Tag Archives: Damascus

Israel is accused of waging covert war across the Middle East

By Gideon Swift | Published: February 15, 2010
Israel is waging a covert assassination campaign across the Middle East in an effort to stop its key enemies co-ordinating their activities. Israeli agents have been targeting meetings between members of Hamas and the leadership of the militant Hezbollah group, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. They are also suspected of recent killings in Dubai, Damascus [...]
Posted in israel | Leave a comment

Netanyahu slaps down minister to end war of words with Syria

By Gideon Swift | Published: February 5, 2010
Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has slapped down his controversial foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, for warning President Bashar al-Assad of Syria that his regime would collapse if he attacked the Jewish state. Seeking to draw a line under a two-day war of words between Damascus and Jerusalem, Netanyahu’s spokesman clarified that Israel’s policy was to [...]
Posted in Syria, Wars and Rumors of Wars, israel | Leave a comment

Israel Assassinates Top Hamas Commander

By Gideon Swift | Published: January 29, 2010
Hamas claimed on Friday that Israeli agents assassinated one of the Palestinian militant group’s veteran operatives in a killing allegedly carried out last week in Dubai, and vowed to retaliate. The militant group identified its slain figure as Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, one of the founders of Hamas’ military wing that has been responsible for hundreds of [...]
Posted in Assassination, Hamas, israel | Leave a comment

U.S. to send ambassador to Syria after 4 years

By Gideon Swift | Published: June 24, 2009
President Barack Obama has decided to return a U.S. ambassador to Syria after a four-year hiatus as talks between the two nations intensify, U.S. media reported on Tuesday. The State Department informed Syria’s ambassador to Washington, Imad Mustafa, of Obama’s intention on Tuesday night, a senior administration official told the Washington Post. By returning a [...]
Posted in Syria, USA | Leave a comment