Iran vs. Israel: Winds of War in Syria

In 2017, If the military defeat of IS after confrontations in Iraq and Syria with the broad global coalition was the headliner for global news and development, in 2018, the brewing battle between Israel and the Iran-backed Shiite coalition and - its transition from proxy war to full military confrontation – will surely be the most striking development of the year.

In what appeared to be a historic first-ever military confrontation in a relationship that mostly boasted limited proxy wars, cyber warfare and spy-for-spy tactics, February 10thmarked the first time, Iran and Israel responded directly to the other’s overtures, in Syria. An Iranian drone launched by a Quds Force unit operating out of Syria’s T4 air base, in central Syria, was shot down with a missile from an Israeli Apache helicopter that was following it after it penetrated northern Israel airspace.

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