Thursday, 9 May 2013


Israeli- and Hizballah-controlled enclaves take shape inside Syria 
Israeli field hospital on Golan
Israeli field hospital on Golan
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 8, 2013, 10:13 PM (IDT)
As the Syrian army makes further gains against rebel forces, DEBKAfile reports Hizballah and Israel appear to be in the process of relocating their lines of confrontation from Lebanon to Syria. An incipient Israeli enclave is forming around the IDF medical facilities on the Golan for Syrian war wounded, while Hizballah is taking command of three pockets – Al Qusayr in central Syria, Shiite shrines in Damascus and 30 Shiite villages facing South Lebanon from southwestern Syria. Iranian Bassij militiamen are sharing control with Hizballah.
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Moscow & Hizballah Team up
Syrian Chemical warfare – out: Russian-Hizballah deal – in.
Israel Prepares for War in Syria
IDF troops massed along Syrian and Lebanese borders.
Iran’s Basij Goons in Damascus
More Iranian and Hizballah troops pour into Syria.
Russian S-300 anti-air missiles system
Russian S-300 anti-air missiles system
DEBKAfile Special Report
May 7, 2013, 2:19 PM (IDT)
Israel’s Binyamin Netanyahu, while in Shanghai, faced a sharp dressing-down from President Vladimir Putin Monday, May 6 and a warning that further Israeli attacks on Damascus would not be tolerated.  Putin said highly advanced Russian weapons, including S-300 air defense systems, would be supplied at speed to Syria. US Secretary of State John Kerry, on his arrival in Moscow, was met with Russia’s determination to match US-Israel intervention in the Syrian war. And Netanyahu was greeted in Beijing by Chinese President Xi Jinping’s pro-Palestinian “peace plan.”
 
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Damascus blasted by Israeli rockets
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis May 6, 2013, 12:05 PM (IDT)
Israel insists its  air force attacks on Syria targeted Hizballah and its Iranian weapons shipments. This does not cover explain the targeting Sunday, May 5, of Mt. Qassioun, moving Assad to threaten a war of attrition. The US plans to follow the Israeli operation with arms supplies for Syrian rebels and US air strikes.