Golan Heights

Syrian Army Claims It Shot Down Israeli Jet After Raid Near Palmyra

An Israeli air force jet fighter plane takes off from Tel Nof Air Force base in central Israel, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
The Syrian Army said Israeli warplanes targeted Syrian army positions and hit a “military target” near Palmyra in a Friday morning raid, in what it described as an act of aggression that aided Islamic State. In retaliation the jets were targeted by Syrian anti-aircraft missiles with one of the Israeli fight planes shot down.

Netanyahu urges Obama to ‘think different’ on Golan Heights annexation

RT | November 11, 2015 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly seeking US recognition of Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights due to the Syrian conflict. Netanyahu allegedly wanted a “different thinking” regarding the issue during talks with Barack Obama. The possibility of Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights in 1981 being recognized was […]

LIONEL PODCAST: We Invade Countries And Kill Leaders For Their Water As Much As Their Oil

The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System is the world’s largest known fossil water aquifer system. It is located underground in the Eastern end of the Sahara Desert. Gaddafi had invested $25B into the aquifer, which he announced had the potential to turn Libya that is 95 percent desert into an arable and fertile oasis. You know how that ended.