There is no shortage of reasons to be concerned about the entangled drama unfolding in Syria, as Russia maneuvers on a shifting landscape that could see Israel and Iran collide in a direct confrontation.
Commentary in The Wall Street Journal on Monday urged caution on the part of Moscow, arguing that Russia has already nudged the regional arch-enemies closer to war. A recent Israeli strike on a base in Syria that killed seven Iranians, including four Quds Force officers, might have been swept under the rug by Iran, according to the author Dennis Ross, but Russia’s decision to call out Israel for the strike has forced Iran’s hand, increasing the likelihood of retaliation to save face.
Against this backdrop, Israel is warning Russia that air defense systems to be delivered to Syria will be in the Israeli air force’s crosshairs. Russia’s Defense Ministry confirmed reports this week that it planned to send Russian S-300 defense systems to the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad, prompting a response from Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
“One thing should be clear – if someone fires on our planes, we will destroy them,” Lieberman was reported by Haaretz as saying. “What’s important to us is that the weapons defense systems that the Russians transfer to Syria are not used against us. If they are used against us, we will act against them.”
Russian officials, cited in the initial Russian news report on S-300 delivery, cautioned against targeting the equipment. If Israel attacks them, they said, it will suffer “catastrophic consequences.”
Lieberman acknowledged that the S-300 systems were already being used in Syria, but only in defense of Russian assets. He made the distinction that they had not yet been “employed against Israel,” as paraphrased by Haaretz.
Will Sum . Hahaha. Unic race? Thats what Hitler once thought.
Rick, Russia are extremely strong, probably military the strongest in the world BUT never fear lsrael are God’s chosen, this is all predistined in the will of God, do you think Israel regained their land in 1947 by luck (call it whatever you want) or was it according to Matthew 24 and many other scriptures??people are running around aimlessly without a plan, look up your redemption is nigh, Russia, lran and whoever can try, I’ll give you some insight, Israel will make a covenant with the Palestinians (which shall be broken) but don’t wait for that ask God for salvation, read MALACHI 4:5,6, Revelation 10,7, Luke 17:30 this is a public site /domain, but the only form of salvation is through a message God sent based on the above scriptures, have you heard of bro Branham??? If not the world stands exactly as he prophesied. End Time Message
Mohamed Pasha, racism doesn’t exist in my country. Numerous different races live harmoniously under the same law, understanding and respect!
You guys come on instead of polarised the situation,let’s pray for the whole world to have peace because their war shall affect us all.
In the end only the innocent civilian will suffer in this war
Iyke Ikechukwu Israeli dog wagging American tail, always.
Will Sum yes uniquely racist.
All of you are talking about who has super powers but just to remind you that this conflict become worst, you better think of a place where u can hide yourself as this will be a holocaust!
Russia china alliance will win ovet israel and its allies…israelis are most coward people.
You are crazy even to talk about these "Israel never fall to respond" we are talking about Russia they have so manny nukes they can shout every Israelian one by one with the atomic bomb.
Byrn those arrogant thugs into ashes….Russia go ahead.
Maybe Israel intends on using their 200 nuclear weapons. ?
This could get very interesting, ESPECIALLY when the Russian nuclear submarines are just off their coast.
what is confusing to me is why lsrael would feel threatened by a syrian acquisitions of the russian made defense systems? first, lsrael has its own defense systems to protect its airspace from external aggression and would not hesitate to shoot any enemy plane intruding in her airspace, so are they insinuating that syria should not do the same and if the syrians find the russian made systems to be what they need to protect their airspace, why would lsrael be afraid or even threaten to destroy them if they down their war plane? would their airplanes be shot while in the lsraeli airspace or they wil be shot if they intrude into another sovereign country’s airspace which happens to be syria in this case? shouldn’t syria defend what is hers the same way lsrael and any other sovereign country does?
The World should be aside Israel…and not fear of those that keep on killing Syrian innocent civilians…
You guys are missing the point. Russia is stretched too thin. The operational tempo of war has severely degraded their assets in Syria. Resupply could be a problem if the US shuts down the straits from the Black Sea to the Med. The overreaching point for Russia is to keep their base at Tartus open. That will put Turkey in the crosshairs, stay in NATO or side with Russia. This was all foretold 2000 years ago. Why is Syria not in the final battles for the Mideast? They were already destroyed. How far are we away from Syria never being a factor ever again? Not too far, I’m guessing. I believe right now Israel can do as it wishes in regards to Russia. I don’t foresee any pushback until the New Silk Road reaches this area.
If the states stays out of it and the Jews stay in there own territory all will sort itself out maybe not the way we would like Just remember those idiots I’ve there have been killing each other since there were two
S Nouh Yousuf israelis are very unique race in the world even before Jesus Christ was born they were already at war israelis have no nation of its own they are the people who exodus from egypt wandering for
fourty years to the they place they. dont know . Until they reached on that place where they called it israel which is part of palestine.from there on up to thr presnt the war continues
Vitus Ugwu
What’s Israel doing on Syria space?
Hassan Khan It will not "stop over there". The US will inevitably become involved. And it will spread from there. Remember 1973!
I thought human slavery in Africa has been abolished? Unfortunately there is a new form of slavery for them. Africans were physically enslaved by white men then..now they are mentally enslave by the Zionist Terrorist Israel.