Middle East : Iran against Israel: the shadow war in Syria

speaking Quite openly about the actions against the enemy – Israel is a new strategy in dealing with the Mullah Regime. Clearly, the in on Monday night. The army tweeted for the first time that you have just started with attacks on Iranian targets in Syria. Previously, Iranian forces had fired a rocket to Northern Israel, in turn, a response to an attack on targets in Damascus.

so Far not or only very rarely, it was common that the army expresses to speculation that Israel put behind attacks on positions in Syria. Now been informed openly about the use. Among other things, the Iranian secret service, and training facilities and a weapons storage site should be taken close to the international airport in Damascus.

Israel's new openness

Israel's new openness is to be understood mainly as a warning in the direction of Iran, its influence in Syria should not be extended. Because the Jewish state sees a serious threat to its security. Finally, Iran has set itself the extinction of Israel.

"If you want to make it clear to the other side, that you're determined, then you can either escalate, so more and more sophisticated attack. Or you can publicly talk about it, what are you doing,“ analyzes the former national security adviser Yaakov Amidror Israel's change in strategy.

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"thousands of targets" attacked

This was announced already a few days ago: So the outgoing voice at the end of army chief Gadi Eisenkot in a newspaper interview for the first time, of the "Thousands of targets" had been attacked during his term of office in the Wake of the military operation against Iran.

observers see the actions of Israel is also a Signal to Russia that attacks will not be tolerated by Syria. The recent attacks in Moscow were arranged, excludes expert Yaakov Amidror. "We never coordinated with Russia and will not do it." You be careful not to take any Russian soldiers and inform in advance about actions in certain areas.

Israel accuses Iran to have a missile aimed in the direction of Golan heights fired.Photo: Jalaa Marey/AFP

Also, Iran's approach is new. So were there any troops according to Reports, Tehran – not a substitute – fired on Sunday afternoon, a medium-range missile from Syrian territory on the Israeli-annexed Golan heights. Skiers on the Hermon mountain in the North, filmed with mobile phone cameras, such as the interception system "Iron dome" took the missile out of the sky.

Iran thinks so clearly not to reconsider its presence in the Region. Again and again, the leadership in Tehran emphatically declared he is not going to pull out of Syria. The Mullahs insist, to keep military advisors, as well as "revolutionary forces and their weapons" until Further notice. Iran explains: The presence of the military is legitimate because the units at the request of the government in Damascus are in the country.

Syria's strategic importance

Israel is keeping the but for a pretext. In reality, the Islamic Republic of wool, build a kind of bridge head to the Jewish state from three sides. In addition to Syria, it would do Israel, then to the Northern border of Tehran heavily armed Lebanese militia Hezbollah and in the South with Gaza's ruling Islamist Hamas.

In the fight against the "Zionist Entity" has Syria, therefore, is of special strategic importance. According to observers, Iran is trying to there is to be fixed to a kind of "Shiite and a half to create the moon". To secure Tehran's influence from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean sea.

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Exactly, the government wants to prevent Israel under all circumstances. Especially since Iran's political and military Elite threatening the Jewish state almost daily with destruction. Syria could well be the battleground between Israel and Iran.