At least six missiles were reported to have hit targets in the southern part of Syria’s capital city of Damascus, according to state media. The strikes targeted Shi’ite militia facilities, killing five and wounding at least 11.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that the strikes targeted “pro-Iranian” sites, as is generally the case when Israel attacks Syria. Unlike most cases, Syria did not appear to claim substantial interceptions.
Though Israeli officials rarely comment on specific strikes, they have presented attacks on Iranian targets in Syria as trying to chase Iran out of the country. In attacking Iran, Israel avoids this being specifically about them attacking Syria.
In recent weeks, reports are that Israel’s attacks on Iran are being done specifically to try to start a war before the November US election. The expectation is that Iran will eventually retaliate and that this will be a pretext to further escalate the situation into open warfare.
Heading rapidly toward another round. Ta’ish Suriya!
With dedicated good ISIS troops advancing on the ground and missile strikes from the eventual winners of this conflict Assad may be rethinking his position. As gutless as Assad is it is surprising that he hasn’t fled with an asylum deal yet. When his weak Syrian army start suffering major casualties and defect that will be a tipping point.
tipping point for Hezbollah to rain hell on fake Israel ?
Hezbollah with their dull swords for weapons are no threat.
I think that Assad has hung on through worse times than this. Good luck to Israel thinking that America is ready to go to war with Iran. America is a sick (physically and financially) dying empire – the only war that it wants is with some 5th grade country like Grenada.
we lost 19 soldiers in that mini-clash. We killed or captured over 1200 before they cried uncle. We only sent about 75 initially but boosted it up as we can always do and can do it to that persian rug country with that weak kneed republican guard who will run like rabbits when we hit shore there.
Most important question – What the Hell caused us to attack Grenada? As for Iran, know this – the day we bomb them – kiss Good-Bye to our Fifth Fleet.
They were trying to overthrow the government that we wanted in there and institute a communist one. They were threatening our medical students who were getting one of those easy to get degrees there.
“threatening our medical students” –remember the Doonesberry cartoon, a slacker student recounting how unprepared he was for the final exams – he prayed for relief – and then lo and behold – America invaded just prior to the exams – saved.
We have a Sixth Fleet and Seventh and many more fleets to send over there if necessary. All these wars we have fought in the last 30 years have been dragged out for many reasons. We could have won them all in a week conventionally if we wanted to.
bootin buddin,
I don’t believe that our military people signed up to be “cannon fodder” – You may be an exception, but I also believe that most Americans are not going to go into a bloody war for the sole interests of Israel.
The US is a paper tiger…could’nt win a war to save its life. You sir represent the ever silly and misinformed via the mainstream media. Uncle Sam is done, and the whole world knows it. If you can’t figure out why we have not attacked Iran then you really are quite blind…
Well we don’t want to rile up Russia who are only there to get minerals for themselves. Do you really think Russia cares about Iran’s survival. They know when they fall they will get a chunk of territory including that northern resort area which they covet.
Russia and Iran partially saved Syria from being. Balkanized by US NATO and other ME allies and their proxy terrorist groups, but Syria as a sovereign nation will eventually becom Iraq, another virtual nation.
Partially because of a semi autonomousKurdish region, semi autonomous to US and NATO. Not Syria, Turkish troops grabbed border regions and fortified them and in Souther Syria the US and NATO with help from Jordan supports a large diamond shaped area for moderate. , so called refugee camps but are mere recruiting and supply/training grounds for moderate foreign terrorist groups.
Assads military using Russian and Iranian troops defeated all of US controlled terrorist groups including Al Quida and affiliates, with US proxy Kurds doing fighting for them.
Israel grabbed a chunk of Goan heights and wants area 100 miles further into Syria, especially iSyria- Lebanon border, and they will eventually get it
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With Syrian Kurd oil fields now securely protected by US military US Treasury claims area , a program with multiple foreign owned assets most Americans know nothing about, as US Foreign Owned Asset.
There is no way Syria will ever become anything other than a third world failed State.
Russias masterstroke of saving even that much of Syria was only possible because of Agreement with US owning areas and not to fight against it directlyand it is they who call the shots of Syrian military not President Asaad.
kurds have three semi autonomous ent ities as a Republic but their whole economic viability is through US NATO financial , NGO’S launder the billions into Kurd rebuilding.
When world still had internationaly agreed upon defi itions of nation upon nation warfare Israel would most assuredly of been declared guilty of undeclared war on Syria and its invited Iran allies as wluld be US and NATO nations.
Warfare techniques of warfare have changed but are no different than in days Huns took off on killing conquering sprees or Barbarian groups joined hands and sacked Rome, just more organized by worlds only military financial Barbarians in Brooks brothers suits that lead from thousands of very clean miles from battlefields who enjoy vast support of their civilians.
No need US tovtry and wash out the McBeth blood spots, as they have no fear of one unborn of women they they got IN GOD WE TRUST ON THEIR SIDE.
Iran says it wants Israel erased from the pages of history. Thousands of Iranian chant “Death to Israel!” “Death to Israel!” is printed on Iranian missiles. Iran has boasted that it helped Hezbollah & Hamas kill Israelis. Iran has offered to help anyone willing to attack Israel. That’s war mongering!
Israel wants good relations with Iran. Israel wants to buy Iranian oil & Israel wants to sell Israeli goods to Iran.
What a Zionist goofball! Gaslighting won’t work.
Name calling is not a substitute for facts. Johnson is quite correct
There are many good peaceful people who live in Israel, I have friends in B’tselem, and Peace Now. Unfortunately, and sadly you have war criminals, and illegal settler groups with the military taking Israel down a path of assured destruction at some point. Let’s hope that the citizens of Israel rise up in mass and depose of the same human garbage that is the US government and its military industrial complex. PS all of your propaganda only helps the misfits “Like You” destroying Israel.