Publication: DEBKA

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Kerry calls for “hard decisions” in Israel - while Hizballah-al Qaeda forces build up in Syria

Al Qaeda gunmen march into SyriaAfter spending 48 hours in Jerusalem and Ramallah, trying to talk Israeli and Palestinian leaders into reviving the long-stalled Middle East peace process, US Secretary of State John Kerry’s exit line Friday, May 24, was: ... [Published DEBKA - May 24 2013]

Entities: John Kerry, Syria, Israel, Al-Qaeda, Hizballah

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Theresa May

Two terrorists behead a British soldier on a London street, first such Islamist outrage in the West

Tags: Britain, Islamists, Terrorists, London,The terrorists jumped on their victim from this car shouting Allahu AkbarTwo as yet unidentified Muslin terrorists chanting Allahu Akbar assaulted a British soldier on a street close to the Royal Barracks ... [Published DEBKA - May 22 2013]

Entities: Terrorists, London, Allahu Akbar, Theresa May

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Hassan Nasrallah

Israel’s dithering over Golan strikes gives Assad go-ahead for war of attrition

Tags: Israeli security, war on Israel, Syrian-Hizballah pact, Bashar Assad, Moshe Yaalon, Benny Gantz,Lt. Gen.Benny Gantz inspects Syrian Golan positionsThe Syrian army in more than two years of fighting a civil war has proved to be highly professional, ... [Published DEBKA - May 22 2013]

Entities: Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Benny Gantz, Hizballah

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Isreal jets fly over E. Lebanon, head north over Beirut, after striking targets in Syria

Israeli military activity is reported in Lebanon Saturday, May 4 and not just over Syria.US sources said earlier Israeli warplanes had struck targets in Syria including a chemical weapons depot outside Damascus, firing missiles remotely from Lebanese ... [Published DEBKA - May 04 2013]

Entities: Lebanon, Syria, Beirut, Israel, Military/Armed Forces

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Barack Obama

Obama’s non-response to Assad’s chemical weapons would encourage a nuclear Iran

Tags: chemical weapons Barack Obama Bashar Assad US military action Israel HizballahFacing a tough decisionPresident Barack Obama faced a tough decision Friday, April 26, on how to handle Bashar Assad’s use of chemical weapons just a month after ... [Published DEBKA - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Chemical Weapon, Barack Obama, White House

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

White House to Congress: Assad has used chemical weapons. Israeli jets down Hizballah drone opposite Haifa

Tags: drone Hizballah Israel Air Force Binyamin Netanyahu chemical weapons Bashar Assad Chuck HagelHizballah droneIn a remarkable reversal, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in Abdu Dhabi Thursday afternoon, April 25, that the US intelligence ... [Published DEBKA - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Hizballah, Haifa (Israel), Chemical Weapon

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Al-Qaeda

Boston terror focuses Hagel ME trip on Syria & al Qaeda - instead of Iran

Tags: Boston Chuck Hagel Syria Al Qaeda Barack Obama Vladmir Putin IntelligenceDefense Secretary Chuck Hagel in IsraelBefore landing in Israel for his first visit as Defense Secretary Sunday, April 21, Chuck Hagel told reporters that the $10 billion ... [Published DEBKA - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Al-Qaeda, Chuck Hagel, Iran, Boston (Massachusetts, United States), Syria

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

The Tsarnaev brothers were double agents who decoyed US into terror trap

Tags: Boston bombing attack Caucasus Saudi Arabia Terrorism FBI IntelligenceTTamerlan Tsarnaev killed. His brother Dzhokhar capturedThe big questions buzzing over Boston Bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have a single answer: It emerged in ... [Published DEBKA - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: Decoy, Al-Qaeda, Wahhabi Islam

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

Boston terrorist bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev captured

Tags: Boston bombing attack FBI terrorist suspects MIT ChechnyaMassive Boston manhunt for terrorist Dzhokhar TsarnaevA massive police operation in Boston ended Friday night, April 19, with the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, suspected of the twin ... [Published DEBKA - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Boston (Massachusetts, United States), Terrorists, Watertown (Massachusetts, United States), Bomber

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 3 reports

Two Dagestani brothers nembers of Chechen Wahhabi cell identified as responsible for Boston terror

Tags: Boston bombing attack FBI terrorist suspects MITThe two Boston bombing suspects on filmParts of Boston, Watertown and other outlying towns were placed under curfew and public transport suspended Friday, April 19, as police huntedr one of the ... [Published DEBKA - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Wahhabi Islam, FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston (Massachusetts, United States)

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 3 reports

Al Qaeda-linked Salafist group claims Eilat rocket attack

Tags: Al Qaeda Sinai Gaza southern Israel US Negev EilatEilat under rocket attack from SinaiIn case of a follow-up attack, the Eilat authorities ordered bomb shelters opened after five long-range Grad missiles were aimed from Sinai at the city Wednesday, ... [Published DEBKA - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Al-Qaeda-linked, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Rocket Attack, missile, Iron Dome

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

US troops sent to Jordan to counter Syrian attack on kingdom

Tags: Jordan US military action Barack Obama Bashar Assad Chuck HagelUS 1st Armored DivisionUS Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Wednesday, April 17, that 200 troops of the US 1st Armored Division had been ordered to deploy in Jordan. debkafile’s ... [Published DEBKA - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Jordan, Syrian Arab Army, Military/Armed Forces, Joint Task Force, Barack Obama

Quotes

Witnesses told the police that the two terrorists covered in blood had held up body parts of their victim and shouted: "We swear by Allah never to stop killing you.”"

Two terrorists behead a British soldier on a London street, first such Islamist outrage in the West [Published DEBKA - May 22 2013]

"Given the stakes involved, and what we have learned from our own recent experiences, intelligence assessments alone are not sufficient – only credible and corroborated facts that provide us with some degree of certainty will guide our decision-making.”"

Obama’s non-response to Assad’s chemical weapons would encourage a nuclear Iran [Published DEBKA - Apr 26 2013]

According to the Pentagon statement, the force will give the United States the ability to "potentially form a joint task force for military operations, if ordered.”"

US troops sent to Jordan to counter Syrian attack on kingdom [Published DEBKA - Apr 17 2013]

A Mideast counterterrorism official based in Jordan said the blasts "carry the hallmark of an organized terrorist group, like al-Qaeda."

Saudi terror cell, possibly al Qaeda, behind Boston Marathon bombings. Manhunt for escaped suspect [Published DEBKA - Apr 16 2013]