Debka 09-Dec-13
Bashar Assad’s army achieved a signal strategic breakthrough Sunday, Dec. 8, with its conquest of Nabuk in the Qalamoun Mountains, throwing rebel forces in disarray, except for Jabhat al Nusra and the Iraqi branch of Al Qaeda. Washington is turning a cold shoulder to secular rebels and developing indirect contacts with pro-Assad army elements and, through British diplomats, Hizballah. On the Syrian uprising’s 1,000th day, the same US-Russian-Iranian coalition which fixed the Geneva nuclear accord is moving into position for a Syrian solution.
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December 10, 2013 Briefs
Israel’s Speaker, five MKs at Mandela memorial
The Knesset Speaker (who is also acting President) Yuli Ederlstein and MKs Penina Tamnu Shatta, Nitzan Horowitz, Hilik Bar, Dov Lipkin and Gila Gamliel represented Israel at the memorial service Tuesday for Nelson Mandela in Soweto.
Four Israeli soldiers injured in Golan training accident
Two of the four soldiers were seriously injured and two suffered moderate wounds when an explosion ripped through their tank during a training exercise on the Golan Tuesday. It was caused by gunpowder igniting a dummy shell. The injured men were flown to hospital by helicopter.
Two Israeli-American professors collect Nobel prize for chemistry
American-Israeli professors Arieh Rarshel and Michael Levitt and their American colleague Prof. Martin Karplus were awarded the Nobel Prize for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems at a ceremony Tuesday in Stockholm, Sweden. Each of the three receives a cash prize of just over $1 million.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) received the Nobel Peace Prize.
Bashar Assad’s army achieved a signal strategic breakthrough Sunday, Dec. 8, with its conquest of Nabuk in the Qalamoun Mountains, throwing rebel forces in disarray, except for Jabhat al Nusra and the Iraqi branch of Al Qaeda. Washington is turning a cold shoulder to secular rebels and developing indirect contacts with pro-Assad army elements and, through British diplomats, Hizballah. On the Syrian uprising’s 1,000th day, the same US-Russian-Iranian coalition which fixed the Geneva nuclear accord is moving into position for a Syrian solution.
Top of the Document
December 10, 2013 Briefs
Israel’s Speaker, five MKs at Mandela memorial
The Knesset Speaker (who is also acting President) Yuli Ederlstein and MKs Penina Tamnu Shatta, Nitzan Horowitz, Hilik Bar, Dov Lipkin and Gila Gamliel represented Israel at the memorial service Tuesday for Nelson Mandela in Soweto.
Four Israeli soldiers injured in Golan training accident
Two of the four soldiers were seriously injured and two suffered moderate wounds when an explosion ripped through their tank during a training exercise on the Golan Tuesday. It was caused by gunpowder igniting a dummy shell. The injured men were flown to hospital by helicopter.
Two Israeli-American professors collect Nobel prize for chemistry
American-Israeli professors Arieh Rarshel and Michael Levitt and their American colleague Prof. Martin Karplus were awarded the Nobel Prize for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems at a ceremony Tuesday in Stockholm, Sweden. Each of the three receives a cash prize of just over $1 million.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) received the Nobel Peace Prize.
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