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Israeli reserves called up for Syrian, Lebanese borders. Military drill starts Sunday

Israel's Golan border with Syria

DEBKAfile Special Report April 30, 2013, 10:37 PM (GMT+02:00)

The Israeli military reserves call-up for the Syrian and Lebanese borders starting Tuesday, April 30, will continue until the end of the week, ready for a military maneuver next Sunday, May 5. DEBKAfile: The phased mobilization, expected to exacerbate regional tensions, is planned to keep pace with President Barack Obama’s cautious military momentum on Syria’s chemical weapons. Hizballah is also playing for time: Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech that Israel’s military steps should be viewed solely in the Syrian context. 

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Obama Orders 20,000 “Surge” Troops to Jordan

They will be lodged at Mafraq Air Base facing the Syrian border.

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Israel-Controlled Buffer Zones for Syria

Under a US-Jordanian-Israel plan for southern Syrian borderlands.

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Revived: Israeli-Turkish Military Cooperation

It covers Syria and Iraqi Kurdistan versus pro-Iranian Baghdad.

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Hizballah loses two high officers in major defeat at al-Qusayr near Homs

Al Qusayr battlefield where Hizballah was routed

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
April 29, 2013, 10:04 PM (GMT+02:00)

DEBKAfile reports Hizballah’s elite Al Qods Brigade suffered a grinding defeat – its gravest since first intervening in the Syrian civil war - and heavy losses at al Qusayr in the Homs sector Monday, April 29. The Al Qods Brigade commander, known as “Abu Ajib” and his lieutenant Hamza Ramloush, were killed along with scores of combatants dead and wounded in a surprise ambush mounted by rebel militias reinforced by radical Salafists from Lebanon. They were newly armed with Grad rockets.

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