In the fourth series of Israeli strikes on Syrian soil in the past two weeks, warplanes hit the border region near Iraq in Deir Ezzor Province, hitting warehouses near Abu Kamal, which media claim were being used by Shi’ite militias.
Israel and the Israeli press present Shi’ite militias as Iranians, though in practice the militias in this area are almost exclusively Iraqi PMF fighters who crossed in to continue fighting against ISIS.
With Iran looking to wait out the Trump Administration, and with high hopes for a diplomacy reset with Biden, Israel is stepping up the attacks on Iran, or perceived Iranian targets, to try to stir things up at the last minute.
Israeli officials see this as slowing down Iran, or proving the nation’s weakness, but Iran seems to be just waiting out the clock on Trump, and with most of Israel’s attacks hitting groups only tangentially related to them, they can afford to wait for Biden.
What does Israel really gain then?
It is become wild thrashing and killing.
Syria attacked Israel in 1948, 1967 & 1973 & Syria still refuses to sign a peace treaty. Israel needs to keep Syria from getting more & better weapons to use in its next attack against Israel.
Israel attacked Syria in 1967, and took and kept valuable territory that the UN says it must give back. In 1973 Syria merely tried and failed to take back what it had every right to take back.
Why isn`t syria shooting down israeli planes. ?
Because:
1) Israeli jets fire missiles from Lebanon, Golan Heights and Jorden air space and Syria cannot fire their anti air missiles over their airspace.
2) Putin has turned off the Syrian S-300 air defense systems based on an agreement with the nutnyaboo…!
They may be restrained by fear of US escalation, or by Russian advice to be restrained (versus possible US escalation).
Also, some of the missiles seem to be launched from outside Syrian airspace and Assad may not want to sour relations with e.g. Lebanon.
And perhaps the vaunted Russian SAMs aren’t nearly as good as advertised.
Also, Russia does not want to put it to the test and find out just how good the planes and missiles are against each other. The untested risk has its own value.
The US Maximum Pressure plot for Iran regime change failed so miserably that its effect ricocheted to result in US regime change instead….!!!
>>>Israel and the Israeli press present Shi’ite militias as Iranians, though in practice the militias in this area are almost exclusively Iraqi PMF fighters who crossed in to continue fighting against ISIS.
This is the group of Iraqi PMF fighters that Trump attacked in January 2020 when he also killed Soleimani. Trump’s attack killed hundreds of these fighters __at the very time__ they were fighting ISIS. He blamed them on the American contractor’s death which was ridiculous since that death occurred on the opposite side of Iraq — an area where ISIS was located.
Therefore it can be concluded: Israel is aiding ISIS since it attacked the very people who are fighting to rid the western Iraqi/eastern Syria border of ISIS. And yes, Israel (like the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar) actually wanted Syria to be taken over by al qaeda and its affiliated jihadists — which is supposed to be the enemy of the U.S.