Events in the Middle East are not as optimistic as with the Korean Peninsula.

Since President Trump has stated he will not certify the JCPoA the tensions between Israel, Syria and Iran have deteriorated. There is a great deal to consider in this exchange of missiles over the Syrian border, including the fact Israel has not been engaged in Syria to defeat Daesh. Syrian forces were in that area about two weeks ago to take on a remaining group of what was reported as a Daesh remnant.

There is every indication that war in Syria is not over. It is being used as a proxy war for the hate fomented by Israel through it's extremist arm of the Likud party. This posture was not engaged by the previous Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

War is always a convenient posture for politicians. Israel has the right to defend itself and that is never an issue, but, to the extent the escalation has occurred following President Trump's tantrum over the JCPoA only proves a pre-planned posturing. If Iran had military and equipment in this area of Syria it can easily be attributed to the continued efforts regarding Daesh. There is every indication Israel creates it's own crisis, along with an extremist President from the USA.

This will be the second strike within Syria in a few weeks, the first being based on false reporting of a gas attack on civilians.

May 10, 2018

Missiles over Daara, Syria

Iranian forces in Syria (click here) shelled Israeli army outposts across the Syrianfrontier overnight, Israel said, prompting one of the heaviest Israeli strikes in Syria since its civil war began in 2011.

The attack into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights marks the first time Iranian forces have hit Israel from Syria, where they have deployed along with Iran-backed Shi'ite militias to support President Bashar al-Assad in the civil war.

Syrian state media said dozens of Israeli missile strikes hit a radar station, Syrian air defense positions and an ammunition dump, underscoring the risks of a wider escalation involving Iran and its regional allies.

The Israeli military spokesman said the Iranian attack with around 20 projectiles or rockets was carried out by the Quds Force, an external arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus said that Israel intercepted "a few" of the rockets and there were no reports of casualties and that damage to Israeli positions was "limited."

The attack took place at around 12.10 a.m. "We have retaliated but I have no further details about this," he said....