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Are the Golan Heights Ground Zero for the Coming Conflict with Iran and Syria?

February 27, 2018

The coming war between Israel and Iran is nearly a foregone conclusion. The Iranian drone incident and F-16 downing now over 2 weeks old was not only the first direct clash between Israel and the Ayatollahs, i...

Israel Strikes Near Damascus

Gavriel Dan

January 9, 2018

Borders

According to Syrian sources, the Israeli airforce attacked targets just outside of Damascus early on Tuesday morning (Jan. 9th) . The official statement by the Syrian government said "that at 2:40 local time I...

SYRIAN WAR: Regime Forces Capture Strategic Hill Near the Golan, Jihadists Ask for Truce

Gavriel Dan

December 19, 2017

Borders

According to Al-Masdar News, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has captured the strategic hilltop of Tal Marwan, following a fierce battle with the jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham. Tahrir Al-Sham was formerly...

Israel Attacks Syria, but the Message Was for Russia and America

Micha Gefen

December 3, 2017

Borders, Politics

Regardless of how hard the Syrian regime controlled media and Russian propagandists spin it, Israel's attack on an Iranian base just 50km from the Golan Heights is a tactical failure on the part of the Shiite-R...

WAR DRUMS: Syrian Regime Takes Strategic Hills East of Israel’s Golan Heights

Micha Gefen

November 29, 2017

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Multiple sources in Syria have confirmed that despite ongoing fighting between the Syrian Regime and Jihadists, the regime has taken the Bardaya Hills just East of the town of Bayat Jin near the Golan Heights. ...

But for the grace of God- Iran in Syria & the lessons for Israel

Martin Sherman

November 25, 2017

Borders, Politics

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Only by resisting territorial concessions on the Golan, Israel prevented deployment of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards on the fringes of the Galilee; only by resisting territorial concessions in the “West Bank...

IDF Clashes with Syrian Army in the Golan

Orit ben Tzvi

November 18, 2017

Borders, Regional Analysis

The Syrian Army breaches the DMZ for the first time, breaking international law. Israeli tanks fired shells at a Syrian army position under construction within the internationally recognized DMZ between Isra...

War In Israel’s North Draws Close As Syrian Regime Advances in Beit Jinn

Gavriel Dan

November 8, 2017

Borders

According to sources in Syria, the Syrian Regime has made headway with its war on ISIS and is advancing within the Beit Jinn area. This brings it closer to the Golan DMZ. Led by their elite Gh...

Has Israel Reached the End of its Detente with Russia?

Gavriel Dan

September 4, 2017

Borders, Frontlines, Regional Analysis

There had been signs for months that the "special" understandings reached between Putin and Bibi Netanyahu were fraying. Afterall, Israel never chose to have Russia interject itself into the Syrian civil war, ...

Putin Holds the Key to the Golan

Gavriel Dan

August 28, 2017

Borders

The pervading assumption is that Vladamir Putin, Russia's President was willing to work with Israel. Afterall every time there has been a near conflict of interest between Israel and Russia, Bibi Netanyahu and...

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