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May 21, 2013
1:16 pm

Israeli soldiers stand guard in Alonei Habashan in the Israeli Golan Heights on November 11, 2012. (photo credit: Flash90)

Syrian army claims it destroyed Israeli vehicle

IDF says jeep only lightly damaged; troops fire back with long-range rocket

May 20, 2013
11:39 pm

The jeep with IDF markings reportedly found during fighting in Qusair, Syria. (screenshot / al-Madayeen news channel)

Syrians trot out IDF jeep ‘captured’ from rebels

Regime claims vehicle, carrying advanced equipment, seized from rebel forces; Israeli military says it is a holdover from Lebanese security zone, out of service for years

By Lazar Berman and AP

May 20, 2013
2:58 pm

Syrians inspect the rubble of buildings damaged buildings by government airstrikes, in Qusair, Homs province, Syria, on Saturday, May 18, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Qusair Lens)

At least 23 Hezbollah members said killed in Syria

Dead include senior field commander Fadi al-Jazzar, who spent 14 years in an Israeli jail

By AP and Times of Israel staff

May 20, 2013
2:53 pm

Egyptian soldiers ride an armored personnel carrier (APC) along the border with Israel. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Egypt pours armored forces into Sinai

Move comes during stand-off with kidnappers holding 7 security personnel hostage

By AP and Times of Israel staff

May 20, 2013
1:55 am

Police on the Brooklyn Bridge. (photo credit: CC BY-SA Edward M Johnson, Flickr)

Palestinian smuggler linked to 1994 Brooklyn terror attack

Muaffaq Askar, arrested last week as part of a cigarette smuggling ring, supplied terrorist with guns used to attack yeshiva students

By JTA and AP

May 19, 2013
7:36 pm

In video, kidnapped Egyptian officers beg Morsi for their release

Blindfolded soldier compares captive men’s plight to that of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, asks Cairo to release top terrorist

By AP and Times of Israel staff

May 19, 2013
5:40 pm

Egypt closes Israeli crossing in protest of abductions

Police block Awja commercial crossing following kidnap of fellow officers last week

By AP and Times of Israel staff

May 18, 2013
9:23 pm

Syrian President Bashar Assad in an image from video broadcast on Syrian state television Wednesday, April 17, 2013 (photo credit: AP)

Assad says Israel is helping Syrian rebels

Speaking to an Argentine newspaper, Syria’s defiant dictator says he won’t step down

By AP and Times of Israel staff

May 18, 2013
12:20 am

US Ambassador Dan Shapiro, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and IDF chief Benny Gantz look toward Syria while visiting Mount Hermon in October 2012. (photo credit:DOD/D. Myles Cullen)

US army chief slams Russia for arming, emboldening Assad

Dempsey calls Moscow’s insistence on providing Syria with advanced arms ‘very unfortunate’; Hagel says all sides must work to avoid a descent into ‘regional war’

By Ron Friedman and AP

May 17, 2013
11:41 pm

State of alert declared in Sinai after kidnappings

International peackeeping forces operating in the peninsula ordered to exercise caution

By Adiv Sterman and AP

May 17, 2013
12:42 pm

Egypt closes Gaza crossing following abductions

Rafah border terminal to remain closed until 7 Egyptian security personnel are released

By Times of Israel staff and AP

May 17, 2013
10:51 am

Coptic priest Father Arsanios struggles with several Israeli policemen in Jerusalem's Old City, on May 4, 2013. (photo credit: YouTube/Maariv)

Mistreated Coptic cleric, 85, threatens to sue

Police spokesman says officers involved in violent Old City altercation are being questioned

By Gavriel Fiske and AP

May 15, 2013
2:53 pm

A Palestinian sets fire to a tire during clashes between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers outside the Ofer prison after a march marking the 65th anniversary of the Nakba, or 'Day of Catastrophe,' on Wednesday. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

4 soldiers injured as Palestinians mark Nakba Day

‘The right of return will not die,’ chant thousands across West Bank; rocket launched from Gaza explodes in open field

By Times of Israel staff and AP

May 14, 2013
9:52 pm

The International Criminal Court in The Hague (photo credit: CC-BY-SA Hanhil, Nederlandstalige Wikipedia)

ICC opens initial probe against Israel over Marmara raid

Ship was registered to African island state of Comoros, which filed complaint to International Criminal Court

By AP and Times of Israel staff

May 14, 2013
4:33 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (photo credit: AP/ Maxim Shipenkov)

In talks with Netanyahu, Putin urges restraint on Syria

After emergency meeting at Black Sea resort, no word from either head of state about Russia’s sale of S-300 missiles to Assad

By AP and Times of Israel staff

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Writer: AP

Syrian army claims it destroyed Israeli vehicle

IDF says jeep only lightly damaged; troops fire back with long-range rocket

Syrians trot out IDF jeep ‘captured’ from rebels

Regime claims vehicle, carrying advanced equipment, seized from rebel forces; Israeli military says it is a holdover from Lebanese security zone, out of service for years

At least 23 Hezbollah members said killed in Syria

Dead include senior field commander Fadi al-Jazzar, who spent 14 years in an Israeli jail

Egypt pours armored forces into Sinai

Move comes during stand-off with kidnappers holding 7 security personnel hostage

Palestinian smuggler linked to 1994 Brooklyn terror attack

Muaffaq Askar, arrested last week as part of a cigarette smuggling ring, supplied terrorist with guns used to attack yeshiva students

In video, kidnapped Egyptian officers beg Morsi for their release

Blindfolded soldier compares captive men’s plight to that of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, asks Cairo to release top terrorist

Egypt closes Israeli crossing in protest of abductions

Police block Awja commercial crossing following kidnap of fellow officers last week

Assad says Israel is helping Syrian rebels

Speaking to an Argentine newspaper, Syria’s defiant dictator says he won’t step down

US army chief slams Russia for arming, emboldening Assad

Dempsey calls Moscow’s insistence on providing Syria with advanced arms ‘very unfortunate’; Hagel says all sides must work to avoid a descent into ‘regional war’

State of alert declared in Sinai after kidnappings

International peackeeping forces operating in the peninsula ordered to exercise caution

Egypt closes Gaza crossing following abductions

Rafah border terminal to remain closed until 7 Egyptian security personnel are released

Mistreated Coptic cleric, 85, threatens to sue

Police spokesman says officers involved in violent Old City altercation are being questioned

4 soldiers injured as Palestinians mark Nakba Day

‘The right of return will not die,’ chant thousands across West Bank; rocket launched from Gaza explodes in open field

ICC opens initial probe against Israel over Marmara raid

Ship was registered to African island state of Comoros, which filed complaint to International Criminal Court

In talks with Netanyahu, Putin urges restraint on Syria

After emergency meeting at Black Sea resort, no word from either head of state about Russia’s sale of S-300 missiles to Assad

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