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Netanyahu says he and Putin agreed on ways to avoid conflict between their forces in Syria. For years Israel has had a free hand to attack arms transfers to Hezbollah.

http://news.yahoo.com/russia-syria-did-putin-just-clip-israels-wings-145309020.html

Rebels see tougher war with Russians in Syria, evoke Afghanistan

Rebels who have inflicted big losses on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad say Russia's intervention in support of its ally will only lead to an escalation of the war and may encourage the rebels' Gulf Arab backers to pour in more military aid.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/09/21/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-rebels-insight-idUKKCN0RL0ED20150921

US-trained Division 30 Rebels 'Betrayed US
Hands Weapons Over to al-Qaeda's Affiliate in Syria'

Pentagon-trained rebels in Syria are reported to have betrayed their American backers and handed their weapons over to al-Qaeda in Syria immediately after re-entering the country.

Fighters with Division 30, the “moderate” rebel division favoured by the United States, surrendered to the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra, a raft of sources claimed on Monday night.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42928.htm

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Over recent months the situation in the Mediterranean has served as a dramatic reminder of what the leaders of Europe have tried hard to forget. The Syrian crisis has reached Europe. Although a lot of talk has been made over numbers and percentages of refugees that every country may or may not accept, let’s not forget that behind those numbers and the showy emotionalism of the politicians hides the ugly side of world politics.

The plans to overthrow the “annoying” regimes in the Middle East began at the time when the war hawks of Washington and their European allies prepared the first Iraqi war.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/09/17/the-dirty-politics-behind-the-syrian-conflict/

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In his book, “The WikiLeaks Files: The World According to US Empire”, Julian Assange claims that United States had called Saudi Arabia and Egypt to promote sectarian conflict in Syria by destabilizing its government.

http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/world/us-saudi-planned-to-stir-up-sectarian-conflict-in-syria-wikileaks-903/

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Former CIA chief and retired general David Petraeus said Tuesday that the US should consider luring individual fighters away from al Nusra Front, al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, to help in the fight against the Islamic State group.

http://www.france24.com/en/20150902-us-lure-opportunistic-fighters-qaeda-nusra-syria-petraeus

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As Britain's politicians return to parliamentary duty on September 7 after summer recess, they will face ever-present questions surrounding the UK's role in combating the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

In July, British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon announced that UK air strikes against ISIL fighters in Iraq - endorsed by parliament last year - would continue until 2017.

But fresh from the general election victory in May, the Conservative government of Prime Minister David Cameron has made no secret of its wish to extend its military sorties into Syria - putting it on a potential collision course with parliament, and raising questions about the limits of Britain's global ambitions.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2015/08/emboldened-uk-government-eyes-isil-strikes-syria-150813084948910.html

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The Islamic Jihad group in the Gaza Strip has denied Israeli reports claiming that the group took responsibility for rocket fire from Syria into northern Israel Thursday, a spokesperson said.

The Israel army said that rockets fired into northern Israel earlier in the day were fired from Syria by the Islamic Jihad group and held the Syrian government responsible for the attacks.

Islamic Jihad Spokesman Daoud Shibah in response told Ma'an: "We categorically deny that Islamic Jihad took responsibility for the rockets fired into the Galilee."

He added that such reports are "malignant" attempts to divert attention from Israeli crimes against prisoners and hunger striker Muhammad Allan.

http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=767163

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Planlose Außenpolitik der USA?: Bereits seit Monaten fliegt die US-Luftwaffe Angriffe auf Stellungen des Islamischen Staates in Syrien und ermöglichte es somit v.a. kurdischen Kämpfern am Boden, Städte gegen Angriffe des IS zu verteidigen und Gebiete zu erobern. Seit dem Anschlag auf ein Jugendcamp zum Wiederaufbau Kobanes in Suruç am 20. Juli 2015 beteiligt sich auch die Türkei an Angriffen auf syrisches Territorium, die jedoch überwiegend PKK-nahen Kämpfern gelten.

http://politik-im-spiegel.de/syrien-wie-luftabwehr-und-vlkerrecht-ausgehebelt-wurden/

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Five militants, including two from Hezbollah, were reportedly killed near Israel-Syria border; six reportedly wounded in unrelated strike in Lebanon.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.668447

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Key lawmakers have moved to slash funding of a secret CIA operation to train and arm rebels in Syria, a move that U.S. officials said reflects rising skepticism of the effectiveness of the agency program and the Obama administration’s strategy in the Middle East.

The House Intelligence Committee recently voted unanimously to cut as much as 20 percent of the classified funds flowing into a CIA program that U.S. officials said has become one the agency’s largest covert operations, with a budget approaching $1 billion a year.

“There is a great deal of concern on a very bipartisan basis with our strategy in Syria,” said Rep. Adam B. Schiff (Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the intelligence panel. He declined to comment on specific provisions of the committee’s bill but cited growing pessimism that the United States will be in a position “to help shape the aftermath” of Syria’s civil war.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/lawmakers-move-to-curb-1-billion-cia-program-to-train-syrian-rebels/2015/06/12/b0f45a9e-1114-11e5-adec-e82f8395c032_story.html

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Israel Exposes World’s First (Alleged) Facebook Espionage Ring, Claims Golan Druze Spied for Syria

This is a slightly expanded version of a report that ran in Middle East Eye this past Monday. I am seeking to translate this piece into both Arabic and Hebrew. If you can help, please be in touch:

In 2012, Israel released the longest-serving Arab security prisoner, Sedki al-Maket, from prison. He had served 27 years on charges of planning a terror attack. Al Maket, age 48, is a resident of Majdal Shams, the major town in Israeli-occupied Golan.

On gaining his freedom, he turned to fighting Israel’s 45-year Occupation of the Golan. Al Maket is an ardent supporter of the Assad regime and views Syria as his homeland. As such, he embraces Assad’s ally, Hezbollah and those supporting liberation of Israeli-occupied territory in Lebanon, the Golan or Palestine.

Since his release, he has not engaged in violence or armed struggle. He has made speeches, written articles in the Arab press, posted to social media, and blessed armed struggle without participating in it. In addition, the security services claim al Maket scouted IDF activities in the Golan, especially army aid offered to the Syrian Islamist rebels associated with al Nusra.

http://www.richardsilverstein.com/2015/04/09/israel-exposes-worlds-first-alleged-facebook-espionage-ring-claims-golan-druze-spied-for-syria/