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Jordan’s Security Interests in Southern Syria

Jordan’s Security Interests in Southern Syria

Beirut- The direct Jordanian military involvement in the Syria crisis, through painful blows launched against ISIS on the Syrian territories, has reflected a strategic shift in the Jordanian security plans on this front. This shift followed the unprecedented expansion...
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (right) shakes hands with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a 2013 meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow (AFP Photo/Alexei Nikolsky)


Russia Admits Drone Entered Israeli Airspace

Russia Admits Drone Entered Israeli Airspace

Tel Aviv – Three weeks after the Russian drone entered the Golan Heights airspace, Moscow admitted to the incident saying that it belonged to the Russian forces stationed in Syria. A high-ranking Israeli source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the drone had...
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Israeli soldiers walk towards the border with Syria, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights February 18, 2016. REUTERS/Baz Ratner – RTX27J0B


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Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad speaks during an interview with Russian state television RU24 in Damascus, Syria in this September 12, 2013 handout photo by Syria’s national news agency SANA. (Reuters/SANA/Handout Via Reuters)


Opinion: Israel prefers Assad to ISIS

Opinion: Israel prefers Assad to ISIS

In the last few years, the news that has been reaching us about the Syrian regime of Bashar Al-Assad has periodically veered all the way from the abominable to the absurd, arousing feelings of horror and complete shock, and sometimes even hysterical laughter deriving...
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Smoke billows in the Syrian town of Quneitra during the fighting between the Syrian army and rebels, as seen from the Israel side of the border, on September 1, 2014. (EPA/Atef Safadi)


Fighting continues on Golan Heights

Fighting continues on Golan Heights

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Fierce fighting between Syrian government forces and rebels erupted once more in the Golan Heights on Monday, while 44 Fijian soldiers from the UN peacekeeping force patrolling the region remained hostages of the Al-Nusra Front. The head of the...