Contents tagged with Syria
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Iran threatens to 'level Tel-Aviv and Haifa to the ground'
Following the Israeli Air Force attack on Iranian positions in Syria, a member of the Iranian Council of Experts, Ahmad Khatami stated after the Friday prayer that Iran will destroy the largest city in Israel - Tel Aviv and Haifa.
According to him, Iran can "level these cities to the ground" even without nuclear weapons, only thanks to the power of Iran’s missiles.
"We do not talk about a nuclear bomb, but on the contrary, our policy is a deterrent policy, every day Iran's missile power is …
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Kremlin confirms Russia does not intend to supply S-300 missile systems to Syria
Russia’s refusal to supply S-300 missile systems to Syria is not connected with the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Moscow, as stated by the press secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, while commenting on the statement of Putin’s aide on Military and Technical Cooperation ,Vladimir Kozhin in an interview with the newspaper Izvestia.
"Technically, it is absolutely wrong to link this [Kozhin's words] with Netanyahu's visit, because the interview was given …
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Netanyahu: Israel’s actions in Syria are not directed against Assad’s army
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Syrian government troops were not originally the target of the Israeli Air Force, but were under attack because they opened fire on Israeli military aircraft.
According to him, Tel Aviv sent a “clear message” to Damascus in advance, demanding that it not interfere with the Israeli Air Force’s attacks on Iranian military facilities in Syria.
“Our actions are directed against Iranian targets in Syria, but if the Syrian army attacks us, we will …
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Israeli missile destroys Russian anti-aircraft system in Syria
The Israel Defense Force (IDF) released a video in which an Israeli Spike NLOS missile hits a Pantsir-S1 missile defense system, which was sent to Syria by Russia.
The destroyed Pantsir system was at the Mezzeh military airbase (Damascus), which is located 3.8 km from the presidential palace of Bashar Assad.
It was noted that the video was shot from a camera on the missile. When the missile approaches the defense system, the image disappears.
“The IDF struck an SA22 aerial interception …
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Iran launches missile attack on Israel from Syrian territory, Israel retaliates
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that Iranian forces in Syria fired missiles at the positions of Israeli troops in the Golan Heights.
According to the IDF press service, around midnight, about 20 missiles were fired at positions on the Golan Heights by Iranian Quds Force.
A representative of the army added that some missiles were intercepted by Israel’s missile defense system.
He noted that as of yet there is no information about losses or damage as a result of one of the most …
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Netanyahu: Russia does not intend to interfere with Israel's actions in Syria
After the talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which took place on May 9 in Moscow, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had no reason to worry that Russia would interfere with Israel's actions in Syria. As reported on the Kremlin website, during a meeting with Netanyahu, Putin intended to talk about bilateral relations between Israel and Russia, as well as problems in the region. "The situation, unfortunately, is very acute. I want to express the hope that we will not …
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Israel puts troops in state of high alert
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has ordered local authorities to prepare bomb shelters. This was after the military noted “irregular activity of Iranian forces in Syria,” the Jerusalem Post reported a military spokesman as saying.
Additionally, the Israeli military was put on high alert and deployed air defense forces in the northern part of the country, the newspaper reported.
“The IDF is prepared for various scenarios and warns that any aggression against Israel will be met with a severe …
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Israel strikes Iranian military base in Syria
The Israeli Air Force has carried out a missile attack on the military base in the town of Al-Kiswah near Damascus.
Syrian state agency SANA reports, citing military sources, that Syrian air defense shot down two Israeli missiles. According to the agency no one was killed.
The Arab media reports that Israeli strikes were aimed at Iranian military targets in Syria.
According to unconfirmed reports, the Israeli warplanes destroyed an Iranian weapons convoy carrying missiles intended for …
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Israeli minister threatens to overthrow Assad
Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz threatened to overthrow and kill Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if he continues to allow Iran to operate out of Syria, the Israeli news outlet Ynet reports.
The Israeli government accuses Iran, one of Syria’s primary allies, of striving to turn Syria into a hostile staging area. However, Israel promises to prevent this, even if it requires use of military force.
“If Syrian President Bashar al-Assad continues to allow the Iranians to operate out of …
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Media: Russian attack helicopter that crashed in Syria was shot down by a portable surface-to-air missile
The Russian Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter that crashed in Syria may have been shot down by a missile fired from the ground, reported the newspaper Kommersant.
“According to unofficial information, the Ka-52 was shot down while patrolling the eastern territories of the Syrian Arab Republic when it was fired on by portable surface-to-air missile systems (MANPADS), which were at the disposal of radical Islamists,” the paper said.
On May 7, the Ministry of Defense reported the crash of a …