Inside Iran-Israel’s Military Confrontation in Syria

Israel and Iran are now engaged in almost direct and open conflict in Syria 

The threat of direct confrontation between arch-enemies Israel and Iran has long simmered in Syria, where the Iranian military built a presence early in the nearly eight- year civil war to help President Bashar al-Assad’s government.

The Israeli military said its fighter jets attacked Iranian “Quds Force” targets early on the 20^th of December and their hits included Iranian military munition stores, a position in the Damascus International Airport, an intelligence site and a military training camp. The attack came in retaliation to what Israeli intelligence claimed as an Iranian attempt to fire missiles towards Israel-occupied Golan Heights. “We’re operating both against Iran and against the Syrian forces that are abetting the Iranian aggression,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

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