(Sheikh Maskin-Syrian Army’s 82nd Brigade
base)
Israel’s military and political leaders became intensely anxious Tuesday, Dec. 29, when they saw how concentrated Russian air strikes were swiftly dislodging anti-Assad rebels from southern Syria and beginning to open the door for the Syrian and Hizbollah armies to come dangerously close to the Israeli border.
Israel’s military and political leaders became intensely anxious Tuesday, Dec. 29, when they saw how concentrated Russian air strikes were swiftly dislodging anti-Assad rebels from southern Syria and beginning to open the door for the Syrian and Hizbollah armies to come dangerously close to the Israeli border.
Russian air strikes in other parts of the country have
tapered off. Instead, heavy Russian bombardments are giving the combined
Syrian-Hizbollah force its first chance to recover Sheikh Maskin, the southern town
housing the Syrian Army’s 82ndBrigade which has been passing from hand to
hand for months. If the terrorists lose that fierce battle, the way will be
clear for the combined pro-Assad force to advance on the two key southern
towns, Deraa and Quneitra on the Golan.
The rebel groups assaulted by the Russian air force
Tuesday included moderate, pro-Western, pro-Israeli militias, such as the
Southern Front and the First Column. Both suffered heavy casualties.
IDF unease as a result of Russia’s aerial intervention in the fighting in southern Syria is rising in proportion to the current military tensions with Hizbollah. If the Lebanese Shiite terrorists manage to get the late Samir Quntar’s anti-Israel terror Front for the Liberation of Golan up and running, the Israeli air force would be severely hampered in launching its own strikes against this enemy by the dozens of Russian bombers using the same patch of sky without pause.
On the face of it, Moscow and Jerusalem make a show of their smooth air force collaboration in Syrian air space. But this picture is wide of the situation: The Russian air force omitted to notify Israel ahead of its massive bombardment close to its border Tuesday.
IDF unease as a result of Russia’s aerial intervention in the fighting in southern Syria is rising in proportion to the current military tensions with Hizbollah. If the Lebanese Shiite terrorists manage to get the late Samir Quntar’s anti-Israel terror Front for the Liberation of Golan up and running, the Israeli air force would be severely hampered in launching its own strikes against this enemy by the dozens of Russian bombers using the same patch of sky without pause.
On the face of it, Moscow and Jerusalem make a show of their smooth air force collaboration in Syrian air space. But this picture is wide of the situation: The Russian air force omitted to notify Israel ahead of its massive bombardment close to its border Tuesday.
Some Israeli official circles suspect that Moscow is
deliberately bringing Israel under pressure to accept a deal for southern
Syria. One of President Putin’s main objects from the outset of
Russian’s military buildup in Syria was to eradicate the rebels in the South
and the threat they posed to the Assad regime in Damascus.
More than once, Putin suggested to Prime Minister Netanyahu
that they work out a Russian-Israeli deal for that part of Syria. The Israeli
leader was unresponsive, mainly because Israel is bound by prior understandings
to coordination with the US, Jordan and moderate Syrian rebel groups. A deal
with Moscow would counter those understandings.
However, The concentrated air strikes in the border
region is intended by the Kremlin, according to some views, not just to push
the terrorists out, but to twist Israel’s arm for settling the issue with
Moscow.
In
response to Saudi Arabian attacks on Houthi rebels, Yemeni army soldiers loyal
to the Houthi Ansarullah organization fired Qaher-1 ground-to-ground ballistic missiles at Saudi
Arabia's Rajlah, Qana and al-Hayz military bases near the Saudi border city of
Najran on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Al Qaeda fighters were killed in clashes with Yemeni army forces in the area of Dhi Na'im, located in Bayda province in the southern part of the country. Also, the Saudi air force carried out airstrikes on rebel targets in the capital, Sanaa, and in Hajjah and Omran provinces along the Saudi border.
Meanwhile, dozens of Al Qaeda fighters were killed in clashes with Yemeni army forces in the area of Dhi Na'im, located in Bayda province in the southern part of the country. Also, the Saudi air force carried out airstrikes on rebel targets in the capital, Sanaa, and in Hajjah and Omran provinces along the Saudi border.
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