Late on July 20, the Israeli Air Force carried out a new wave of airstrikes on the southern countryside of the Syrian capital of Damascus. According to Syria’s state-run news agency SANA, Israeli warplanes launched missiles from the airspace over the Golan Heights at 21.48 local time. It claimed that a large portion of the missiles were shot down by the Syrian Air Defense Forces, but several hit their targets. At least 7 Syrian personnel were reportedly injured in the attack.
A day earlier, on July 19, Israeli warplanes and reconnaissance drones conducted extensive flights in Lebanese airspace, near the Syrian border. Apparently, these flights were conducted in the framework of the preparations for the July 20 attack.
In early July, the Iranian leadership publicly declared that it is going to contribute efforts to increase the Syrian air defense capabilities. Many observers, including Israeli ones, saw this statement as a signal of the possible supply of Iranian air defense systems to Syria. While the possibility of such supplies still remains in question, this was enough to provoke a further Israeli military action in Syria.
Syrian sources speculate that Israel also increased its sabotage activity in southern Syria. In the previous years of the conflict, the Israeli leadership already demonstrated that it’s ready to support any terrorist group that opposes Damascus. This approach extended to the situation when the Israeli military was turning a blind eye to the presence of ISIS terrorists in close proximity to Israeli positions on the Golan Heights.
At the same time, Israel reacted adversely to the Syrian anti-terrorism efforts in the provinces of Daraa and Quneitra. In the last few months, a series of assassinations and attacks targeted Syrian government forces in this area. Pro-government sources claim that these attacks became possible thanks to Israeli support to the remaining anti-government groups in the reigon.
Early on July 21, Idlib militants shelled positions of the Syrian Army near the village of Dadikh. Pro-militant sources claimed that the attack was a response to regular ceasefire violations by the Assad regime. Regular joint Russian-Turkish patrols along the M4 highway in southern Idlib seem to be not enough to stabilize the area. Furthermore, these patrols become targets of various attacks and provocations on a regular basis.
If the situation remains same in the future, a new open military confrontation in this part of Syria will become inevitable. At the same time, a political solution to the tensions is not possible as along as the region is in fact controlled by al-Qaeda-linked factions, first of all Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
In eastern Syria, the US-baked Syrian Democratic Forces continue their anti-ISIS raids in various desert villages. Pro-Kurdish sources claim that these raids allowed to decrease notably the ISIS activity on the eastern bank of the Euphrates. Nonetheless, the terrorist group still has a wide network of cells in this part of Syria. Thus, the resumption of ISIS attacks is just a matter of time.
Zerohedge is on it, too
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russian-jets-deployed-southern-syria-stop-active-israeli-attack-report
zh just purged all anti zionism commentary. (hating china and russia is still ok) so much for fight club in a cheap grab for google cash. it regularly posts gatestone institute articles which are pure globalist propaganda
yeah, yeah. and RT attacks the people’s protest in Serbia and aids the American ruling class in its attacks on populist Americans. so who has the “pure” truth in this world? Alex Jones loves Israel and is pilloried by the Deep State and banned.
as Oscar Wilde said ( yes I know about him) ” the Truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
the article I posted is an informational piece and quotes sources you might like if you even bothered to read the article critically. Did you?
Fuzzy thinking
ideology stinking
life boats
start
sinking
Israel’s contemptable arrogance will be its ultimate downfall.
It should be obvious to anyone with even minimum intelligence that this evil entity called Israel cannot continue to bomb, kill, steal, maim and terrorise indefinately.
There will come a time when Israel’s reliance on bribe and blackmail will cease to be of service to it.
There will come a day when Zionist control of the MSM will be of no use to Israel.
America, Israel’s backer, is entering a stage of irreversible decline.
America’s unlimited largesse and unconditional support to Israel will untimately come to an end.
And rest assured, there will come a day when Israel will have to account for it innumerable crimes that stretch across generations.
That day draws nigh!
Selah
@S-400
Yes, the day of Reckoning draws near. Karmic Justice will see to it that everything — eye for eye, limb for limb — will be accounted for.
With the supreme ability to bribe and blackmail plus virtual control of Western MSM plus!!! What else specifically, would the invisible ones “chosen” desire?
I’ve been unable to access presstv or sana news over the past day. No matter where I connect with my vpn.
Seems that the protagonists opposed to Syria are planning to have their Creator dispose of them into oblivion. Silly choice – the Boss always wins.
You can say that again.
Ian
Indeed the fight has been won already
I take great comfort in this truth
About the title of this article: Who is “responding”? Israelis usually justify their actions by calling them “response” — in other words, blaming the victim.
Israel is digging the proverbial hole, America is self accelerating its inevitable decline, Iran and Syria are taking the blows and displaying that rarest aspect of military strategy, patience.
I just find the arrogance of Israel so stupefying. Syria is a country. A state. If it wants to get air defense systems from *anyone* then it is perfectly entitled to get them, and possessing them is a perfectly legitimate right of the Syrian state.
Israel is attack a neighbouring country because they are outraged – utterly outraged – that Syria should do anything other than leave themselves defenseless against the magnificence that is the IDF. These attacks are just a breathless display of naked aggression.
Nothing more, no less.
What was the purpose of the S-300 systems that were sent to Syria?
Until now to protect Russian assets on Syrian soil.
Update from Canthama (@canthama) 2 hours ago. BTL in today’s SyrPer:
“ three important showdowns in line and about to happen in the MENA.
1) Alignment of foreign interests with support by the vast majority of Libyans has shifted the odds on expelling the Turkish criminal invaders and their terrorists. Impact in north Africa will be lasting.
2) The offensive to liberate most of Idlib Province is about to start. Syria’s 25th Div (former Tiger Forces) moved to the frontline 2 days ago; wherever these are positioned, there will be the spearhead. The 5th Corps strongly backed by Russia, formerly spread over many areas in Syria, also moved to southern Idlib. So did many other known storm troopers.
The word on the street is, that the terrorist attack on a Russian patrol near Ariha has exhausted Russia’s patience in dealing with Ankara’s terrorist regime. Likely M4 will be cleared all the way, and Idlib city will be liberated together with all the Idlib plains. That could push the terrorists northwards to take refuge in Turkey, so we should expect a bloody offensive where killing terrorists will be maximized.
3) The situation in northern Palestine is becoming critical after the Israeli attack on Damascus’ airport where 7 people were killed, among them 1 Hizballah fighter. The apartheid regime is freaking out over Hizballah payback, but it seems Hizballah is taking its time, raising the bar. Something new and powerful may happen, it could mark the decline of the apartheid regime.