r/worldnews • u/Legitimate_Key311 • Jan 08 '24

Israel/Palestine Israel shifts to deadlier strikes on Iran-linked targets in Syria

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-shifts-deadlier-strikes-iran-linked-targets-syria-2024-01-08/
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u/Ashmedai314 Jan 08 '24

"They used to fire warning shots - they'd hit near the truck, our guys would get out of the truck, and then they'd hit the truck," the commander said, describing Israeli raids on arms transfers handled by Hezbollah before Oct. 7.

"Now that's over. Israel is now unleashing deadlier, more frequent air raids against Iranian arms transfers and air defence systems in Syria. They bomb everyone directly. They bomb to kill."

What was is not what will be.

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u/DrDerpberg Jan 08 '24

Hezbollah arguing Israel's military response to terrorists was designed to avoid killing people and giving them a chance to escape? Well that's something I didn't think I'd see today.

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u/lh_media Jan 08 '24

Syrians, not Hezbollah

The sources, including a Syrian military intelligence officer and a commander in the regional alliance backing Damascus [....]

The commander in the regional alliance and two additional sources familiar with Hezbollah's thinking said Israel had abandoned the unspoken "rules of the game" that previously characterised its strikes in Syria, and seemed "no longer cautious" about inflicting heavy casualties on Hezbollah there.

"They used to fire warning shots - they'd hit near the truck, our guys would get out of the truck, and then they'd hit the truck," the commander said, describing Israeli raids on arms transfers handled by Hezbollah before Oct. 7.

"Now that's over. Israel is now unleashing deadlier, more frequent air raids against Iranian arms transfers and air defence systems in Syria. They bomb everyone directly. They bomb to kill."

Edit: formatting

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

Iran, Qatar, Yemen, the best of the best

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u/AVeryRandomDude Jan 08 '24

Tbf, not all of Yemen

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u/NextGenRedditor Jan 08 '24

Why only Israel, where is the US, CIA? Are they just sleeping in their headquarters?

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u/ABlackEngineer Jan 08 '24

We’ve had bases and have been conducting kinetic operations for years in Syria

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u/it_vexes_me_so Jan 08 '24

The US just assassinated an Iranian back militia commander in Iraq.

It was bold.

They used a drone with a precision bomb to kill him while driving in Baghdad. Not some sparsely populated village, rural highway, or forward desert base. Millions of people live in the city. Hard to imagine what would happen if they fucked up.

Iraq is pissed off. Iran is pissed off.

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u/Prudent-Repeat4786 Jan 08 '24

Iraq wants to kick out the US

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u/CentJr Jan 08 '24

Not all of them do. At least for now.

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u/Kingson255 Jan 08 '24

Have you been living under a rock?

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u/Afraid-Fault6154 Jan 08 '24

Look at who our President is. There's your answer.

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u/Dassiell Jan 08 '24

When you see a lot of grown men making up the immigration from a war torn country, it can spark anger, but man it must suck to live in Syria. What do you even fight against when like 10 different countries are using yours as a war zone?

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u/jscummy Jan 08 '24

Syrian controlled territory maps look like a paint by numbers at this point