Posted on 12/15/2024 7:46:59 PM PST by algore
'Colossal' explosions have filled the skies in Syria as Israeli strikes are said to have targeted military sites in the 'the heaviest strikes' in the area for more than a decade - with blasts which registered on earthquake sensors.
A war monitor group said that Israeli strikes had targeted military sites in Syria's coastal Tartus region.
'Israeli warplanes launched strikes' targeting a series of sites including air defence units and 'surface-to-surface missile depots', said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, in what it said were 'the heaviest strikes in Syria's coastal region since the start of strikes in 2012'.
It has been claimed that the explosion was so large, it measured as a magnitude 3.0 on seismic sensors.
Tartus has been the location of one of Russia's two military bases in Syria and was used as a naval base, as well as an ammunition depot.
The huge explosion, as well as secondary explosions, may indicate the presence of a large volume of stored armaments.
Dramatic videos circulating on social media showed a huge bright flash followed by several explosions which sent an enormous mushroom cloud of smoke into the air.
Russia's foreign ministry earlier today said it had evacuated some of its diplomatic staff from Syria, a week after the fall of the nation's dictator Bashar al-Assad.
According to researcher Richard Cordaro the blast was detected by a magnetometer station 820km away in Isnik in western Turkiye.
He added that the signal had travelled about 'as twice as fast' as that of a typical earthquake.
A naval military base was first established by the Soviet Union in Tartus in 1971.
Until 2017 the facility was classed as a 'Material-Technical Support Point' rather than a base, and is Russia's only entrance point to the Mediterranean.
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There’s a good deal of hardware that none of us want the rebels to get a hold of.
If Turkiye enters Syria from the rear, will Greece help?
(Asking for a friend)
Like in Afghanistan?
“Israel is the only country that could do something like this with no repercussions.”
Gotta love it!!!!!
What does Israel dropping bombs in Syria have to do with Afghanistan?
Well, so much for the Neocon plan to have their Terrorist Friends who just seized Syria send their weapons to Ukraine. Darn it! LOL.
Dang. I was questioning if Russia would withdraw their navy. Guess I know the answer now.
“Dang. I was questioning if Russia would withdraw their navy. Guess I know the answer now.”
Apparently the terrorists running Syria wanted the Russians to stay, but they want nothing to do with that hell-hole (and no, they’re not sending billions to the terrorists, like we seem to always do).
1. During Asad: no major bombing by Israel; Biden regime hostile to Syria.
2. The new regime after Asad: major bombing by Israel; Biden regime aid incoming.
*******
What does this tell us about the new regime and who will benefit from it?
🤣🤣🤣Oh the inanity!
BTTT
You mean like a 'reach around?'
I think the US dropped a couple of MOABs on targets in Afghanistan.
There’s no such thing as a complete thread about that area of the world without an obligatory cornhole reference.
The Bible says that one day soon, every nation will send armies to Jerusalem to destroy it. They won’t be able to act like this for much longer. World opinion of them is going to tank even worse than it is now.
Israel does not want Islamic terrorists to acquire vast stores of weapons in Syria such as those that the U.S. left for the Islamic terrorists in Afghanistan.
Soon, huh?
this isn’t going to go on forever
The Israeli leadership is doing what they need to do for their nation’s survival. Thankfully Trump sees it that way as well, and is on their side. “World opinion” means squat. The world is always against Israel.
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