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.
Don’t bring god to this whole thing. If he is here, he will be planning to destroy us all since nobody is following his orders, be it Christians, Jews or Muslims. You all are quoting sacred texts from all books but are forgetting one thing. Whenever the sinners start to think themselves as the sons and daughters of god, and start killing and torturing the righteous souls, he destroys all sinners and saves only a few of the right ones. We all are responsible of killing innocent people based on each other race or religion. If the god is one, then he loves and hate both. Days of justice are coming. May we all can avoid his wrath on humans.
My dear friend you sound deeply confused…allow me to point you into the right direction…the only Satanic country in the ME is Israel.
Akinbileje Bola
Wearing sunglass you cannot see or lo at the truth. How can a killer of prophets (Jesus Christ, according to Christian belief) group be awarded with state. Has Good become Shepherd?
Stephen Coyle I read the bible through n find that they are still the ppl of God. Your replacement theology is not from God but from smart ppl thinking they can add more to His word. I just read n my understanding is not marred by any theologians. Sorry brother if u can see it simple n do test.
Hate is very easy to breed…
Sasan Sohrabi Langroudi none of the names you mentioned had a spiritual or leadership role e.g Moses, Noah, Abraham, Paul, John etc.
Satan? Hhmm i think that is Israel.
Viktor Kvc all your concerns are in the good book…go read about it.
Maynard Dolotina Moises , Guys, just swallow Israel. You will get tired of blaming Israel. This nation will live forever and all other nations will fall and disappear. Whether u like what Israel is doing or not no human force shall ever eliminate Israel. Sorry!!
I believe Israel is waiting for Iran to retaliate. Iran had issued threats in the past and ever since Israel is living with painful anxiety. This time is like come on, give it to me now to make good of your threat so that I can have a good reason to flatten you once and for all.
Israel don’t win wars when they have defiantly forsaken God by doing evil against humanity.
If My people who are called by my name shall humble themselves, turn from their wickedness and pray, God will give them victory.
Remember, them include any nation who accepts the message of God Jesus Christ love and faith, to do them.
You can’t even spell correctly.
Get a life dude!
On your heart nko?
Oloshi!
Then Hezbollah defeated their ‘God’ in 2006.Those people left God long time ago.You are still in the past.
Wasiu Babatunde that’s a lie. It was an F-16 and it actually crashed in northern Israel. The crew also survived !
Israel Has Not Seen A Sledgehammer Blow Right On its Mouth. Israel Only Knows Using Aircraft and Tanks Against Stone Pelting Unarmed Palestinians. Israel Is Like A Jackal, it has been Blackmailing the American Govt. It is nothing in itself.
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I am thankful for the sacrifices my forefathers made to land me in this part of the world.
Kalulu Wa Karûmpû Now that you made a derogatory comment about slavery, here’s to you. The narrative is , Africans betrayed their brothers, disrupting their live for alcohol, knives and cloth. They captured families amass from their homes/villages on a large scale; why? Because of tribalism and hatred that exist in your hearts for your neighbour – Rwanda is a casing point.
Danny Figaro , you can’t curse whom God has blessed.no one can mess with Israel without attracting the anger of God,check your history