Following a US-led strike on Syrian targets last week — which changed little in the equation on the ground vis-à-vis the Bashar al-Assad regime, Russia and the United States — analysts continue to look through the smoke at what many say is a significantly more dangerous situation. The Israel-Iran conflict in Syria is heating up, and is already morphing from a proxy battle into a direct confrontation.
Scholars at the Washington DC-based Brookings Institution wrote on Wednesday that, following an Israeli strike on a military base in Syria last week, it is only a matter of time before the next escalation. The strike killed seven Iranians and may have destroyed a drone infrastructure project, and there are already signs retaliation is in the works.
“Iranian media gave extensive coverage to the Israeli attack on T-4 last week. Iranian leaders, most noticeably Ali Akbar Velayati, the top advisor to Iran’s supreme leader, issued direct threats of retaliation,” authors Dror Michman and Yael Mizrahi-Arnaud said.
“Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, also warned Israel that this time there would be a steep price to pay; the highly publicized funerals of Quds forces personnel was the latest such indication. Iran is now both deeply and publicly committed to retaliate. The stage is set,” the article warns ominously.
“While the intentions are clear, there remains considerable debate over what form the retaliation would take. In the Middle East, these nuances matter. […] A missile salvo appears to be the most appropriate Iranian response, both in terms of capabilities and risk calculation (and mirroring the Israeli missiles launched at T-4). However, the more crucial question is what target they will choose.”
Iran will likely try to find a delicate balance should they respond with an attack that the Russians “would find tolerable and containable,” the article asserts, but it is unclear what, if anything, would be easily contained.
Any strike on a significant Israeli military target, one likely scenario, would have to inflict negligible damage, the authors suggest. Otherwise it is hard to imagine an Israeli response would be contained.
Grantley Charlemagne Actually, the Iranians are mentioned extensively in scripture. All gentiles (ALL) are included in scriputre and are children of the Lord.
libya tried not to accept dollar for its oil..what happened to qadafi and libya..
Grantley Charlemagne, you should first deconstruct the symbolism of the Israeli flag and what Zionism stands for before you blow a trumpet which origin you are ignorant of.
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Grantley Charlemagne God do not create different tribes just to choose one and favor them and fight on their side against another. We are all equal in His eyes, He will never mingle on the affairs of men.
Viktor Kvc I am a Christian but I disagree that God has a choosen one. Moses was a politician on his time and he used choosen one and promised land concept to condition the mind of his people and have courage to leave Egypt. That is why it took them 40long years to find Israel. Since ancient jerusalem was a battle ground how come it is a promised land of God.
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Iran will not attack, they know what will happen to them. The Iranians are setting up infrastructure in Syria to attack Israel one day. They got a set back from the last attack and will not risk another. However, Israel will always attack with or without any provocation once they sense any threat.
Brothers and Sisters, Please read the old testament and the new testament as a reviewer.You can’t do anything on God’s will. Period!!!End of story.Dont try to be smart or intelligent coz nobody knows when u will die and going back to ashes except god.