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2020-02-18 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Last week’s [Israeli] airstrikes destroyed IRGC Quds Force HQ, warehouse at Damascus airport
Several interesting photos at the link with circles and arrows and explanatory statements on each one.
[Jpost] Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sites at Damascus International Airport were heavily damaged due to Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
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ImageSat International (ISI) reported on Monday evening that heavy damage was inflicted upon Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sites at Damascus International Airport on February 13. Airstrikes appear to have hit warehouses, a shelter, headquarters and infrastructure.

The airstrikes were reported in regional media, such as The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
’s Anadolu. Reports indicated that seven people were killed, including four Iranian officers. The Anadolu report claimed the attack occurred after a cargo plane had landed. Syrian regime media blamed Israel and said that Syrian defenses had intercepted "hostile targets."

According to the ISI assessment, a series of satellite photos show damage to buildings around the airport. The damage included a headquarters and warehouse near a runway. In addition, another warehouse was completely destroyed and a shelter was partially damaged.

In total, three different areas were struck.

Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan, the abbreviation IRGC is a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
has warned Israel that it will "regret" continued attacks and face a "crushing response." Israel has warned Iran that it must not entrench in Syria, and that Syria could become Iran’s Vietnam.
The honours being thereby satisfied on both sides, each carried on with its own efforts, undeterred.
Last January, former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot said Israel had carried out more than 1,000 airstrikes in Syria against Iranian targets.

The last airstrikes before the February 13 alleged strike were in early February, when Russia accused Israel of endangering a civilian airliner.

In November 2019, Iran’s "glass house" headquarters was struck in Syria, according to reports.

In addition, Iran has sought to bring air defense to Syria in the form of the Third Khordad system. It has used Syria to base drones, including "killer drones" that Hezbollah and the IRGC tried to launch last August. In February 2018, an Iranian drone from Syria entered Israel’s airspace and was shot down.

Iran has around 900 IRGC members in Syria and it has supported some 20,000 Shi’ite militias in the country. It has also sent precision-guided munitions via Syria to Hezbollah. Pro-Iranian militias have worked with Iran to build a base at Albukamal near the Iraqi border as part of Iran’s attempt to create a "road to the sea" via Syria to arm Hezbollah in Leb.
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#1 Now TW, Bibi said it was Belgian!
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-02-18 07:39||   2020-02-18 07:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually, I have long suspected the Methodists are up to something.
Posted by Cesare 2020-02-18 08:11||   2020-02-18 08:11|| Front Page Top

#3 The Missouri Lutheran Synagogue merits looking into. They certainly cannot be trusted.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-18 08:14||   2020-02-18 08:14|| Front Page Top

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