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| Hezbollah threatens to attack American forces in Syria | |
| 2017-06-08 | |
| [IsraelTimes] Day after US bombs pro-Assad troops approaching opposition groups, Lebanese terror group says it can strike at any time. The Syrian government’s allies will strike at American positions inside Syria if it crosses any "red lines," Hezbollah warned on Wednesday. Hezbollah’s military media said it was only "self-restraint" keeping pro-government forces from attacking American units. The Lebanese terror group, a close ally of the Syrian government, issued the threat via its military media arm one day after American forces bombed pro-government forces in eastern Syria. The Pentagon said Tuesday the pro-government forces were infringing on a "de-confliction" zone established to protect US-backed local opposition forces, who are engaged in fighting the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group. On its TV station al-Manar, Hezbollah broadcast footage it said was of an Iranian drone tailing an American one over eastern Syria. It said the video was proof the Syrian government’s backers could strike American units at will.
The area is seen as crucial to Assad's Iranian allies and could open an overland supply route from Tehran to Iraq, Syria and Leb - the "Shia crescent" of Iranian influence that is a major concern to U.S.-allies in the region. Hezbollah says footage shows Iranian drone tracking US drone over Syria [Ynet] The al-Manar TV releases a video showing an American Predator drone flying over Syria, with an Iranian aircraft following it undetected; 'we can hit it at any moment, but we feel sorry for it' The Hezbollah affiliated al-Manar Lebanese television network has published a video showing an American drone in the skies of southeastern Syria--with an Iranian aircraft tracking it. The grainy film showed what looked like a Predator drone, a type the US military uses for reconnaissance and attack missions, flying high above unidentifiable territory. The video apparently features an Iranian source speaking in Farsi and following an American UAV on his screen. "This is an American airplane observed by our aircraft and we can hit it at any moment, but we feel sorry for it," he said. "Our aircraft is following him right now, we can strike it and he cannot see us." It is not clear when the video was filmed, and its authenticity could not be verified. The footage emerged as tensions grow between Washington and the military alliance that backs the Syrian government, including Iranian-backed forces such as Hezbollah. The alliance threatened on Wednesday to hit US positions in Syria, in response to a US strike on Tuesday against what Washington said were pro-government forces. | |
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