Posts Tagged: FSA
IDF Closes Golan Border Area as Fighting in Syria Heats Up (VIDEO)
The Israeli army on Monday declared a swath of the country's border with Syria on the Golan Heights a closed military area, due to fighting...
The Free Syrian Army Can’t Shake Al Qaeda Ties
Cooperation between the Western-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) and al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, Jabhat al-Nusra, continues even as the FSA tries to obtain more American arms. The...
White House Slams Russian Sale of Arms to Syria
Times of Israel - The White House on Tuesday panned Russia over its planned sale of the advanced S-300 air defense system to Damascus,...
Free Syrian Army Chief of Staff: Israel is an Enemy Country
The Free Syrian Army Chief of Staff doesn't mince words when speaking of Israel. In a recent interview on Al-Jazeera, Salim Idris said "Israel is an...
Netanyahu, Obama Discuss Regional Security Issues in Phone Call
Washington Times - President Obama spoke to Prime Minister Netanyahu Wednesday on regional security issues and Middle East peace, the...
The Fourth Great War
This article by Shoshana Bryen was originally published by the Gatestone Institute. The announcement by Secretary of Defense Hagel that the United States will "rethink all options"...
Obama’s Seat on the Fence
NOTE: This article references a piece by Shimon Shapira that can be found at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs' website. The number of Syrians killed...
Obama’s “Red Lines” on Syria Resemble Zebra Stripes
If zebras had pink stripes, they would resemble President Obama's "red lines" on Syria. Obama's policy has communicated the following incoherent and spineless message: "In Libya...
White House ‘Horrified’ by Reports of Mass Execution in Syria
Politico - The White House says it is "horrified" by reports that more than 100 people were executed Thursday in a western Syrian town. White ...
Hagel: US Rethinking Opposition to Arming Syrian Rebels
New York Times - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel confirmed Thursday that the Obama administration was rethinking its opposition to arming the rebels in ...
Erdogan: Assad Used Chemical Weapons
Ynet - Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that Bashar Assad's regime has been using chemical weapons against the rebels, adding...
Turkey: Iran Behind Syria’s Use of Chemical Weapons
A source in Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development party told Kuwait's Al-Seyassah newspaper that Iran's Revolutionary Guard were overseeing...
Report: Obama Preparing to Arm Syrian Rebels
Ynet - US President Obama is preparing to send lethal weaponry to the Syrian opposition and has taken steps to assert more aggressive US...
IDF Intelligence: Assad Used Lethal Sarin Gas Against Syrian Rebels
The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has used lethal chemical weapons, mostly sarin gas, against armed rebels several times in the past few weeks, and...