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Israel’s Mossad chief spearheads campaign against Iran in Syria

Mossad head Yossi Cohen delivered an aggressive speech against Iranian entrenchment in Syria, reflecting the forceful policy adopted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mossad director Joseph (Yossi) Cohen gestures as he addresses a budgeting conference hosted by Israel's Finance Ministry in Jerusalem October 22, 2018. REUTERS/ Ronen Zvulun - RC12EA778850

It seems that the recent events on the northern front — with its ongoing conflicts between Iran and its proxies vis a vis Israel backed up by the United States — were set up by an experienced Hollywood script writer. On the night between June 30 and July 1, an extended aerial assault was carried out; the integrated, extensive attack against Iranian/Hezbollah targets in Syria was attributed by the foreign press to the Israeli air force. At the same time, according to Western reports, American planes attacked terror targets in the Aleppo region. Apparently, this was a targeted strike on a meeting of the officers of one of the al-Qaeda branches. The two airstrikes were carried out in an area full of Russian S-400 missiles that were not activated. The Syrians announced that they launched a large number of (less sophisticated) anti-aircraft missiles, one of which fell and blew up in Turkish Cypriot territory. This might mean that the attacking aircraft came from the West, probably from Lebanon’s aerial space.

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