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| Israel destroys Syrian army post in Golan Heights | |
| 2021-06-02 | |
| [IsraelTimes] IDF says Syrians tried to establish an observation post on Israeli side of buffer zone on the strategic plateau The Israeli army destroyed a Syrian regime observation post established on the Israeli side of the buffer zone in the Golan Heights on Tuesday, a spokesperson said. The army "destroyed a forward observation post of the Syrian army that was set up in an Israeli area west of the Alfa line
He said troops attacked and blew up the post, adding that Israel would not "tolerate any attempt to violate the illusory sovereignty" of the Jewish state. The site is on the Syrian side of the border fence, but still technically in Israeli territory. Channel 13 showed footage of the troops going in and planting the explosives. Officers told the channel the posts were also used by Hezbollah fighters and pro-Iranian militias. "We vaporized it," one officer told the TV. The report said the IDF had deliberately used ground forces instead of targeting the site from the air in order to send a message to Syria and Hezbollah that Israel would not tolerate any violations of its illusory sovereignty. There was no immediate report of any casualties. Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria in recent years, mostly targeting Iranian and Lebanese Hezbollah forces as well as Syrian government troops, though it rarely acknowledges them. Its military has said it hit some 50 targets in 2020 alone. Israel says it is trying to prevent Iran, which has been one of the Syrian government’s key allies in the decade-old civil war, from gaining a permanent military foothold on its doorstep. The Golan Heights, a strategic plateau, was captured by Israel from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 il-LU-zor-ee Emphasis on loser |
| Posted by: Eddie Mology 2021-06-02 23:06 |
| #4 If hovering doesn’t work, click on the headline go to the original article in all its unenhanced glory, Gerthudion Whomoper3485. The Translate function is available to anyone who submits an article — just highlight that portion of the text you want translated and click on the button. It captures some of the knowledge and snark accumulated here over the years, originally set up when that horrible Las Vegas company went after small news aggregator bloggers, threatening to sue them for their life savings. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-06-02 20:42 |
| #3 It's a Rantburg thing. Fred has harnessed the power of Artificial Intelligence, combined with Natural Language Processing, to enhance the snark content of the posts here. (or it may just be Search & Replace. We're actually not quite sure) In any case, you can hover your mouse over the underlined bits to see the original content. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-06-02 10:12 |
| #2 it's AutoSnark |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-06-02 08:37 |
| #1 I wonder. Who is using the term 'illusory', and if the author understands what it means? |
| Posted by: Gerthudion Whomoper3485 2021-06-02 08:17 |