World Watches as All-Out War Between Israel and Iran Inches Closer
by Darius Shahtahmasebi, The Anti Media:
Over the weekend, Israel used the long-standing adversarial threat of Iran as a pretext to launch a barrage of attacks against targets in Syrian territory. According to the Israeli side, an Iranian drone launched from Syria flew deep into Israeli airspace, which prompted Israel to not only down the drone, but to also target the base the drone was allegedly launched from in Syria.
In turn, Syria activated its air defenses, which saw Israel lose one of its fighter jets soon after. Unhappy with this result, Israel launched a number of retaliatory strikes against Syria’s air defenses, including bases allegedly staffed with Iranian personnel as opposed to Iran’s mere proxy forces. Israel claimed it successfully destroyed half of Syria’s air defenses, and because this is allegedly the first time Israel has actually struck Iranian targets as opposed to Iranian proxies, the weekend’s developments undoubtedly represent an escalation.
“We are seeing a renegotiation of the rules of the game with regard to the kind of military activity that each side tolerates in the other,” said Ofer Zalzberg, the senior analyst for Israel/Palestine at the International Crisis Group. “We will see more and more friction between the parties, given that we are seeing more and more this sense that Assad has the upper hand [against Syrian rebels]”, he added.
It’s worth noting that Tehran denied it launched the drone in the first place, stating its forces are in Syria in an advise-and-assist capacity only, yet western media has taken Israel’s claim at face value. Perhaps a drone did violate Israeli territory, but the implication that Iran launched it still requires further proof given the drone almost certainly came from Syria, which has a government and military of its own. Further, a pertinent question worth examining is why Iran would launch a drone into Israeli territory in the first place. As the Atlantic observed:
“The story may well be true. But in the absence of further information, including forensic evidence from the wreckage, one must wonder what would compel Iran to make such an incursion at a time when some in the country are trying to persuade the European signatories of the 2015 nuclear deal to stand by its side and not cave to the Trump administration’s attempt to torpedo it. This would seem an inopportune moment for provocation.”
Israel has already admitted to bombing Syria well over 100 times since the conflict in Syria began in 2011, and that point alone is enough to turn this debate on its head: Why is it okay for Israel to violate Syria (and Lebanon’s) airspace over 100 times over the course of half a decade while it remains largely unacceptable for Syria to do the same a single time? Surely this double standard cannot sustain a workable and civil international community.
Further, the drone itself was reportedly a surveillance drone. It posed no immediate threat to Israeli life compared to, say, Israel’s sophisticated bombers, which routinely violate Lebanon’s (and now Jordan’s) airspace to take out targets in Syria.
In light of the fact that Anti-Media has warned about rising tensions between Israel, Syria, Iran, and Lebanon multiple times, examining what’s still to come has become a necessity.
“Winter is coming from the north where we have a concrete threat,” Orit Perlov, a social media analyst for the Institute for National Security Studies, told the Jerusalem Post in an interview just days before the Israeli jet was downed in Syria.
VICE believes the situation did not escalate even further following the weekend’s activities primarily because of Russia’s diplomatic intervention, which was aimed at de-escalating tensions between the two rival nations. Haaretz observed that the effect of Russia’s intervention showed “once again who’s the real boss in the Middle East.” Even the Atlantic is calling on Russia to broker the peace between the two countries, stating:
“Moscow may be reluctant to assume a political role it has shown little capacity for playing. But as the dominant power in Syria that controls the skies, it has no choice. Unlike any other actor, moreover, it enjoys good relations with all the main actors: Israel, Iran, Hezbollah, and the Syrian regime. There is no reasonable alternative to Russia as balancing power and mediator.”
However, the New York Times noted that even though Russia controls Syrian airspace, Israel received no warning regarding the alleged drone activity.
Despite Trump’s diehard pro-Israeli rhetoric, the U.S. is nowhere to be seen at a time when Israelis would probably value its American counterpart the most. In an op-ed published on Sunday in Haaretz, Barack Obama’s former ambassador to Israel Daniel B. Shapiro noted that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was taking a trip through Jordan, Turkey (which is also currently violating Syrian territory), Egypt, Kuwait and even Lebanon — but not Israel.
This reality alone should give some of us hope that at the end of the day, an outright conflict cannot erupt between Iran and Israel without reckoning first with Russia on some level. According to Haaretz, Vladimir Putin intervened during the recent spat and, in a phone call, asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to avoid moves that could lead to “a new round of dangerous consequences for the region.”
Haaretz also believes Russia is concerned about the proximity of the Israeli bombings on sites where Russian soldiers are currently stationed. Given reports are emerging that U.S. airstrikes may have killed a significant number of Russian operatives on the ground in Syria, Russia may be much more irked by the recent developments than first imagined.
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Source: https://www.sgtreport.com/articles/2018/2/15/world-watches-as-all-out-war-between-israel-and-iran-inches-closer
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IRAN has “apparently” NOT LAUNCHED an ATTACK on a neighbour in over 300 YEARS.
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ZIONISM = TERRORISM; THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING; AMERICAN TROOPS IN A CIA DEATH WISH; PANDEMONIUM IN TERRORIST RANKS
Everyone has read about the ILLEGAL ASSAULT on FIGHTERS with the Popular Defense Forces WHO WERE TARGETED BY AMERICAN AIRCRAFTand ARTILLERY
as they were lawfully moving north between the villages of Khushaam and Al-Taabiyya in northeast Dayr El-Zor. Some reports in the Western Media claim that over 100 “pro-Assad regime troops” were killed by the noble and democracy-loving yanks. That is not true.
The actual NUMBER OF FIGHTERS KILLED in the convoy heading north is around 22 with CIVILIANS BEING THE LARGEST CASUALTY. THE CIVILIANS WERE ACCOMPANYING the PDC, FOR SAFETY’S SAKE, as THEY WERE HEADING BACK TO THEIR HOMES.
THE U.$. BOMBED CIVILIANS, MURDERING OVER 100 MEN, WOMEN and CHILDREN. 
GOOD $HOW Uncle $am. 
This is THE GRATEest MILITARY in the WORLD – a military that HA$ KILLED MORE AFGHAN CIVILIANS THAN ANY CONQUEROR in HI$$tory; 
A MILITARY THAT BOMBED TO DEATH OVER ONE MILLION VIETNAMESE CIVILIANS; 
A MILITARY “WITCH” PROVIDE$ the $AUDI CHIMP$ with ALL the ORDNANCE THEY NEED to EXTERMINATE the POOREST NATION IN the ARAB WORLD. 
Flying over Lebanon, they unleashed a volley of rockets at the town of Jamraayaa where the Syrian military maintains a military research and development facility. This time, most of the missiles were intercepted and destroyed by the Pantsir Air Defense System defending the Damascus area. We can also confirm that a two-seater F-16 fighter jet was destroyed and crashed in the northern Galilee. The pilots are believed to have ejected successfully seconds before the S-300 missile exploded their aircraft. In truth, the pilots had only seconds to live and made the right decision to abandon the aircraft. One of the pilots is in serious critical condition.
There are some questions about why the attack on Jamraayaa took place. It is not the first. NO EVIDENCE OF ANY MILITARY DELIVERIES FROM IRAN to HZB. And there was little or nothing going on with the SAA that would provoke such an attack. The Syrian MoD claims that THE ATTACK WAS CONTRIVED t….GIVE the TERRORI$T$…a “$EN$E” of support !
BUT……HERE IS WHAT MY SOURCES ARE TELLING ME:
Over the last 5 days, the SYRIAN ARMY under command of Maj. General Suhayl “Tiger” Al-Hassan, was able to liberate 1,500 square kms of territory in the formerly besieged pocket extending from southeast Khanaassir in Aleppo Prov. to West Sinjaar in Idlib down to Al-Sa’an in Hama. This used to be Nusra territory. Much of the weaponry used by the SAA at these battles were weaponized drones flying out of central airbases like the one at Shu’ayraat. In addition to this, the SAA also liberated Qasr bin Wardaan and Al-Musaytiba on February 8, 2018 from ISIS. Yesterday, the SAA swept over both Nusra and ISIS…LIBERATING 30 VILLAGES and TOWNS in HAMA.
THIS of MOMENTUM CAUGHT …..THE ZIONIST TERRORIST PLANNERS…..UNAWARE$ unawares with radio traffic screaming out bloody murder from the terrorist rodents in the northwest of Syria.
The ZIONI$T$ HAD TO DO SOMETHING.
THEY CONCOCTED A PATENTLY FALSE TALE
of an “Iranian” drone which violated ZIONI$T airspace 
and declared it an “abnormal kind of aggression”. In order to blunt the effectiveness of the weaponized drones, the ZIONI$T Air Force flew several missions designed to destroy areas where the drones were stored, manufactured and positioned. According to my sources, the ZIONI$T$ thought they had a free corridor in Lebanon and could fire their missiles at airbases in Syria with impunity. Some ZIONI$T bombers even flew over Southern Syria where their pilots, if need be, could eject into friendly terrorist territory.
The Syrian High Command had already been given the okay by President Michel Aoun of Lebanon to fire at ZIONI$T aircraft flying in Lebanese airspace. When one F-16-S flew over South Lebanon and was detected by SAA radar, an S-300 was fired right at it and struck the jet dead on almost killing the TWO-RODENT CREW. The aircraft, due to its attitude and altitude, crashed into Occupied Palestine in the Galilee near the Arab town of Umm Al-Fahm. In addition to this, ZIONI$T aircraft flying over the Hawraan in Syria, fired missiles at SAA bases but almost all the projectiles were intercepted and destroyed before they could reach their intended targets. Another bomber flew over Lebanon in an attack on Jamraayaa northwest of Damascus, but, the aircraft were only successful in delivering their bombs to areas surrounding the town. My source, Monzer, writes that another ZIONI$T jet was struck by air defense missiles fired from Brigade 22 which is 3 kms north of Lake ‘Utayba. The news of that strike is still being investigated.
It should be obvious that the game has changed. Tony Gratrex has sent me several articles about how the ZIONI$T Apartheid $TATE and the U.$. ARE NOW EMBARKING ON A “NEW” STRATEGY WITH THE SAME OUTWORN END LOGIC.
The plan now, according to one article from Tony, is to PREVENT SYRIA FROM BEING ABLE TO REBUILD ITSELF by denying it access to oil and gas facilities.
This is one reason why the U.S. struck the PDC units at Dayr El-Zor on February 8, 2018 after midnight killing all those civilians. Evidently, the American allies in the SDF agreed to permit the Syrian government to take over oil fields in Dayr El-Zor. The U.S. would have none of it. This is where the UNITED STATES now finds itself: TILTING at WINDMILLS.
https://syrianperspective.com/2018/02/zionism-terrorism-the-proof-is-in-the-pudding-american-troops-in-a-cia-death-wish-pandemonium-in-terrorist-ranks.html#comments