Israeli Air Force F15 planes fly during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli air force pilots at the Hatzerim air base in southern Israel, December 27, 2017.. (photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)
Middle East Monitor/Reuters: Israel hints it could hit Iran’s ‘air force’ in Syria
Israel released details on Tuesday about what it described as an Iranian “air force” deployed in neighbouring Syria, including civilian planes suspected of transferring arms, a signal that these could be attacked should tensions with Tehran escalate.
Iran, along with Damascus and its big-power backer Russia, blamed Israel for an April 9 air strike on a Syrian air base, T-4, that killed seven Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) members. Iranian officials have promised unspecified reprisals.
Israeli media ran satellite images and a map of five Syrian air bases allegedly used to field Iranian drones or cargo aircraft, as well as the names of three senior IRGC officers suspected of commanding related projects, such as missile units.
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WNU Editor: All the signs of a possible Israeli attack are there. Showing images of bombed-out Iranian military sites in Syria .... Satellite photos show precision of raid on Iranian military facility in Syria (Times of Israel). Canceling military exercises with other countries .... Israel pulls fighter jets from drill in Alaska amid tensions with Iran (Jerusalem Post). And increasing the hostile rhetoric .... ‘There’s a price to be paid for threatening Israel’ – defense minister warns Iran as tensions flare (RT).
