Syrien

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Ein Konvoi mit Rebellen/Terroristen ist auf dem Weg in Richtung jordanische Grenze in einen Hinterhalt der SAA geraten. Syrische Medien sprechen von 170 Toten. US und Saudische Streitkräfte versuchen derzeit von Jordanien aus eine Offensive gegen Damaskus vorzubereiten, die in den nächsten Wochen stattfinden könnte.

Assad’s army hits border areas as US, Israel, Jordan enlarge South Syrian foothold

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report February 23, 2014, 1:37 PM (IST)

The Jordanian government Sunday, Feb. 23 vehemently denied reports that Syrian rebels were undergoing training by American and its own military instructors and being sent back to fight government forces. According to US intelligence sources, those training camps have been turning out 250 rebel fighters per course and some 1,000 trainees all told are already in action on Syria’s battlefields.
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On Feb. 18, Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, quite openly visited injured Syrians at an IDF military field hospital on the Golan. They chatted with wounded rebel soldiers. But on the quiet, our sources report that they took a good look at Quneitra (pop: 10,000), which is located close to Israeli lines on the Syrian side of the enclave.

debkafile’s military and intelligence sources report that a new Syrian rebel command center has been set up there, with the help of the US, Jordan and Israel.
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