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Russia and Turkey refuse to back down in row over jet downing
Jewish Journal
November 25, 2015
Russia sent an advanced missile system to Syria on Wednesday to protect its jets operating there and pledged its air force would keep flying missions near Turkish air space, sounding a defiant note after Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet.
Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border, Putin warns of ‘serious consequences’
Jewish Journal
November 24, 2015
Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border on Tuesday, saying the jet had repeatedly violated its air space, in one of the most serious publicly acknowledged clashes between a NATO member country and Russia for half a century.
Israelis line up for gas masks over Syria war fears
Jewish Journal
August 26, 2013
Thousands of Israelis are lining up for gas masks or ordering them by phone, spurred on by fears that any Western military response to last week\’s alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria could ensnare their own country in war.
Iran looks to the north
Jewish Journal
July 24, 2013
In the United States, our focus is on Iran’s activities to its west and east. Tehran supports Bashar Assad in Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, menaces oil exports in the Gulf and threatens Israel with annihilation.
Suicide bomber kills guard at U.S. embassy in Turkey
Jewish Journal
February 1, 2013
A far-leftist suicide bomber killed a Turkish security guard at the U.S. embassy in Ankara on Friday, officials said, blowing open an entrance and sending debris flying through the air.
Is Syria bluffing on chemical weapons?
Jewish Journal
December 6, 2012
As rebel forces move closer to Damascus, there are reports of activity in Syrian chemical weapons sites, raising fears in the region that Syria could use those chemical weapons.
Assad kept chemical weapons out of hands of extremists, Moshe Yaalon says
Jewish Journal
December 5, 2012
Syrian President Bashar Assad responded to past warnings about the security of chemical weapons by taking steps to keep them out of the hands of militants, Israel\’s vice prime minister Moshe Yaalon said on Wednesday.
Syrian clashes intensify near Turkey border
Jewish Journal
October 9, 2012
NATO said on Tuesday it had drawn up plans to defend Turkey if necessary against any further spillover of violence from Syria\’s border areas where rebels and government forces are fighting for control.
Israel says Syrian mortar strike was attack on NATO
Jewish Journal
October 4, 2012
Israel\’s Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor said on Thursday a deadly Syrian mortar strike on a Turkish town had to be considered an attack on a member of the NATO alliance.
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