Posted on 04/09/2018 8:15:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Russian officials claim the Israeli Air Force is responsible for a missile strike on a Syrian airbase carried out early Monday, just two days after the Assad regime killed 42 civilians in a chemical gas attack that sparked international outrage.
The Russian Defense Ministry told state media that two Israeli F-15 fighter jets fired eight guided missiles at the Tiyas base from Lebanese airspace, while pro-Assad Syrian media reported 20 missiles were fired. Israeli officials refused to comment the strike, which killed 14 military personnel, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Israel previously attacked Tiyas, known as the T-4 base, in February on grounds that an Iranian drone that encroached on Israeli airspace originated there.
The strike on the Tiyas airbase comes in the wake of an alleged chemical gas attack perpetrated by the Assad-regime against civilians in a Rebel-held Damscus suburb late Saturday.
President Donald Trump said the Assad regime would pay “a big price” for the violation of international law and condemned Iran and Russia for facilitating the atrocity through their continued support for government forces.
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If the Syrian Observatory for Human rights isn’t a misnomer I don’t know what is.
Takes blame? How about Israel credited with destroying terrorist base/stronghold? That’s more like it.
8 from F-35s, 12 from subs?
Isaiah 17 is closer to becoming a reality.
The area Israel bombed is part of the Greater Israel promised by God in Genesis — and confirmed by the Qu’ran.
And that burdensome stone of Jerusalem continues to get even bigger and bigger.
Israel previously attacked Tiyas, known as the T-4 base, in February on grounds that an Iranian drone that encroached on Israeli airspace originated there.
Thanks SeekAndFind.
Tiyas is the largest base for the Iranian Quds force. They have the most developed drone program next to ours.
Iran has been very aggressive supporting Hamas and Assad with drone technology, particularly to make them more stealthy and to harden the electronics from jamming.
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