[kabar]

I doubt very much they would risk it in the air, let alone over Iraq. No, Iran wants its proxies to be able to deliver to the intended target, which is Israel. So Syria, Hezbollah, and Hamas are the intended end users, not Iran. Iran is just paying for it and has a say in when to use any of it...

I doubt seriously that Syria wants to be the identifiable source of a nuclear attack against Israel given their geographic position. They would be wiped off of the map. Syria is not a proxy of Iran. Hezbollah is.

[JasonC]

Syria wants nukes on standby in case Israel decides it is part of the "return address" - just like Iran does. The ship that docked in Syria made two prior stops - Egypt (the way to Gaza) and Lebanon. But Israel knows all about it, and if either proxy attacks it, all of them are going to be on the retaliation target list. Bank on it.