Posted on 09/09/2016 8:36:54 AM PDT by Lera
A large Hezbollah force, backed by the Syrian army and pro-Iranian Shiite militias, is building up outside Quneitra, just over a mile (2km) from Israel's Golan border. The Lebanese Shiite fighters, under the command of Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) officers, are streaming into southern Syria, armed with tanks and artillery.
Hezbollah, the "party of Allah," is the terrorist organization based in Lebanon. In a manner similar to Hamas in Gaza, it has virtually taken over the government there, especially in the south where it borders with Israel. Currently, Hezbollah, a known proxy of Iran, is engaged in fighting rebel groups in Syria in order to preserve the government of President Bashar al-Assad, another Iranian proxy.
On Monday night, 5 September, Iranian state-controlled media shed light Hezbollah's military movement next to Israel's border. It reported that the combined force had "completed preparations necessary for an extensive operation in southern Syria," adding, "Hezbollah aims to put an end to the presence of armed men in the area close to the border."
The nature of the "armed men" was not specified. Still, the goal of the new operation was clear: after evicting the assorted anti-Assad groups, including the Islamic State, holding territory "close to the border," Hezbollah and its backers plan to regroup on the Syrian-Israeli boundary.
This will position Iran and its Hezbollah surrogate to realize their six-year old design: open a second warfront against Israel.
Western and Middle East sources have toldl DEBKAfile that the triple army is in high spirits after last week's successful operation in Aleppo. By snatching back parts of the city they lost in mid-August, the Syrian army and its allies managed to cut off the rebels' supply lines from Turkey.
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They also have air superiority to protect it all as it moves.
This will not work out for the adversaries on the northern border.
Should they choose, they could obliterate every living thing in their path for 500 miles in a drive all the way to Damascus. Or, Beirut as necessary.
Totally agree. His “faith” is a facade, but proof that he is very smart to get the Orthodox Church on his side.
You are so right on both counts.
[[Think about this for a moment. The pro-Syrian gov’t-backed forces are in a do-or-die battle against ISIS for the survival of their regime. Why would they, then, open a second front against a powerful regional player like Israel?
Unless you have managed to conclude a secret truce with ISIS, that seems like an amazingly stupid move. ]]
Lesson # 1 about the middle east is
Never apply western logic to anything that happens there
Let’s see the IAF re-create the Desert Storm “Highway of Death” with these Goat humping, Allah FUBAR screaming Sand Uyghurs.
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