Two nights ago, there was an attack on an Iranian weapons storage depot at the main airport in Damascus Syria. There were also attacks on a few other facilities of Iran and Hezbollah in Syria. There is video of significant explosions taking place. The Assad regime issued claims that its air defenses had shot down many of the missiles fired at these targets. According to Assad, the attack was carried out by Israeli jets that were not even flying in Syrian airspace. As usual, Israel is not commenting on whether or not it carried out any attack. The video of the exploding Iranian arms depot, however, makes it very likely that it was the Israelis who launched this attack. Israel has said many times that it will not tolerate Iranian forces digging in on the Syrian border or using Syria as a means to ship arms to Hezbollah.
The most interesting thing about the report was the Syrian claim that it had actually shot down some of the attacking missiles. At first, that seemed like the usual BS put out by the Assad forces. When American cruise missiles hit Syria after Assad used chemical weapons on his own people, the Assad forces claimed that many were shot down. US information, however, showed that every one of the more than 60 missiles fired hit its target with the exception of one that malfunctioned shortly after launch. In other words, the Assad forces were just lying.
Now comes word that a Russian plane flying over the Mediterranean was shot down during the attack by ground fired missiles coming from Syria. The plane crashed and 14 Russians were killed. That means that the Syrians actually did shoot down something with their defense systems. Unfortunately for Assad, what he shot down was a plane of his Russian allies.
The most interesting thing about the report was the Syrian claim that it had actually shot down some of the attacking missiles. At first, that seemed like the usual BS put out by the Assad forces. When American cruise missiles hit Syria after Assad used chemical weapons on his own people, the Assad forces claimed that many were shot down. US information, however, showed that every one of the more than 60 missiles fired hit its target with the exception of one that malfunctioned shortly after launch. In other words, the Assad forces were just lying.
Now comes word that a Russian plane flying over the Mediterranean was shot down during the attack by ground fired missiles coming from Syria. The plane crashed and 14 Russians were killed. That means that the Syrians actually did shoot down something with their defense systems. Unfortunately for Assad, what he shot down was a plane of his Russian allies.
No comments:
Post a Comment