Earlier Sunday, Israeli warplanes launched multiple attacks on Syria, hitting at least 10 distinct sites, mostly in and around the Damascus International airport, but also including a military installation along the Lebanese border in Dimas.
Syria has filed a formal complaint with the United Nations about the attack, saying they believe the Netanyahu government attacked to try to distract attention from the early elections. Syria’s Foreign Ministry is pushing for immediate sanctions.
What was attacked is still a subject of no small speculation, as the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) said it was conceivable the sites were Hezbollah arms dumps, though they appeared to have no evidence supporting that.
By contrast, Lebanese TV was reporting that the sites hit were “crucial intelligence-linked locations” that Syria’s military was letting Iran use. Syrian state media said Russian anti-aircraft defenses were attacked, and Israel is refusing to either confirm or deny the attacks.
All Syria has said about the attacks was that there were no casualties. Israeli warplanes were flying over eastern Lebanon all day Saturday in the lead-up to the attack, and Lebanon’s Army claimed to have fired on Israeli drones, though clearly without any effect.
Israel has repeatedly attacked Syrian and Lebanese targets throughout the Syrian Civil War, though it rarely issues any specific statements about them.
Can't someone give the Syrians some decent air defense system? Once israelis start dying during these operations they'll stop them real fast.
"GODBLESSAMERICA"
America the neo nazi dump.
Syria already has the best there is: The (ugraded) S-300´s as well as other superiour state-of-the-art Russian super sonic missiles and the one of the best air defence´s in the region remains intact, but is it logical to respond in kind every time the Zionazi´s, predictably, for domestic electoral purposes, or in a desperate attempt to help out ISIS against a winning SAA or just ancient lust for gentile blood, drops a few loud but ineffective bombs?
Apparently, (unless israel directly invade syrian airspace) and as Syria and it´s close allies Russia and Iran see´s it in a broader geo-political context, it is not.
There are bigger fishes to fry. Once the S-300´s and the BUK-systems protecting them are activated and locked on, it creates a deadly effective NFZ reaching well into occupied Palestine, covering an area from occupied Golan down to Gaza and well into Turkey as well. In addition, the even more effective Russian armada remains in the area detering US-israel-ISIS axis from trying a more coordinated attack, not to mention Hezbollah. No, the Syrian traditional response to these tiresome hit and run attacks is more subtle, but precise and effective never the less. Like the Russians , they dont brag or threathen. When the right opportunity (like when the simian mastemind behind ISIS, Prince Bandar bin Sultan of Saudi Arabia almost got killed last year) they just act in one calculated move.
Maybe so, Rick. But it could well be designed to hope that the Assad forces bring down one warplane (false flag). This will give our Israel-firsters the cover to demand that we join Bibi in taking out Assad sooner than planned (Obama's ultimate goal anyway), which may also get that butcher re-elected.
obummer is a bigger butcher than assad.
The Israeli MO when they start dying is to escalate: more attacks, especially against civilians, more rhetoric (you know, the old standard Israeli "we're the victims" wailing and bleating) and then Netanyahoo comes running to Congress to tell them to increase the Israeli stipend because they're being attacked – to which Congress will take a knee and kiss his buttski and then double the size of the check that he demanded they give him.
A cheap and shameless political stunt by a cheap and shameless political c_nt. (Fill in the missing vowel).
That's Bibi's style. Get his cowardly cheap shots in there off on the side. Bomb Palestinians to distract from his domestic woes. Bomb other countries without declaring war and knowing he will not get retaliated upon. Typical paper wiseguy tactic, but what can you expect from this little half-pint wanna-be Jewish tyrant?
All Jewish people should be embarrassed by this cancerous growth. He needs to be excised, him and his whole country.
AIPAC quite regularly presents both House and Senate with legislation, binding and non-binding, that obliges the US to come to Israel's aid if Israel is "attacked." For instance, S.2673 – United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014, which can be read here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/sena…
The House and/or Senate passes legislation like this almost every time they are in session, sometimes more than one bill gets passed.
Israel will claim they attacked Syria in "self defense." The US Congress, which had 80 of 100 co-sponsors for S.2673, can be counted on to back that claim. If Syria fires on attacking Israeli jets, the US is pretty much required to respond.
Russia has Air Defense radar and missiles at their naval base in Tartus, Syria, but they also want to avoid going to war with the US by countering Israel's "self defense" pre-emptive attack(s).
If Syria fires on attacking Israeli jets, the US is pretty much required to respond.
And if they don't? Gosh I'd hate to see or hear the stereophonic whining and crying across the halls of power and in the MSM if USG advises "calm and restraint" on all sides.
Leave Israel out to dry and see what they would do.
And the Syrian gov't. cannot even shoot back and blame ISIS terrorists, as Sunni-Wahhabi drug addict/ thug terrorist murderers are proxies on the USSA / Saudi kid-toucher and Hebrew Klansmen payroll.
Haven't the Syrian people been through enough in the last few years? Assaulted by foreign terrorists, scattered, killed, orphaned and then their friendly Jew neighbor bombing on them!
Where the hell is the saudis, Qatari and all other CCG government, the EU and other "democratic" regimes asking for UN sanction against yet another sponsored terrorist regime in Middle East israel.
Saudis and Qutairis!! they are eating out from the palm of Israel. And they are busy executing fellow Muslims
With little left to lose, the Syrian government must consider a last-ditch attempt to obtain nukes and use them.
A Racist does not need a reason to kill the hated Other. The Other, that is, a non-Jew. has no value.
Thanks to American tax dollars an Arab's death is just a no cost campaign flyer to Bibi.
What is the point in complaining to the security council? Israel's loyal dog, that is , the only super power or the most powerful nation in history, will veto any resolution against its master.As of now Israel is a mad dog running amok with no one to control it. Events will have to take there own course and conclude on there own.As of now the world is into chartered waters. See, no body, no nation is there to raise any voice against this wild animal that is Israel
Not correct, dr. The UN continually wants to pass resolutions condemning and sanctioning Israel, but the US, with is veto power, stops them.
You did not publish a comment I sent a short while ago.. No problem.After all you are American and would not like to be a slave of Israel although it is the fact. Unlike those slaves in congress and administration you have your ego and pride. Best of luck
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Scumbags and they always get away with it too.
Now they already have USSA bombing Syrian territory already anyway, it isn't a stretch to have Jewish warplanes shot down and then Kongress pushes Obama into direct confrontation with Assad, thus creating a titanic clusterf*ck where everyone is shooting at everyone else.
More than American dollars it is American servility to Israel.Never in human history a donor is so servile to be insulted by the recpiant
It is so weird to see a bigger country like the US totally enslaved by tiny, dick less Israel.