ISIS/ISIL conflict in Syria/Iraq (No OpEd, No Politics)
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Russia Balks at Arming Syria With Missiles After Netanyahu Talks...
"Russia has no plans currently to deliver advanced S-300 air-defense systems to Syria, President Vladimir Putin’s aide on military cooperation said, an apparent reversal following talks between the Russian leader and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“We’re not discussing any deliveries of advanced new systems” to Syria, Vladimir Kozhin said in comments published on Friday by the pro-government Izvestia newspaper. The Syrian military has “everything it needs,” he said."
"Russia has no plans currently to deliver advanced S-300 air-defense systems to Syria, President Vladimir Putin’s aide on military cooperation said, an apparent reversal following talks between the Russian leader and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“We’re not discussing any deliveries of advanced new systems” to Syria, Vladimir Kozhin said in comments published on Friday by the pro-government Izvestia newspaper. The Syrian military has “everything it needs,” he said."
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Israeli missile destroys Russian anti-aircraft system Pantsir-S1 in Syria . . .
The Israel Defense Force (IDF) released a video in which an Israeli Spike NLOS missile hits a Pantsir-S1 missile defense system, which was sent to Syria by Russia.
The destroyed Pantsir system was at the Mezzeh military airbase (Damascus), which is located 3.8 km from the presidential palace of Bashar Assad.
It was noted that the video was shot from a camera on the missile. When the missile approaches the defense system, the image disappears.
“The IDF struck an SA22 aerial interception system as part of a wide-scale attack against Iranian military sites in Syria,”
According to The Jerusalem Post, this is the first confirmed loss of equipment in Syria.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the Pantsir S-1 anti-aircraft missile system, which the Russian army began using in 2012, “was almost 100% efficient” when defending against the air strike from the U.S. and its allies on targets of the Assad regime in Syria on the night of April 14th.
On the night of May 10th, the Iranian military, operating in Syria, fired dozens of missiles on positions of Israeli military in the Golan Heights. The IDF struck back, attacking dozens of Iranian military facilities in Syria.
The Israel Defense Force (IDF) released a video in which an Israeli Spike NLOS missile hits a Pantsir-S1 missile defense system, which was sent to Syria by Russia.
The destroyed Pantsir system was at the Mezzeh military airbase (Damascus), which is located 3.8 km from the presidential palace of Bashar Assad.
It was noted that the video was shot from a camera on the missile. When the missile approaches the defense system, the image disappears.
“The IDF struck an SA22 aerial interception system as part of a wide-scale attack against Iranian military sites in Syria,”
According to The Jerusalem Post, this is the first confirmed loss of equipment in Syria.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the Pantsir S-1 anti-aircraft missile system, which the Russian army began using in 2012, “was almost 100% efficient” when defending against the air strike from the U.S. and its allies on targets of the Assad regime in Syria on the night of April 14th.
On the night of May 10th, the Iranian military, operating in Syria, fired dozens of missiles on positions of Israeli military in the Golan Heights. The IDF struck back, attacking dozens of Iranian military facilities in Syria.
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Iran military base in Syria attacked, sources say...
"An Iranian military base in Syria was attacked on Tuesday, sources confirmed to Fox News.
At least nine people died in the attack, Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights in Britain, told AFP."
"An Iranian military base in Syria was attacked on Tuesday, sources confirmed to Fox News.
At least nine people died in the attack, Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights in Britain, told AFP."
Equation
Lieutenant General
I have to agree with this statement:
We will NEVER hear this narrative in American media without being accused as an anti Semite.
Dizasta1
Senior Member
I have to agree with this statement:
We will NEVER hear this narrative in American media without being accused as an anti Semite.
1. Syria is still battling against foreign invaders and is still faced with opposition to the government.
2. Without Russian, Iranian and Lebanese help, Syria would have been ripped apart.
3. Post-ISIS, Syria needs to engage in dialogue with rebels (backed by U.S/U.K), and find ways to reconstitute its entire soveriegn territory.
4. Iran cannot, would not jeopardise it's relations with Syria by attacking Israel. Particularly when Syria is still reeling from the civil/terrorist War that it has been fighting for the past 7 years.
5. Iraq is about to hold general elections, where Iran has a chance of seeing a friendly Iraqi government come to power. Attacking Israel at this critical juncture is illogical and irrational.
6. Trump administration's announcement to pull out from the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), is yet another reason why an Iranian attack on Israel from Syrian territory is next to impossible.
To put it simply, there is no rhyme or reason which would indicate Iran attacking Israel from Syrian territory. It is does NOT add up!
7. Fact: the only country in the Middle East that possesses a deployable nuclear arsenal, is Israel. Not Iran, not Syria, not Iraq. And the only country to have carried out attacks against other countries without any provocation, is Israel.
So remind me why the United States of America has not imposed crippling economic sanctions on Israel so far? And why is it that Israel continues to receive $3 billion yearly (for years), despite the Western world having knowledge of Israel possessing nuclear weapons?
What rational explanation allows one Middle Eastern country to be under crippling economic sanctions, DESPITE its full cooperation under JCPOA? And exempt another (Israel) from acquiring full nuclear weapons development and deployment?
Does anyone smell hypocrisy here?
SteelBird
Colonel
I'll say it short; the one who has gun (bigger gun) talks!I have to agree with this statement:
We will NEVER hear this narrative in American media without being accused as an anti Semite.
Jura The idiot
General
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بحضور وزيري الدفاع والخارجية الروسيين.. الرئيس يلتقي الرئيس في سوتشي..
Translated from Arabic by
In the presence of the Russian ministers of Defence and Foreign affairs. The President #الأسد meets the President #بوتين in Sochi..
بحضور وزيري الدفاع والخارجية الروسيين.. الرئيس يلتقي الرئيس في سوتشي..
Translated from Arabic by
In the presence of the Russian ministers of Defence and Foreign affairs. The President #الأسد meets the President #بوتين in Sochi..
Too bad the video is short, but from what I can see, it seems that the Pansir-S1 was only parked there and I could not see the radar spinning.