Though Israel and Syria have a common border, the recent Israeli attacks have not gone directly into Syrian airspace but rather have used their mutual neighbor Lebanon.
The Lebanese government slammed the use of their airspace for attacks, saying it underscores Israel’s policy is violating their sovereignty as well as amounting to aggression against the Assad government.
Lebanese officials have been reporting an unusual number of airspace violations over the past several days, with 18 distinct overflights, which they have promised to take as an issue to the UN Security Council. With both the US and Britain praising the attacks, the UN is unlikely to do anything.
Syria has made considerable efforts to acquire air defense equipment to prevent Israeli attacks, but Lebanon has no such capabilities, and its proximity to the Syrian capital city of Damascus has made it a convenient route for Israeli warplanes.
Israeli planes regularly violate Lebanese airspace at any rate, but being a staging ground for attacks on Syria was never part of the equation before, and puts Lebanon in an extremely difficult position, and may add to the political uncertainty and ongoing sectarian tensions already rising from the Syrian civil war.
I do not hope Obama will send Patriot missiles to guard Lebanon's airspace. Although it would be justified!
Understandable why Empire USA wants weak air defenses in Syria and Lebanon, but Russia being so kind to our Empire as to keep out of the air war when it has a military base in Syria, this defies all logic.
All I can figure is that Russia, China and USA must have some kind of Empire agreement that were not privy to.
I still don't understand how Israel has in recent times staged 3 air attacks against Syria? Syria is said to have the S- 300 missile defense system, so why haven't they been able to down any Israeli aircraft??? I think this S-300 is all BS. Or maybe Syria is waiting for Allah to take care of Israel!
Um, Lebanon, it's called Air Defense- it's used to deter other nations from violating your airspace and disposing of them when they cross the line. In your case, all you need to do is tell Tel Aviv you will target and shoot down any Israeli plane that crosses into Lebanese airspace and that's that. Then DO it. Make sure you document the entire shoot-down episode- and broadcast it to the world in real time so there is no question of your being in the right.