21
January, 2017
Last
night, 21WIRE revealed
that Israel had
attacked its neighbor Syria – in an unprovoked act of aggression.
It’s not yet known how many casualties were sustained by the Syrian
military. As usual, total silence from the ‘international
community’ – which only goes to prove that Israel is allowed to
act outside of international law. By definition, this is a rogue
state.
This
reckless move by Israel will only inflame an already tense situation
already involving a number of geopolitical player.
However,
it’s also important to ask why Israel
has launched this latest attack.
Was
it to aid its terrorists cohort forces on the ground? This
seems to be case…
Syrian
state news agency SANA says Israeli jets have bombed the Mezzeh
military airport west of Damascus, accusing Tel Aviv of supporting
terrorism. The airport was rocked by multiple explosions, with
ambulances rushing to the scene.
The
Syrian Arab Army has warned that there will be repercussions for
Israel for the “flagrant
attack”
on the military base, state TV said, citing a Syrian army command
spokesman. It also linked the alleged strike to Israel’s “support
of terrorist groups.”
The
army said several missiles were fired at the Mezzeh airport’s
compounds from the Lake Tiberias area in northern Israel at about
12am Friday. The strike reportedly damaged one of the compounds of
the crucial military facility.
The
Mezzeh airport is located west of Damascus, just 5 kilometers from
the Presidential Palace, the official residence of Syrian President
Bashar Assad.
There
was no information on the death toll resulting from the airstrike
immediately available. The base is reported to house Syria’s elite
Republican Guards and Special Forces.
Footage
from the scene with heavy fire and the sounds of explosions has
surfaced on social media. Multiple reports from journalists and
activists on the ground described the bombing, with the opposition
also reporting there were rockets fired:
This
is the second time in two months the Israeli
Defense Force (IDF)
has being accused by the Syrian government of targeting Syrian
positions from Israeli territory.
On
December 7, SANA reported that “several
surface-to-surface missiles” were
launched by the IDF from the Golan Heights. At the time, the source
in the Syrian armed forces slammed the
attack as a “desperate
attempt” by
Israel to endorse terrorists…
Shared
information could be leaked to Russia and onward to Iran, American
officials implied to Israelis in closed meeting, saying Kremlin has
'leverages of pressure' over Trump.
12
January, 2017
Israeli
intelligence officials are concerned that the exposure of classified
information to their American counterparts under a Trump
administration could lead to their being leaked to Russia and onward
to Iran, investigative journalist Ronen Bergman reported by Israeli
daily Yediot Ahronot on Thursday.
The
intelligence concerns, which have been discussed in closed forums
recently, are based on suspicions of unreported ties between
President-elect Donald Trump, or his associates, and the government
of Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
As
Russian intelligence is associated with intelligence officials in
Tehran, highly classified information, such as Israel's clandestine
methods of operation and intelligence sources, could potentially
reach Iran. Such information has been shared with the United States
in the past.
American
intelligence officials expressed despair at the election of Trump
during a recent meeting with their Israeli counterparts, Bergman
reported. They said that they believed that Putin had “leverages of
pressure” over Trump, though they did not elaborate. The American
media reported on Wednesday that Russia has embarrassing intelligence
about the president-elect.
According
to Bergman, the American intelligence officials implied that Israel
should “be careful” when transferring intelligence information to
the White House and the National Security Council (NSC) following
Trump's inauguration – at least until it is clear that Trump does
not have inappropriate connections with Russia.
Cooperation
between the Israeli and U.S. intelligence communities has intensified
over the past two decades, with most of the joint operations
directed, according to reports, against Iran. Hezbollah and Hamas
were also intelligence targets. An official agreement in 2008 for
comprehensive cooperation, including the exposure of sources and
methods of action, reportedly led to impressive results, including
the disruption of the Iranian nuclear program.
President
Barack Obama put an end to offensive activity against Iran in
2013, at the start of secret talks between the U.S, and Iran over a
nuclear agreement. However, the exposure of Israeli intelligence to
the U.S. continued.
American
officials are convinced that whistleblower Edward Snowden handed over
intelligence to Moscow – in return for which he received political
asylum – and that some of it was handed over to Tehran, in the
context of Putin’s policy of increasing Iranian dependence on
Moscow
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