Why is Tel Aviv continuing bombing in Damascus?
By: Sardar Mesto
Tags: Damascus, Syria, Bombing, Israel, Syrian Civil War

The situation in the north of Syria had hardly stabilized, thanks to the agreements between Turkey and Russia, as the south of the country flared. The Israeli Air Force launched another series of airstrikes on two dozen targets, including in the suburbs of Damascus.

On the eve of the IDF carried out bombardments on the positions of “Quds”, the special forces of the IRGC. One of the blows was inflicted on the headquarters of Iranian forces in the SAR. As stated in Tel Aviv, Damascus itself is to blame, since it is responsible for all attacks on Israel from its territory. Israel intends to continue to act decisively and as long as necessary, against the Iranian forces in Syria.

The insufferable desire of the Israelis to remove the military infrastructure of Tehran and the Iranian “proxies” away from their borders has long been known. But is it the Iranians alone? The next exacerbation in Syria has several components:

First, Tehran and Tel Aviv are sworn enemies. There is no direct border between them, but Iran gained serious Shiite support in Lebanon, and also sent thousands of its troops to Syria to help official Damascus. One of the goals of Tehran is to consolidate on the Mediterranean coast. To open a naval base, he was able to get a long-term lease on the port of Latakia. In addition, Israel is concerned about Iran’s well-known plan to link its country with Syria with a railway transit through Iraq.

Israelis accuse Iranians of developing nuclear weapons. However, according to available information, the Jewish state itself has long acquired its own nuclear arsenal. Both the United States and Israel are jointly trying to prevent the Iranians from developing an atomic bomb that could change the balance of power in the Middle East. Until this happened, the IDF regularly inflicts airstrikes on the positions of the IRGC and from the “proxy” to the ATS. After the appearance of S-300 anti-aircraft systems in Damascus, the Israeli Air Force prefer to operate from Lebanon and Palestine.

Secondly, US President Donald Trump took a pronounced pro-Israeli position. Under him, the Jewish state received huge bonuses. The head of the White House recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, which caused opposition from the Muslim world. He also recognized the Golan Heights occupied by him at Syria for Israel. But this seemed to him not enough, and he actually opened the way to the absorption of Palestine, refusing to consider Israeli settlements on the West Bank as illegal.

Thirdly, despite all these “Trump gifts,” Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was never able to achieve a complete election victory. His party did not gain enough votes for the Knesset to form a government. Its direct rival, Kahol-Lavan, refused to form a coalition and began negotiations with the Arab parties of Israel. All this will lead to another re-election, where the position of the “party in power” may weaken even more.

The bombing of neighboring Syria is an echo of the political struggle in the Jewish state. Prime Minister Netanyahu is trying to get himself more points by rallying voters against the “Iranian threat.” It turns out, as long as there is Israel and the USA, Damascus will be alarmed by a series of bombings that violate the sovereignty of the state.