Syria, Iraq recall ambassadors in falling-out over Damascus' terror havenDEBKAfile Exclusive Report August 25, 2009, 7:10 PM (GMT+02:00)  Death, devastation engineered from Syria Damascus has turned aside a demand from Baghdad to extradite two Iraqi Baathist leaders (Saddam Hussein's party) believed to have orchestrated from their base in eastern Syria the deadly coordinated bombing attacks which rocked the Iraqi capital on Aug. 19, killing 100 people and leaving more than 1,000 injured. This is reported by DEBKAfile's intelligence and counter-terror sources. This row is highly relevant to the Obama administration's ambition to improve relations with Damascus. | ||
British PM says Arab states must support peace processDEBKAfile Special Report August 25, 2009, 6:14 PM (GMT+02:00)  Brown receives Netanyahu at 10 Downing Street In supportive remarks after his talks with Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu in London, the British premier Gordon Brown commended Israel for dismantling West Bank roadblocks, recommended reciprocal moves by Arab states to support the peace process and said Iran's actions do not make its claims of peaceful atomic development convincing. Netanyahu voiced disappointment at the Palestinians' failure to match Israel's forward movement toward peace. | ||
The truth that kept Brown mum for five days on the Lockerbie bomber's release
DEBKA-Net-Weekly Exclusive Report
August 25, 2009, 6:04 PM (GMT+02:00)
The next DEBKA-Net-Weekly delves behind the obvious profit motive to discover what really drove the UK (and Scotland) to cut short Abdelbaset Ali Al Megrahi's life sentence for the 1998 Pan-Am bombing.
And why the furious dust-up between Washington and London?
Don't miss these new revelations - and more - in the coming DEBKA-Net-Weekly issue out Friday.
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Yemen is burning: US, Saudis, Egypt aid war on Iran-backed rebels
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis
August 24, 2009, 9:45 AM (GMT+02:00)
Yemeni soldier displays captured Iran-made heavy machine gun
In two weeks of warfare, the Yemen conflict has left more than 2,000 dead and up to 150,000 people homeless. Yet the Yemeni army has failed to break through to the Iranian-armed and trained Houthi rebel strongholds depite Saudi air force pounding.
This is the second war in less than a year in which US allies are pitted against Iran-backed forces. The first was Israel's three-week campaign against Hamas.
For further insights about this key war, read DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis below.
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