UK deploys warplanes in Cyprus, 100km from Syria
Syria looks set to face a military onslaught as British media report that warplanes and transport jets are being deployed at the UK’s airbase in Cyprus. The spot is just a hundred kilometres from...
Category: The Middle East
World War 3? Russia and China step up warning over strike
Russia and China have stepped up their warnings against military intervention in Syria, with Moscow saying any such action would have “catastrophic consequences” for the region. The US and its allies are considering launching...
West could hit Syria in days, envoys tell rebels
(Reuters) – Western powers could attack Syria within days, envoys from the United States and its allies told rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad, sources who attended the meeting told Reuters on Tuesday. U.S. forces in the...
Syria crisis: UN chemical weapons inspectors shot at by snipers
UN experts looking into claims that Syria has deployed chemical weapons against its own people have been forced to abandon their investigation after they were shot at by snipers near Damascus. UN experts were...
New US Centcom war room in Amman for Syria war
Centcom has inaugurated its Forward Command center in Jordan. It is linked to Israeli, Jordanian and Saudi Air Force HQ, ready for a decision by President Barack Obama to impose a no-fly zone over...
Syrian opposition claims 1,300 killed in chemical attack
Britain will go to the United Nations over claims of a nerve gas attack near Damascus that rebels say has killed over 1,000 people, with William Hague saying the reports would mark a “shocking...
CIA documents acknowledge its role in Iran’s 1953 coup
The CIA has released documents which for the first time formally acknowledge its key role in the 1953 coup which ousted Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadeq. The documents were published on the independent...
For the first time, Iron Dome intercepts missile fired at Eilat
Terrorists fired a missile at Eilat shortly before 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning, triggering an air raid siren and activating the Iron Dome anti-rocket battery, which is stationed at the Red Sea city. The...
Israel will not sign future agreements with EU along terms stipulated in settlement guidelines
Prime Minister Netanyahu to ask for further clarifications about new European Union directive; PM, ministers in consensus that the guidelines significantly damaged the diplomatic process with the Palestinians. Israel will not enter into any...
Blast wounds four Israeli soldiers at Lebanese border
(Reuters) – An explosion at the border with Lebanon wounded four Israeli soldiers on Wednesday, and the Lebanese Army said the troops were inside Lebanese territory when the blast occurred. The incident, in an...
