“The administration in power in Damascus is illegal how can we recognise a structure that isn’t even recognised by its own citizens,” Erdogan told reporters
Erdogan has rejected a Syrian proposal to help in the investigation of the bombing in Reyhanlı.
http://www.brecorder.com/top-news/1-front-top-news/119629-erdogan-rejects-joint-probe-with-damascus-on-turkey-blasts.html
Turkey still searching for six more suspects. I would imagine it will only be a couple more days until Turkey officialy throws Assad under the bus for this bombing.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/turkey-detains-4-more-suspects-in-car-bomb-attacks-near-syrian-border-death-toll-rises-to-51/2013/05/14/3ffe09bc-bc83-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html
Turkish F-16 fighter jet which lost contact has crashed in south of country near border with Syria, Turkish media reports -@BBCBreaking
http://www.breakingnews.com/
Turkish military says loses communication with fighter jet in southern Turkey
http://www.haaretz.com/misc/tags/Syria-1.476734
Contact lost with fighter jet close to Syria’s border
The Turkish military says it has lost contact with one of its F16 fighter jets in a city close to the border with Syria. A search and rescue operation is underway in [...]
Two car bombs exploded near the border with Syria on Saturday, killing 43 and wounding 140 others.
More video’s
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f45_1368275181
Car bombs kill 43 in Turkey near Syrian border
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/12/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE94A05S20130512
2 missiles have been reported to have hit Jordan.
Syrian Missiles Hit Jordan: No Casualties
As Strikes Target Border Area Rebels, Stray Missiles Cross into Jordan
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/04/28/syrian-missiles-hit-jordan-no-casualties/
Nathan J Hunt ‏@ISNJH 7m
Report that at least two missiles fired from Syria have landed on Jordan side of border
https://twitter.com/
Syrian missiles hit Jordan as Assad forces step up air strikes against rebels
Two air force generals said to have defected to Jordan with their MiG-21 fighter jets.
…
Residents [...]
Latest developments:
US to deploy troops in Jordan for possible military intervention in Syria
The Pentagon is sending about 200 soldiers from a U.S. Army headquarters unit to Jordan to assist efforts to contain violence along the Syrian border and plan for any operations needed to ensure the safety of chemical weapons in Syria, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told Congress Wednesday.
The decision to dispatch the 1st Armored Division troops of planners and [...]
AFP
March 5, 2013
The killing of 48 Syrian soldiers in neighbouring Iraq threatens to entangle Baghdad in Syria’s civil war, a conflict in which it has sought to remain neutral.
A convoy carrying wounded Syrian soldiers was ambushed as it passed through Iraq’s western Anbar province on Monday en route to the Syrian border, where they were to be returned through “official channels,” the Iraqi defence ministry said.
Nine Iraqi guards were also [...]
THIS IS IT!
ROCK IT ISRAEL.
Israel warns it cannot “stand idle” as Syria war spills over border:
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/israel-warns-it-cannot-stand-idle-as-syria-war-spills-over-border?utm_source=Lebanon+News&utm_medium=twitter
Rebels: 1,000 Hezbollah fighters invaded Syria
Fourteen Hezbollah men killed in past two days in battles over control of villages near Lebanon border
Hezbollah’s involvement in the Syrian civil war continues to grow. Syria’s main opposition group claimed Sunday that no less than 1,000 Hezbollah men have entered Syria in the past 24 hours.
“It’s a coordinated ground invasion,” the Free Syrian Army spokesman said. “Hezbollah has started a war against us.”
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4346099,00.html
FSA official: [...]
INCIRLIK AIR BASE, TURKEY — The United States authorized on Friday the deployment of 400 troops for two Patriot missile-defense batteries along Turkey’s border with Syria, a move that could put American forces near the front lines of the Arab country’s escalating civil war.
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta signed the order authorizing the deployment of the batteries Friday morning while flying from Kabul to this military base in southern Turkey.
Speaking to [...]
German soldiers to Turkish-Syrian border BERLIN – Germany, with up to 400 soldiers participating in the NATO deployment in Turkey to protect the country against attacks from Syria. That said the news agency DPA Wednesday it learned from security sources in Berlin.
Translated
Source: http://www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/21136509/__Duitsers_naar_Turks-Syrische_grens__.html
Netherlands sends Patriots to Turkey HAGUE
- The Netherlands sent Patriot missiles to Turkey. The Ministers will agree there Friday. That insiders have confirmed Thursday against the ANP. The air [...]
Turkey will officially request deployment of NATO missiles on Monday: German daily
http://www.acus.org/natosource/turkey-will-officially-request-deployment-nato-missiles-monday-german-daily
https://twitter.com/NATOSource/status/269802185242599424/photo/1
Sueddeutsche Zeitung: up to 170 German soldiers could be deployed in Patriot missile mission near Turkey Syria
https://twitter.com/NATOSource
Video: Panetta says U.S. supports deployment of Patriot missiles to Turkey | Atlantic Council
From Voice of America: Another area of special concern for [Secretary of Defense Leon]Panetta is Syria, where cross-border attacks have prompted Turkey to ask NATO for Patriot missiles to place along the Syrian border. Panetta says [...]
YAAKOV LAPPIN
Jerusalem Post
November 4, 2012
A day after three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarized zone on the Golan Heights to attack Syrian rebels, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz visited the border region on Sunday, and warned army forces that “the Syrian affair could turn into our affair.” Gantz instructed the IDF to be on alert in the area, and to prevent any spillover of the Syrian conflict into Israeli [...]
US News: Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich believes the deployment of American troops in Jordan — which was announced Wednesday — brings the United States “immeasurably” closer to being dragged into the civil war in Syria.
“I can see in a moment how it happens: we’re a few dozen miles from the Syrian border and all of a sudden we are within the reach of physical danger. All it takes is a [...]
Report about an hour ago.
Syrian warplanes carried out raids on “Dabeq” area near the Turkish border
http://www.facebook.com/SyriaNews.cc/posts/373040946105554
Syrian warplanes bombed terrorists in I’izaz 6 km from the Turkish border yesterday.
Turkey deploys additional tanks and missile defense systems to the Syrian border.
Turkey deployed additional tanks and missile defense systems to the Syrian border as artillery units responded to fire from President Bashar al-Assad’s armed forces for a sixth day.
Turkish batteries fired into Syrian territory, [...]
Tony Cartalucci
Land Destroyer
Oct 7, 2012
Bloomberg, Guardian, Ynet, and others are all posting in their headlines an identical unconfirmed report that Turkey and Syria have “agreed” to establish a 6 mile wide “buffer zone” running the length of the Turkish-Syrian border.
The report states specifically (emphasis added):
The Syrian government has told its military to keep aircraft at least six miles (10 kilometers) from Turkey’s borders after a deadly shelling incident left five Turks dead, [...]
Another bomb RTRS – TURKISH MILITARY RETURNS FIRE AFTER MORTAR BOMB FROM SYRIA LANDS IN FARMLAND IN TURKEY’S HATAY PROVINCE – STATE NEWS
http://www.twitter.com/zerohedge
Turkey is reinforcing its position in the Mediterranean Sea following the escalation in tension along its border with Syria.
A number of warships and submarines have been sent to bases in the Mediterranean from the northwestern province of Gölcük where the main base of the Naval Forces is located. [...]
Unmarked NATO warplanes are arriving at Turkish military bases close to Iskenderum on the Syrian border, delivering weapons from the late Muammar Gaddafi’s arsenals as well as volunteers from the Libyan Transitional National Council who are experienced in pitting local volunteers against trained soldiers, a skill they acquired confronting Gaddafi’s army.
Iskenderum is also the seat of the Free Syrian Army, the armed wing of the Syrian National Council.
French and British [...]
Aaron Klein
klein.wp.wnd.com
August 1, 2012
TEL AVIV — Russian intelligence has information about U.S. troops inside Turkey near the country’s border with Syria, a senior Syrian official told KleinOnline today.
The official said the Russians said they observed American forces taking part in Turkish military measures to secure the Syria-Turkey borders.
The official said the information about a U.S. military presence in Turkey has led to a debate within the Syrian leadership about whether [...]
Russian intelligence has information that U.S. troops are in Turkey near the country’s border with Syria, a senior Syrian official told WND today.
The official said the Russians observed American forces taking part in Turkish military measures to secure the Syria-Turkey borders.
The official said the information about a U.S. military presence in Turkey has led to a debate within the Syrian leadership about whether to move the Syrian military to its [...]
TEL AVIV — Russian intelligence has information about U.S. troops inside Turkey near the country’s border with Syria, a senior Syrian official told KleinOnline today.
The official said the Russians said they observed American forces taking part in Turkish military measures to secure the Syria-Turkey borders.
The official said the information about a U.S. military presence in Turkey has led to a debate within the Syrian leadership about whether to move the [...]
Turkish troops may intervene at the Syrian border in a move to protect the large number of fleeing Syrians from an armed attack by regime forces, the Turkish foreign minister has said, calling on the United Nations and the international community to take up responsibility on their end.
“If tens of thousands attempt to flee Turkey and Syrian forces open fire on them, neither Turkey nor the whole world can remain [...]
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: Firefighters in southeastern Turkey were battling to put out a fire on Saturday that cut oil flows on a pipeline carrying about a quarter of Iraq’s oil exports, security sources said.
They said the fire at the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline had been an act of sabotage by Kurdish separatists.
An explosion started the fire at 11 p.m. (2100 GMT) on Friday near the town of Midyat in Mardin province, near the [...]
Syrian tanks amass near Turkish border, says general in the rebel Free Syria Army
http://www.haaretz.com/misc/breaking-news
By REUTERS
06/29/2012 02:31
ANTAKYA – A general in the rebel Free Syria Army said on Friday that Syrian government forces had amassed around 170 tanks north of the city Aleppo, near the Turkish border, but there was no independent confirmation of the report.
General Mustafa al-Sheikh, head of the Higher Military Council, an association of senior officers who defected from Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces, [...]
BEIRUT/ISKENDERUN, Turkey (Reuters) – Rebel forces attacked Syria’s main court in central Damascus on Thursday, state television said, while Turkey deployed troops and anti-aircraft rocket launchers to the Syrian border, building pressure on President Bashar al-Assad.
A loud explosion echoed through the streets and a column of black smoke rose over Damascus, an Assad stronghold that until the last few days had seemed largely beyond the reach of rebels. State television [...]
The United Nations and Arab League envoy to Syria is to convene a high-level meeting in Geneva amid the worsening situation in the Middle East.
The deputy for envoy Kofi Annan said he would hold an “action group on Syria” for June 30, seeking to find a “common position on proposed outcomes”.
Jean-Marie Guehenno said the six-point plan forged by Mr Annan “is clearly not being implemented.”
http://news.sky.com/story/953090/kofi-annan-to-convene-un-meeting-over-syria
Russia suspends selling missile systems to [...]
by GoldCore
Today’s AM fix was USD 1,567.50, EUR 1,255.31, and GBP 1,003.39 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,583.25, EUR 1,267.41, and GBP 1,013.73 per ounce.
Silver is trading at $26.85/oz, €21.59/oz and £17.87/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,416.00/oz, palladium at $580.00/oz and rhodium at $1,190/oz.
Gold fell $11.90 or 0.9% and closed at $1,573.75/oz yesterday. Gold initially rose prior to gradual easing and that selling pressure increased soon after the open [...]
In the aftermath of the recent escalation in tensions between Turkey and Syria, whereby Syria was accused of hostile behavior for firing and taking down a Turkish fighter jet that supposedly spent at least 5 minutes in its airspace, today was a quiet day. At least until recently we saw the following footage in a clip uploaded to YouTube. Supposedly, Turkey has sent troop reinforcement to the Syrian border, after [...]
Turkey has deployed a large number of military vehicles to the Syrian border.
(Excerpt) Read more at timeturk.com …
Turkey dubs Syria ‘a clear threat’, vows to retaliate AFPAFP – 3 hrs ago
Turkey branded its former ally Syria “a clear and imminent threat,” on Tuesday as its Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vented his fury over the downing of a Turkish fighter jet.
In his most outspoken criticism of the Damascus regime, Erdogan vowed to [...]
Infowars.com
June 14, 2012
CNN reports this afternoon that the Pentagon has finalized plans to attack Syria and forcefully depose its leader, Bashar al-Assad, under the cover of securing weapons of mass destruction and preventing “sectarian violence” it has fomented by supporting and training the Free Syrian Army.
“The U.S. military has completed its own planning for how American troops would conduct a variety of operations against Syria, or to assist neighboring countries in the event [...]
Marouni: Syrian regime preparing offensive in Lebanon
“The recurrent incidents along the Lebanese-Syrian border have only one explanation, which is the continuous provocation of the [Lebanese] state [by the Syrian regime] as a preamble for a vast offensive in the region of Akkar and the Northern Bekaa,” Marouni told the Kuwaiti daily As-Seyassah.
The MP added that the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was “attempting to establish a buffer zone in northern Lebanon [...]
Luminous objects and meteorites appear over Lebanon and Turkish-Syrian border
http://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/35295/luminous-objects-and-meteorites-appear-over-lebano
Here is the explanation….
Astronomical sources told LBCI that according to scientists, the luminous objects are the result of a large meteorite that explodes and leaves visible trains of dust.
RT
April 6, 2012
Al Jazeera has supplied Syrian rebels with satellite communication tools to ensure telephone and Internet connection, claims Ali Hashim, a former correspondent of the Qatar-funded channel. The equipment was smuggled from Lebanon, he told RT.
The channel paid $50,000 for smuggling phones and other tools across the Syrian border to ensure they would get an inside picture, claims Ali Hashim.
A month ago, Hashim and two other correspondents working for [...]
DebkaFile
December 27, 2011
The Qatar oil emirate, encouraged by its successful participation in the campaign to overthrow Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi, has established a Sunni Arab intervention force to expedite the drive for Syrian President Bashar Assad’s ouster, DEBKAfile’s military sources report. The new highly mobile force boosts the anti-Assad Free Syrian Army, whose numbers have jumped to 20,000 fighters, armed and funded by Qatar and now forming into military battalions and [...]
From Washington’s Blog:
The U.S. planned “regime change” in Syria and Lebanon long before 9/11.
So the allegation by Boiling Frogs Post (former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds’ site) that the U.S. is amassing troops on the Jordan-Syria border is disturbing.
BFP noted yesterday:
According to first-hand accounts and reports provided to Boiling Frogs Post by several sources in Jordan, during the last few hours, foreign military groups, estimated at hundreds of individuals, began to [...]
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