Sources in Syria reported on Monday that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck an advanced missile shipment headed for the Iran terror proxy Hezbollah, as it passed through the Qalamoun mountain region on the border with Lebanon.
Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists have killed a senior commander in the elite Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) in Syria, Iran reported Friday.
UNITED NATIONS – Russia informed Israel in advance about its intention to carry out an aerial attack in Syria, senior Israeli officials told on Wednesday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly said Monday that he was concerned about Israeli airstrikes on Syrian soil.
Russia has sent fighter jets to Syria, US officials said, raising the stakes in a military buildup that has put Washington on edge and led Friday to the first talks between US and Russian defense chiefs in over a year.
Qasem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, has sent hundreds of ground soldiers into Syria in the past few days apparently in cooperation with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, said a senior Israeli security official Thursday.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry disclosed early Wednesday that Russian military experts are assisting forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in that country’s long-running civil war.
At least 42 soldiers were allegedly killed in a Syrian air raid in Daraá, including three supposed Israeli officers, reported Fars News, an official Iranian news agency, on Saturday.
Foreign reports were on Wednesday attributing to Israel two separate attacks, in Syria and in Lebanon.