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If I were in the advice-giving business to Syrian pilots, I’d say “you might want to avoid flying into #Israel’s airspace.” But I’m not in that business so let’s instead play a game of “See what happens when...”
These Red Alert 🚨 sirens in communities on #Israel’s side of the #Golan are likely the result of this nearby fighting in SW #Syria among the gangs who can’t shoot straight. 
I appear to be correct in my above tweet as the @IDFSpokesperson response is, "Following reports regarding sirens in the #Golan regional council, a launch was identified from #Syria at Israeli territory. It appears to have been errant fire from the internal fighting in Syria."
Extraordinary.
Acc. to @BarakRavid sources, #Russia has told #Israel that it'll seek to force #Iran 100km away from #Israeli-held 1974 #Golan line.
That means all territory west of the red line on map (L).
= A truly wild fantasy.
Look where #Iran is now (R); per @ETANA_Syria:
Acc. to @BarakRavid sources, #Russia has told #Israel that it'll seek to force #Iran 100km away from #Israeli-held 1974 #Golan line.
That means all territory west of the red line on map (L).
= A truly wild fantasy.
Look where #Iran is now (R); per @ETANA_Syria:
@BarakRavid @ETANA_Syria #Israel has shot down an #Assad regime Sukhoi fighter jet, which took off from T4 Airbase & flew 2km into Israeli airspace.
x2 Patriot SAM missiles were used & multiple messages sent in multiple languages prior to shoot-down.
Another example of #Russia’s value in de-escalation.
x2 Patriot SAM missiles were used & multiple messages sent in multiple languages prior to shoot-down.
Another example of #Russia’s value in de-escalation.
@BarakRavid @ETANA_Syria #pt: Just 36hrs ago was #Israel's first operational use of the "David’s Sling" SAM system, used to down #Assad ballistic missiles.
Yesterday, #Russia’s MFA & MOD visited #Jerusalem to firm-up their security arrangements with #Israel.
I wrote that #Moscow is incapable - clearly.
Yesterday, #Russia’s MFA & MOD visited #Jerusalem to firm-up their security arrangements with #Israel.
I wrote that #Moscow is incapable - clearly.
Amb. Fred Hof (@FredericHof) says #Trump enters into the #Helsinki summit with #Putin with some real leverage on #Syria -- he can increase the chances of a genuine ceasefire & real peace "only if he realizes…”
atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…
atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…
@FredericHof Ahead of the planned #Trump-#Putin summit in #Helsinki, I spoke with @fordrs58 & @j_feierstein about #Syria -- Are we at the end of the conflict?
The latest @MiddleEastInst podcast, here:
The latest @MiddleEastInst podcast, here:
@FredericHof @fordrs58 @j_feierstein @MiddleEastInst The #Trump admin is pivoting to an anti-#Iran posture in #Syria, while hoping #Russia has what it takes to secure #Israel’s interests.
But guess what?
#Israel downed a drone last week flying into the #Golan - it wasn’t Iranian; it was Russian… a "Forpost.” (Via @QalaatAlMudiq)
But guess what?
#Israel downed a drone last week flying into the #Golan - it wasn’t Iranian; it was Russian… a "Forpost.” (Via @QalaatAlMudiq)
New evergreen Tweet? "Netanyahu asks Putin to remove #Iran's forces from #Syria."
@AcrossTheBay @JSchanzer & I describe the stakes & provide policy options in @FDD's "Controlled Chaos: The Escalation of Conflict between #Israel & Iran in War-Torn Syria" defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/badr…
@AcrossTheBay @JSchanzer & I describe the stakes & provide policy options in @FDD's "Controlled Chaos: The Escalation of Conflict between #Israel & Iran in War-Torn Syria" defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/badr…
The need for our new report and recommendations therein is best summed up two maps indicating today's developments in #Syria:
As expected, the #Assad regime - supported by #Russia & yes, #Iran-backed militias - is well into a pre-planned offensive vs. opposition-held areas in S/SW #Syria.
= Violating de-escalation zone agreement & with little/no word/response from the opposition’s foreign backers.
= Violating de-escalation zone agreement & with little/no word/response from the opposition’s foreign backers.
#pt: At least one pro-#Assad Shia militia group overtly backed by #Iran/#IRGC -- Liwa Zulfiqar -- has publicly proclaimed its ongoing role in the offensive in south #Syria.
No word or response from #Israel, as yet.
[via @hadialbahra]
No word or response from #Israel, as yet.
[via @hadialbahra]
@hadialbahra #pt: The U.S’s impotent role in #Syria has again been revealed for all to see & exploit…
June 21: @StateDept threatens “serious repercussions” for any offensive in the south.
June 23: @USEmbassyJordan tells FSA 'we don’t have your back' [via @AbuJamajem]
June 25-27: Silence.
June 21: @StateDept threatens “serious repercussions” for any offensive in the south.
June 23: @USEmbassyJordan tells FSA 'we don’t have your back' [via @AbuJamajem]
June 25-27: Silence.
BIG NEWS overnight
- #Israel struck x12 military targets across #Syria (4+ directly controlled by #Iran).
- #Syria dispatched drone to #Golan (from T4 AB); downed by #Israel.
- In subsequent “ambush,” one Israeli F-16 was shot down by Syrian air defenses; landed in Galilee.
- #Israel struck x12 military targets across #Syria (4+ directly controlled by #Iran).
- #Syria dispatched drone to #Golan (from T4 AB); downed by #Israel.
- In subsequent “ambush,” one Israeli F-16 was shot down by Syrian air defenses; landed in Galilee.
