An official with the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) warned the Hizbullah terror group on Tuesday to end its involvement in the Syrian conflict and stop backing government troops. Brigadier General Salim Idris, the current chief of Staff of the Supreme Military Council of the FSA, told Al Arabiya, “If the attacks of Hizbullah [on] […]
May 27, 2013 14:08 by Pesach Benson Huge scoop at Le Monde: Correspondent Jean-Philippe Rémy personally witnessed chemical weapons attacks on the outskirts of Damascus: Searching for words to describe the incongruous sound, he said it was like ‘a Pepsi can that falls to the ground.’ No odor, no smoke, not even a whistle to […]
by Daniel Pipes May 27, 2013 updated May 26, 2013 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner The logo of Hizbullah, the Lebanese terror group, consists of a hand emerging from the Arabic spelling of the group’s name (“Party of God”) clutching an assault rifle, probably an AK-47. But with the battle of Qusayr underway, […]
May 23, 2013 16:31 by Pesach Benson Today’s Top Stories 1. PA officials told AP they’re already gearing up for “the day after” John Kerry’s peace push goes down the tubes: Palestinians believe the U.S. effort to restart peace talks is doomed, and they’re preparing instead to resume their campaign of seeking membership in key international […]
A key Senate committee on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved legislation that calls for the U.S. to provide small arms to moderate Syrian opposition groups fighting strongman Bashar al-Assad, the Wall Street Journal reports. The 15-3 vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee showed broad support from both Democrats and Republicans for arming the rebels, though some […]
May 19, 2013 15:32 by Pesach Benson Russia’s supplying Syria with advanced Yakhonts anti-ship missiles. The NY Times, which broke the story, explains why these “ship-killer” rockets matter in a civil war where rebels have zero naval capabilities: Unlike Scud and other longer-range surface-to-surface missiles that the Assad government has used against opposition forces, the […]
May 19, 2013 15:12 by Yarden Frankl The South African television show Carte Blanche broadcast an episode on the Syrian civil war. On the show, they interview a Syrian woman who blames Israel for the bloodshed. Not surprisingly, she works for Syrian National Television and is a supporter of President Assad. She is obviously just […]
May 16, 2013 12:42 by Pesach Benson Top Stories 1. UK taxpayers are funding BDS garbage, with an assist from the UN. The Jerusalem Post reports: Charles Tannock, a Member of the European Parliament, told The Jerusalem Post: “I totally oppose the promotion, by a UK taxpayer-funded organization such as the British Academy, of events […]
Rebels fighting against Syrian strongman Bashar Assad’s forces have published a shock video showing one of them eating the heart of a dead rival. This is a link to the extremely disturbing video. Some in Israel saw the video as further proof that the U.S. is pursuing a wrongheaded Middle East policy. David Haivri of […]
May 5, 2013 18:51 by Simon Plosker The BBC has noticeably failed to acknowledge that acts of terror against Israeli civilians are exactly that, and that Palestinians who murderously target Israeli civilians with knives, rockets and suicide bombs are terrorists. However the BBC has discovered the “T” word courtesy of the despicable Syrian regime of […]
