aid to Syrian victims of the civil war since 2011...

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Israel has transferred tons of aid to thousands of refugees escaping cities in southwestern Syria that have been bombed by the Assad regime and its Russian allies in recent weeks, Ynet reported Friday. Overnight, the IDF transferred about 300 tents, 15 tons of food, 15 tons of baby food, 30...

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In an exclusive press briefing hosted by The Israel Project in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said “Israel will not tolerate an Iranian presence in Syria. Period.” If diplomatic negotiations fail to resolve the crisis, Lapid insisted, Israel “will take any measures necessary.” Lapid – one...

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Iraq condemned an airstrike in eastern Syria that killed more than 50 pro-Assad forces and another 20 members of Iranian-backed, Iraqi Shiite militias, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. The Iraqi Foreign Ministry expressed “rejection and condemnation of any air operations targeting forces in areas where they are fighting ISIS, whether in...

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After talks of an agreement between Russia and Israel that would allow Syrian regime forces to re-take Iranian-held territory in southwestern Syria, Joshua S. Block, CEO and President of The Israel Project, argued in an op-ed published in The Algemeiner Tuesday that this arrangement “must be the beginning of the...

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When Syria ascended to the role of presidency of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament for one month on Monday, Robert Wood, the United States ambassador to the conference, called it “one of the darkest days in the history of the Conference on Disarmament.” The week at the U.N. did not get...

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday said all non-Syrian forces should withdraw from southwestern Syria as soon as possible, echoing his calls from earlier this week in an attempt to cool tensions between Israel and Iran. The Times of Israel reported that Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman is scheduled to...

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