DEBKAfile Special Report December 30, 2012, 9:08 PM (GMT+02:00)
Victim of Syrian army poison gas attack in Homs
Both sides to the Syrian conflict appear to have launched a form of poison chemicals against their foes. Western and Middle East military sources say pro-Assad forces may have brought into the Homs battle of Dec. 23 imported gas grenades which Iran used to quell the 2009 Tehran riots. DEBKAfile: Although Jordan claimed Sunday it “would not enter into any alliance to protect itself,” large NATO and US forces have prepared the kingdom for chemical attack. Some intelligence sources estimate Turkey or Israel may be next after Jordan.
Syria Faces Partition
Russia plans to split Syria up with US, demands equal role for Iran in any settlement.
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Russia plans to split Syria up with US, demands equal role for Iran in any settlement.
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Iran Loses Its Fear of Military Attack
Its nuclear weapon program will bear first fruit by the end of 2012
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Its nuclear weapon program will bear first fruit by the end of 2012
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Ambassador Stevens Knew His Killers
He ran them from Benghazi as double agents against al Qaeda.
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He ran them from Benghazi as double agents against al Qaeda.
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Top Stories
- First joint Russian-Iranian military effort to save Assad
- Netanyahu, Abdullah air Palestinian-Jordan confederation
- Obama and Netanyahu’s nuclear clocks
- Iran, Hizballah to perpetuate grip on Syria
- Turkey drops boycott of Israel - breakthrough for Netanyahu
- Israel agrees Syria’s chemical arms now safe
- Russian forces say control Syrian chemical arms
- Russia sends Assad fearsome Iskander missiles
- Russian warships head for Mid-East waters
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Fateh missiles and Russian-Iranian military cooperation to bolster Assad
DEBKAfile Special Report
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December 29, 2012, 11:23 AM (GMT+02:00)
The Iranian Fateh A-110 surface missile
Moscow and Tehran have advanced from their strategic partnership for Bashar Assad's survival to military cooperation.DEBKAfile: An Iranian naval maneuver began in the Straits of Hormuz Friday, Dec. 28 - two days after Russia launched its largest naval war game ever in the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf. As Iranian-made Fateh A-110 missiles were fired this week by the Syrian army under Iranian officers, Moscow rapidly expanded the deployment of its highly-sophisticated S-400 interceptors near the Turkish border.
A Jordanian-Palestinian confederation aired by Netanyahu, Abdullah
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DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
December 27, 2012, 9:54 PM (GMT+02:00)
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visits Jordan's King Abdullah in Amman
A confederation plan for a Palestinian West Bank state and Jordan was the real subject of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s recent conversation with King Abdullah in Amman,DEBKAfile’s sources reveal – not Syria. This idea has become a focal talking point in Amman, Washington and Palestinian centers. It ties in with the report from US and Jordanian sources that Israel and the Palestinians will resume talks in the spring for a long-term interim accord, and defer the core issues indefinitely.
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