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Hezbollah
Hezbollah Steps Up in Syria as Israel Tries to Ease Tension
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Afghanistan
New militant magazine appeals for help against drones
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Syria
Carla del Ponte, a leading member of the UN team investigating possible use of chemical weapons in Syria, said there were “strong concrete suspicions but not yet incontrovertible proof” that sarin gas had been used by Syrian rebels. The UN team later issued a statement stressing it had reached no conclusions, and the White House expressed doubts that the rebels had used chemical weapons. Israel said it is not on the side of the rebels, but Hezbollah claimed that recent Israeli airstrikes show Israel and the rebels have the same goals. As many as 100 Syrian solders are said to…
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Iran
Inside Assad’s Near-Perfect Plan to Turn Syria into ‘The Sinkhole’
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Iran
Israel’s Red Line Crossed, US Tacitly Backs Ally’s Strikes in Syria
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Israel
Israeli Attacks on Syria Fuel Debate Over US-Led Airstrikes
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Syria
Israeli jets carried out the second strike in 48 hours, allegedly against Hezbollah stocks of Fateh-110 missiles supplied by Iran. A military research facility at Jamraya was targeted, as were areas near Maysaloun on the Lebanese border and the nearby Dimas air base. State media claimed the attacks caused massive damage and many casualties. The government condemned the attacks and warned that Israel had “opened the door to all possibilities.”
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Israel
Israel pursues “war-within-war” in Syria air strikes
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Israel
Accusations and Escalation Fears After Syrian Strikes
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Syria
Off-the-Cuff Obama Line Put U.S. in Bind on Syria
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European Union
EU: Considering putting Hezbollah on terror list
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Israel
Syria strike shows Israel’s security burden increasingly borne by air force
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Israel reportedly strikes multiple targets in Syria in recent days
The Israeli Air Force is suspected of being behind two recent airstrikes in Syria. One of the strikes targeted Fateh-110 surface-to-surface missiles at a Damascus airport, while the other allegedly targeted a research center in Jamraya that was also targeted in January.
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Hezbollah
Hezbollah says won’t let US, Israel gain control of Syria
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Israel
Israel Tightens Border Defense as Syria Erupts
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Jabhat al-Nusra
Saudis Try to Quell Syria-Bound Jihad
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Hamas
Hamas’ Meshaal Says Latest US Peace Efforts ‘Will Fail’
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Syria
Government forces launched intense assaults against rebel forces in Homs and Deir al Zour. Sectarian fighting raged in Qusair. A clash broke out in the Turkish border town of Akcakale between police and Free Syrian Army fighters trying to enter Turkey. The opposition Syrian National Council denounced Hezbollah’s “threat” to intervene in Syria. Israel is growing more concerned that Syria’s arsenal, including chemical weapons, may fall into the hands of Hezbollah or the “Islamists of the opposition,” including the Al Nusrah Front.
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Afghanistan
Young German Jihadists Fight on Side of Rebels in Syrian War
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Syria
Where Are Syria’s Chemical Weapons?
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Israel
Israel wary about possibility of U.S. arming Syrian rebels
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Al Nusrah Front
Insight: Rebel gains in southern Syria sharpen Jordan’s dilemma
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Syria
Obama preparing to send lethal arms to Syrian opposition, officials say
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Egypt
US Grapples With Rift Among Mideast Allies
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Syria
A bomb attack in Damascus on the convoy of the Prime Minister killed six people but he escaped the assassination attempt. A UN team is investigating available information on the use of chemical weapons but has not been allowed into the country. A Free Syrian Army commander said Hezbollah is leading rebel forces in the town of Qusayr in Homs province.
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Al Qaeda
Britain ‘less eager’ to arm Syrian rebels following intel on Al-Qaida links
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Israeli Air Force struck SSRC facility without entering Syrian airspace
Israeli aircraft lobbed a bomb across the border to hit the Russian-made SA-17 antiaircraft missiles near the Scientific Studies and Research Center in Syria in late January.
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Russia
U.S. Analysis of Syria’s Russian-Made Air Defenses
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Russia
Russia Says Chemical Weapons No Pretext For Syria Intervention
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Jordan
Syria’s neighbors cautious about US-led intervention
