by The Jerusalem Connection | Feb 21, 2018 | Hizballah, Syria and Lebanon
BY Ynetnews— The exchange of threats between Israel and Iran continued on Monday in the wake of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the Munich Security Conference, with a senior Iranian official saying Tel Aviv would be “leveled to the...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Feb 19, 2018 | Syria and Lebanon
By Reuters— United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday he was worried about the possibility of a direct confrontation between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group. Guterres said the latest signals from Israel and the...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Feb 19, 2018 | Iran, Syria and Lebanon
By Herb Keinon, JPost— Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov chastised Iran on Monday for calling for Israel’s destruction during a panel discussion in Moscow where Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif was sitting with him on the dais. “We have stated many times...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Feb 15, 2018 | Iran, Russia, Syria and Lebanon
BY AMOS YADLIN, ARI HEISTEIN, Foreign Policy— With the Syrian rebels on the run and the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gaining momentum, Iran is seeking to rewrite the “rules of the game” governing Israel’s actions in Syria. Last weekend’s clashes on...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Feb 14, 2018 | Hizballah, Iran, Syria and Lebanon
By Anna Ahronheim, JPOST— Israel will do everything necessary to prevent Iran from consolidating itself in Syria, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said Wednesday. “Iran declared war on us. The highest echelons in Tehran want to erase the Zionist entity; they do...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Feb 12, 2018 | Iran, Syria and Lebanon
By Deborah Danon, Breitbart— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is said to have warned Iran via European leaders in recent weeks that he would respond militarily to any provocation, an Israeli TV report said Sunday. Prior to Israel’s downing of an Iranian drone...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Feb 12, 2018 | Iran, Syria and Lebanon
By JNS— In the early hours Saturday morning, Israel and a Syrian-Iranian alliance became engaged in a confrontation that left an Israeli F16 destroyed, in addition to the downing of an Iranian-made drone, and numerous military targets within Syria destroyed....
by The Jerusalem Connection | Feb 12, 2018 | Iran, Syria and Lebanon
By Israel Hayom Staff— Security officials believe the downing of an Israeli Air Force jet over the weekend will make Iran more determined to bolster its military presence in Syria, surmising that additional clashes are just around the corner. The F-16 fighter...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Dec 5, 2017 | Palestinian Authority, Peace Process, Syria and Lebanon
By Tal Polon, Breaking Israel News— The chances of war on Israel’s northern border could be “weeks” away, according to Israel’s Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer. In an interview on Monday with Politico touching on a wide range of issues, Dermer said that the...
