Avigdor Lieberman. Source: REUTERS
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman threatened to destroy Syrian air defense systems after the Syrian military launched ground-to-air missiles against Israeli warplanes illegally carrying out strikes against targets in the country.
“The next time the Syrians use their air defense systems against our planes we will destroy them without the slightest hesitation,” The Time Of Israel quoted Lieberman’s statement on Israeli public radio.
The Israeli Air Force delivered airstrikes in Syria last Friday, hitting some targets allegedly belonging to Hezbollah, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
However, the Israeli airstrikes were delivered near the ancient city of Palmyra which is located far away from the Israeli-Syrian or Israeli-Lebanese border. Palmyra was liberated from the ISIS terrorist group earlier in March and since then government forces, predominantly fighters of the Syrian army, have been conducting a large-scale operation against the terrorist group in its countryside.
In response to the Israeli actions, the Syrian military launched S-200 ground-to-air missiles and claimed that 1 Israeli warplane was downed and another one hit by them. The Israel Defense Forces argued that there were no any losses from the Israeli side. According to photo-evidence, at least one missile was intercepted by Israel’s Arrow missile defense system.
As the ISIS is heading to its collapse in Syria and Iraq, various regional and world power intensify their efforts to draw the shape of the new balance of power in the Middle East. The Israeli actions are an example of this situation.
The israeli ambassador in moscow was invited to lavrov because of this incident. what happend there?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk4AS1auJIk It’s Izrahell-i but pay attention to the quotes from Russian news papers.
The nerve on these pricks, ”we are operating illegally in their land and they shot at us with their SAMs …. how dare they?” Is basically what this israhell zio cunt minister is saying.
They are meshuggah but they wouldnt really start war with Russia. This would mark the end of “Israel”.
This is all part of the plan to draw Russia and Iran into a war that will involve the US and then the US with her allies, Israel, Saudi and other Gulf states will attack Iran.
perhaps but that also means the end of israel
I think that too. Israel always said that is does everything it can to push the Sunnis against the Shiites and that the “balkanization” of Middle East would be good to Israel. After cleaning Mossul, Iran/Iraq will help Syria to clean the west side of the Euphrates and, if they succeed, the axis Hezbollah-Damascus-Baghdad-Tehran with the support of Moscow will be formed, destroying the Sunnis plan of building those gas pipelines in Syria. Israel and the Sunni axis will have to directly act to prevent that, which will cause a directy response from the Shiites. The war is just beginning.
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/381243-iran-mosul-iraq-us-trump/
Then these stupid Muslim’s learn nothing. Use your brains and accept your differences and peace. The problem is these people have no education and their religion is their politics. Until they can separate the two, they will be forever enemies of themselves and world peace.
Ziostani shekel-thieves have no shame…. oh, how the world shall rejoice when they are purged by fire and steel and blood…
my question…why use the S-200 of the Syrian air defence?The Russians have advertised in the past the S-400 on Syria after the incident with Turkey and the Russian aircraft. They said they were ready for use and their range is huge.the distance the israeli pilots traveled inside Syria is such that it enables the air defence to calculate the best point to intercept.
Because the S200 is doing the job and the S300/400 if they can not.
ok but i hear about 1 plane downed and another damaged. if only 2 planes took part in the mission its a huge success. If not…why let the others escape
To shoot down the other planes you would need to fire another 3 missiles. Those planes are traveling at around 700kph air speed at say 5000m or 550kph ground speed, they would be out of range very quickly.. To shoot down 1 and damage another is a good result if Syria only fired 3 missiles which I believe they did.
The other point you make about tracking is that I believe that the Israelis used Lebanon but then traveled along the Jordanian border. Reason most likely that Syria did not react immediately is because they have not initiated a “no fly zone” which would justify shooting them down as soon as they crossed. Unfortunately Syria had to wait to see their intentions before they could justify through International Law their actions.
ok…i think more to this story will apear soon
Syria just shot down a Israeli spy drone caught spying on Syrian military movements. Agree, more to this than meets the eye.
Any S400 unit can load four different types missiles, 112 rockets. Their price are:
– 40N6. Range, 400~ km. Cost probably between 2–5 million. – 48N6E2. Range, 200~ km. Cost probably between 1–2 million. – 9M96. Range, 120~ km. Cost probably between 0.5–1 million. – 9M96E. Range, 40~ km. Cost probably between 0.2-0.5 million.
S400 units are displaced to Latakia so they had shoot the 48N6E2 vs Arrow 3. I believe that the missiles are intended only to protect the areas where the Russian aircrafts operate.
(Source: https://www.quora.com/How-much-does-the-S-400-Triumf-cost)
lets agree that they protect the Russian forces. But when you see on your screens 2 or more enemy aircrafts, how can you tell were they are going to hit?impossible….
Israeli planes are not considered as “enemy/foe” by the Russians.
how do they know that they are Israeli planes?due to their route?the Israelis are trustworthy you think?
Air defense systems classify the various planes as “friend” or “enemy” , and respond accordingly. The “Friendly” planes transmit an agreed ID code. The Russian system in Syria classifies the Israeli planes as “friends”.
S400/300 is not operated by Syrian army. It is under Russian operation.
exactly…how could the Russians know that there was no threat to their forces in advance?they didn’t. So they could locate the enemy airvrafts and just do nothing? Let the Syrians do the job? very calm aproach to the matter….
i wonder how russian weapon customer say about this incident… this made a very negative advertising effect on russian weapon, especially on air defence system… israel is shaming s-200 300 400 system, made them paper tiger
the scumbag israli jet was taken out
Umm. No. The Syrians used a 30-40 year old system and at the very minimum, got the Israeli’s attention in a big way.
To sum up many of the correct (as I see it) comments, S-200 is Syrian, very old. S-300, S-400 are under Russian control. There is a very big difference in international outrage between Syria downing a kike jet, or if Russia had downed it. However, if F’nyahoo accidentally bombs Russian men or equipment, the group of the chosen lie had better hide.
so… its an ultra advanced aircraft vs ancient outdated anti aircraft missiles
Very tricky situation: Israel is wrong because they violated Syrian sovereignty. Israel is also right because Syrian government is incapable of taking care of terrorist group within its own territory. Very slippery slope.
You mean the terrorist groups that Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey supports? Yes that is a hard task for the SAA to control especially when they have done so for the last five years and are low on manpower, hopefully this has changed now with the Russians and Iranian help, but i am also very confident that they will succeed in that process eventually and send the terrorists back to where they came from and to those who sponsored them in the first place.
no, I meant Hezbollah.
I know you did.
oh, ok. Your question mark got me confused.
Are you referring to Hezbollah as a terrorist group?
see below
No Random Israeli guy, Israel is wrong on both counts because Israel supports the terrorists groups ISIS and Ali CIA DA in Syria with weapons money and medical care.Terrorist who never attack Israel as Israel is their ally.
See proof from Russia insider articles. Pictures of Israeli solders chumming with Al Cia Da. If the terrorists were a threat to Israel, why do they not attack Israeli soldiers when they are armed and standing right next to them?
http://russia-insider.com/en/just-some-photographs-israeli-soldiers-hanging-out-islamic-extremists-syria/ri19253
Just Some Photographs of Israeli Soldiers Hanging Out With Al-Qaeda in Syria
Nothing to see here
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Not very strange bedfellows
“Israel has been providing logistic support and medical assistance to opposition forces – including Jabhet al-Nusra terror organization – fighting President Bashar Assad.”
We often quote this sentence from an Al-Masdar News report about Israeli support for Syria’s “moderate” rebels.
It’s quite an inflammatory claim though. How could someone write something so insensitive?
Maram Susli, also known as “Syrian Girl” (she’s amazing, and you should subscribe to her YouTube channel here), reminded us about
https://twitter.com/Partisangirl/status/842842656191389696
some cool IDF/Netanyahu Facebook photos:
Shameful. Why won’t Assad show “restraint” when dealing with Israel?
http://russia-insider.com/en/israeli-think-tank-isis-useful-tool-against-syria/ri19260http://russia-insider.com/en/israeli-think-tank-isis-useful-tool-against-syria/ri19260
Israeli Policymakers: ISIS Is ‘Useful Tool’ Against Syria
Honesty is the best policy
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ISIS serves a “strategic purpose” for Israel
Sensible people all over the world had a good chuckle after Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman insisted on Sunday that Israel “has no interest in intervening in the civil war in Syria, either in favor or against” Assad.
The problem: Israeli policymakers have never hidden their support for Syria’s “moderate” rebels.
Via Salon (yes, Salon!):
According to a think tank that does contract work for NATO and the Israeli government, the West should not destroy ISIS, the fascist Islamist extremist group that is committing genocide and ethnically cleansing minority groups in Syria and Iraq.
Why? The so-called Islamic State “can be a useful tool in undermining” Iran, Hezbollah, Syria and Russia, argues the think tank’s director.
“The continuing existence of IS serves a strategic purpose,” wrote Efraim Inbar in “The Destruction of Islamic State Is a Strategic Mistake,” a paper published on Aug. 2.
By cooperating with Russia to fight the genocidal extremist group, the United States is committing a “strategic folly” that will “enhance the power of the Moscow-Tehran-Damascus axis,” Inbar argued, implying that Russia, Iran and Syria are forming a strategic alliance to dominate the Middle East.
Israel claims that its illegal airstrikes in Syria are targeting Hezbollah.
But Moscow has repeatedly stated that Hezbollah has played a decisive role in combating ISIS and other terrorist groups in Syria — which makes Netanyahu’s tantrums about Iran and Hezbollah in Syria a bit of a joke.
Shameful. Why won’t Assad show “restraint” when dealing with Israel?
sure, but what does it have to do with Hezbollah’s terrorism threat?
What terrorism threat? Can you be specific?
Threat of terrorist attack from a terrorist organization.
Honestly I don’t know how more specific i can be.
What kind of terrorist attack, against whom? Do you know anything at all about Hezbollah? You do know that many people consider Hezbollah a resistance organisation and not a terrorist organisation?
there also are many people who think muslim is a nation
You have been asked to provide some sort of evidence or justification for your assertion that Hezbollah is a terrorist organisation. You haven’t done so. I take that as evidence that you don’t know what you’re talking about.
Thank you your honour:)) Search on internet mate, don’t be so lazy.
Apparently you know you are being disingenuous. You are asked who designated Hez as terrorists. You refuse to state the answer…which is Israel and US, the 2 biggest terrorist organizations in the world. To give validity to any accusations from these two is insanity, as they are pathological liars at best. Terrorist/Freedom fighter is in the eyes of the beholder. Everyone that is not in the Zionist camp are terrorists to Israel and US. Those who support KSA,US and Israel are freedom fighters. Now you only have to figure out who is really who and if you haven’t figured that out by now, there is no telling you, as the proof is in the head chopping and summary executions in the street. You must also believe that Iraq had oodles of WMDs…because the US said so.
Which is why I didn’t say Hezbollah is a terrorist organization just because US/Israel claim so.
I don’t have a need for someone to tell me that milk is white in order to designate it in white color. I have my own mind.
You have not been specific at all. You mean they are terrorist like George Washington and the Minute Men were terrorist? Like because the Empire was mad as hell that civilians were able to defend themselves against a superior foe? Empires always accuse those who are free of them as “terrorist” be default lol
Interpretation from different points of view will never provide consensus and will always be followed by the double-standards. Therefore to definition should be taken as the benchmark. If an individual/organization/state deliberately carries out attacks on civilian/non combatant with political reasons/purpose it is designated as terrorist act.
So its okay for Israel to support ISIS and Al CIA Da?????? Hezbollah would not even be in Syria if not for Israeli support of terrorism there and Hezbollah is fighting the terrorists in Syria so they are the good guys in Syria, unless you think ISIS and Al Cia da are the good guys as Israel does Israeli guy. Israel’s support for ISIS and Al Cia Da makes Israel a terrorist state and also implicates Israel in 911 along with Saudi Arabia who are also allies of Al Cia Da not Hezbollah.
Of course it is not. But it also doesn’t make it ok for others to support terrorists. Hezbollah might fight ISIS along with everyone else. But it doesn’t suddenly change its designation as a terrorist organization.
If Hezbollah are terrorists who have they attacked? When give dates times. They are not terrorists just because Israel says so you actually have to have some proof like there is lots of proof of ISIS and Al Cia Da being terrorists and Israel and Saudi Arabia working together supporting terrorism as they did on 911.
If I were Israel and Saudi Arabia I would be very concerned that if their control of the USA government is ever broken they will like both be nuked by the USA.
Maybe Iran should supply Syria with some of its domestically produced anti-aircraft missiles. It would be a good way to test how good they are and it would avoid involving Russia in any Syria-Israel conflict.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raad_(air_defense_system) IRGC may have this for Hezbollah. ….Israel might catch it one day sneaking over South Lebanon…that is…if the fly below 75,000 ft : )
Iranian copycats.
ISIS and all the ‘moderate’ rebels, US, Israel and Sausi backed are collapsing. They never attacked Israel cuz thats where they get funding from. However Israle does not want any pro-Iranian guys wandering around Syria. They have effectively closed down the Palestinian and lebanon problem. Syria may get a Israel land invasion next. Naturally US, Saudi Arabia and Israel will not take any refugee’s from the area they devestate and you will not hear the western media saying why not. Both the Russians and the USA have a common ground, destroy the EU as a single block which may threaten thier new capitalism.
Israel has been stealing land, bombing civilians and kicking Palestinian children around for far too long. Many billions of people in the world will likely rejoice when the Khazars get a very bloody nose.
I know I will :)
If these are air launched missiles that the Israelis are using, would the Pantsir be effective as a point defense? I have read nothing about these being used yet.
This is the proof that Syria shot down one of the Israeli planes. If Syrian air defenses were useless against Israeli planes, Israel would not care what Syria did with it’s air defenses.
Yes sir. Is the main proof of that fact. If they lied about the purpose of their cowardly attack against the Syrian army in Palmira why they would not lie about their shameful loss so.
It looks like Israel is growing more nervous by the day, with Hezbollah likewise growing everyday, in size, material, experience and motivation. Some day the syrian war is going to end (all wars do!!!) and that Hezbollah will turn their attention once more towards “the chosen people”!
The Jews who live by the Talmud threaten to destroy all Goyim for simply being Goyim. So to those who know and understand the little racist minds of Jews, this is nothing new. Simply their own affirmations of their own bigotry from their own inbred bodies.
The little Naz1 woke up.
Can South Front explain why’s John Brown’s post waiting for moderation. Is it a copyright issue or what? It casts a dark shadow over your website. It’s in your power to remove it.