Hundreds of Russian combat troops posted at Quneitra opposite Golan

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DEBKAfile military sources report that several hundred Russian combat troops took up position Monday at Quneitra opposite Israel s Golan border. Contrary to Russian media reports, they are not military police officers bearing the light weapons of peacekeepers, but fully kitted out and armed Russian special operations troops, the first to be deployed at any Israeli border.

http://www.debka.com/newsupdate/2116...opposite-Golan

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Iranian FM to attend conference on Jerusalem in Istanbul

Given the recent developments in the occupied territories and increasing pressure on the Palestinian people, especially in Qods [Arabic name for Jerusalem], an urgent need is felt for cooperation among Islamic countries, the Mehr news Agency quoted Bahram Ghasemi as saying.

Muslim countries should never forget that regardless of certain disagreements, Palestine is the top issue of the Muslim world, he added, according to Iranian Press TV.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/iranian...m-in-istanbul/

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But please remember God is still in control and only He knows the timing.

reminders



Arab League: Israel playing with fire

Israel s actions are playing with fire, and will only ignite a religious war and shift the core of the conflict from politics to religion, Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit said, according to AFP.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/233099

Removing Temple Mount security hard but necessary choice, PM says

I am attentive to public feeling, Netanyahu said, referring to Israeli outrage over the removal of the detectors. With that, as the prime minister of Israel, as the one who carries on his shoulders the responsibility for the security of Israel I must make decisions coolly and judiciously. I do that out of a view of the big picture, a wide view of the challenges and threats that are facing us. Some of them are not known to the public and as is the nature of things I can t go into details.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/removin...hoice-pm-says/

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Interesting quote about the meeting today
Trump to hold Temple Mount crisis discussions with envoy to Israel

US President Donald Trump is expected on Monday to meet with his ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, to discuss the simmering Temple Mount crisis, Israeli daily Haaretz reports.

https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/inter...is-discussions

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The odd thing about all this??? Even today, Putin was quoted as saying the US and Russia are still very much cooperating in many areas...including the middle east.

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OK as Andy mentioned in another thread, this headline US troops fight with Syria, Hizballah, Lebanon is wellll. You really have to read the article to understand what is happening.

Israeli diplomats have filed a quiet demarche with Washington over the participation of US special forces in a joint operation with the Syrian, Hizballah and Lebanese armies to clear the Lebanese-Syrian border region of Al Qaeda s Syrian arm the rebel Nusra Front, which is fighting with ISIS elements. This is reported by debkafile. The operation against the rebel group fighting under the command of Abu Mohammad al-Jawlani, has been divided into three parts.

The third part soon to be launched is designed to take this coalition up to the Israeli border.

It also turned out that the trilateral Arsal operation had a US dimension. Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri visited Washington last week and held talks with President Donald Trump at the White House. Straight after that meeting, the US President had harsh words for Hizballah, which he called a threat to world peace. But in his closed-doors interview with Hariri, Trump was persuaded that the Lebanese army could not defend its borders without help and had no option but to work with Hizballah and the Syrian army.

Hariri also convinced the US president to declare the Nusra Front and all its branches a terrorist organization to be fought in the same way as the Islamic State.
At that point, Israel put forward no argument, although this first instance of a joint operation between Bashar Assad forces, the Iranian-backed Hizballah and the Lebanese army, was red-flagged in Jerusalem as a green card for Hizballah s extended reach beyond the Lebanese border.

Neither did Israel, whose prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu is beset with his own troubles at home, demur when the Americans declared the Nusra network the target of America s war on terror, even though this distanced the Trump administration from Jerusalem s position.

http://www.debka.com/article/26173/U...ballah-Lebanon

It is the only way the article and the headline make sense with what we know.

I couldn't help but think about the bizarre press conference with Trump and Hariri.

On Thursday, Aug. 3, the Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon announced: Our special forces are providing training and support to the Lebanese Armed Forces. To clarify what he meant by support, he added: That not only concentrates on operation type missions, but also tactical and strategic type missions. We also have a presence with Lebanese Special Forces in all aspects of training and special operations.
The Pentagon spokesman would hardly have made this momentous disclosure without high-level authority - at least by Defense Secretary James Mattis, if not the president in person.
His words were quickly translated into action.

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reminder

Israel, Jordan part of new, developing US-Russia deal on Syria ceasefire
https://wedg.millenniumweekend.org/f...yria-ceasefire