There was some sort of explosion at a remote part of the airport in Damascus, Syria in the early hours this morning. No one knows the cause. The Syrians claim that it was a missile attack launched by Israeli planes flying over Israeli airspace. The Israelis have not commented, but they never do in situations like this. Also, it is a major holiday in Israel.
So did the Israelis really strike at some installation adjacent to the airport in the Syrian capital? Who knows? The holiday of Rosh Hashanah seems like a strange time for the Israelis to launch a strike, but that is far from conclusive. After all, the Iranians could have decided that the holiday was the ideal time to transship weapons to Hezbollah through the airport in Damascus. Israel would not refrain from hitting such a shipment even on the holiday.
If the Israelis did hit the airport, it should clearly demonstrate two things to both Assad and Iran.
1. Israel has the ability to hit everything and anything within Syria, and it will not tolerate the shipment of weapons by Iran to Hezbollah.
2. The Russians will do nothing to stop Israeli attacks on Iranian shipments in Syria. That's important, since only the Russians and Americans really have the ability to launch a credible defense against such attacks by the IAF.
So did the Israelis really strike at some installation adjacent to the airport in the Syrian capital? Who knows? The holiday of Rosh Hashanah seems like a strange time for the Israelis to launch a strike, but that is far from conclusive. After all, the Iranians could have decided that the holiday was the ideal time to transship weapons to Hezbollah through the airport in Damascus. Israel would not refrain from hitting such a shipment even on the holiday.
If the Israelis did hit the airport, it should clearly demonstrate two things to both Assad and Iran.
1. Israel has the ability to hit everything and anything within Syria, and it will not tolerate the shipment of weapons by Iran to Hezbollah.
2. The Russians will do nothing to stop Israeli attacks on Iranian shipments in Syria. That's important, since only the Russians and Americans really have the ability to launch a credible defense against such attacks by the IAF.
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