Israel fired a surface-to-surface missile against a military site in southern Syria’s Quneitra. The attack killed a single Syrian soldier, wounded two more, and damaged a military vehicle.
Israeli officials were unusually forthcoming about why they attacked, claimed an “abnormal” Syrian violation of Israeli sovereignty earlier in the day, in which a Syrian anti-aircraft system fired at an Israeli warplane.
Israel insists the warplane was in northern Israeli airspace, and Syria
has claimed it was aggression against them. The air defense system was
reportedly the target of the Israeli missile attack.
The indication is the warplane was on the fringe between the Israeli
occupied Golan Heights and the Syrian side, and given how many times
Israel has just attacked Syria out of the blue from that area, Syria may
have just assumed it was another attack and reacted.
Israeli officials are now playing up a “zero-tolerance” policy along the
frontier, and trying to spin this as something to do with Iran. As with
recent Saudi flare-ups in Yemen, this is likely being done for the
benefit of US hawks looking for a pretext to attack Iran.
Syria will do nothing in retaliation. Neither will Russia. The vaunted S-300s are empty aluminum tubes.
Do not get despondent. You have to give your enemy enough rope to hang themselves. These attacks are not serious, and cannot endanger Syrian army nor critical installations. But it creates quite an impression kn the public opinion around Muddle East and beyond. Thus us the kind of political capital you cannot buy. Patience is a virtue — knowing when to react, and when not to. Israel is behind a trap for an Austrian politicians filmed with presumably Russian woman,, a niece of a billionaire, trying to snare him into a deal for a newsmedia politically in his favor. Even though ge did not commit to anything, ut did nit matter. The nere fact that he was meeting with a Russian money bag — to influence election, was enough. She us in fact an actress, and the saud billionaire is an inly child, having no nieces. It was clear who set it up, a person for dirty tricks, with Mossad fingertips. A lots of anger in Austria and beyond. Their target is Russia. Playing around with Syrian pin pricks will not help Israel, and will not change anything in US calculation to engage in combat. Just making nuisance of themselves. At present, Russia is keeping an eye on pressure on Turkey, theeat to Iran, and military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan. Getting US military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan reduced and without power to start war is the key. Syria will sort itself out. Turkey is under pressure. Syria is stable with Gulf countries reopening embassies and starting the process of reconstruction.
In the meantime, likes ofnReuters declared Al-Qaeda in Idlib — the government of Idlib! These types of idiocy will catch up with liars.
Is catching up around globe. Who is the globe goungvto trade with? The countries that produce little,, and cause problems all the time, or those that offer chance for commerce. Ask Denmark — joined China jn large scale green energy collaboration. Denmark currently produces 45% if its energy needs using wind.
Israel? Sinking in the Mid East sand, not finding footing. When things get dorted out, Israel eill find out what waits on the ither side.
Israel is in trouble, because it relies on the US and Europe, and support there is diminishing due to immigration. Also, the US is declining in relative economic power.
Precisely. But it acts as if nothing is changing, and it can will the world to behave according to its wishes. Europe is declining economically. Whether it is Brexit or Yellow Jackets, economic decline is written all over those movements. And these are times when you can practically feel the positilning of three powers on the chessbard — with two clearly alligned against one — players like Israel should be smaller then mouse, not attract too much attention. Europe is being mousy, and while obeying all the diktats from US, itself is not any help at all. Israel must know that US cannot afford to challenge either of the two powers, as it is unclear just how far the challenge can go without exposing weaknesses.
Already, Trump backpeddalung in everything from military force to denying any goal of regime change — us looking tragicomical. The idea if a pin prick show of muscle is equally not an option. I have no idea where this is heading, but it smells like Phyric victory — ibe mire like this, and we are done.
I’m curious to see what, if anything, the US will do in response to Turkey’s attack on the Kurds. And the US supposedly needs Turkey to attack Iran.
Curious behavior. As if it never plans to live in the Middle East, and never have to deal with neighbors. No effort whatsoever. Only a promise of free defence in perpetuity can make any state take such a position.
Abnormal sovereignty violations..? As opposed to the normal sovereignty violations Israel does when it bombs Syria and kills their soldiers whenever they feel like it.