This week of news began with an Israeli strike in the al-Mazzah airport area near Damascus overnight Friday. The targets were the offices of the Syrian army’s air intelligence and a plant where Iranian drones are manufactured. Heavy damage was reported, in addition to three pro-Iranian Syrians being killed and seven wounded.
Tensions continue between Hezbollah and Israel over the Karish gas fields. Hezbollah says that unless it is promised a piece of the action, it will attack as soon as gas is extracted through the Karish rig. They are playing a very dangerous game. Israel is already planning a broad assault on the Hezbollah rocket arsenal before they have a chance to use the weapons. The Israeli philosophy is if you attack small, we will pay back large.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is not above playing some head games with its enemies. Yesterday, they tweeted a set of coordinates, challenging people to enter them into their GPS. When entered, the coordinates took you to the sports field of the Islamic University of Gaza. They left that cryptic message hanging there for an hour, before following up with a short video implying that there is a terrorist tunnel under the field. Surprise, Hamas! Apparently, your secret isn’t quite so secret anymore.
The news organization, Iran International, released a video last Thursday of a senior IRGC official being interrogated by the Israeli Mossad in Iran. In the recording, Yadollah Khedmati, deputy commander of IRGC Logistics, admitted to shipping weapons to proxy terrorist militias in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen. Following the interrogation, Khedmati was freed.
Two days later, Iran claimed to have arrested a large group of agents operated by the Israeli Mossad. According to Iran, all those arrested were members of a Marxist Kurdish rebel group called Komalah who operate out of the northwestern province of Kurdistan. Explosives were allegedly already planted around sensitive areas in the Isfahan region, an area with numerous nuclear centers. Iranian intelligence thwarted the attack with hours to spare. There is no word on the fate of those arrested.
In what could be a major strategic victory for Russia, the leadership of the Moldovan separatist region of Transnistria is planning to announce that it will join Russia. The ability to position troops in Transnistria, sandwiched between the eastern border of Moldova and the western border of Ukraine, would offer a huge strategic foothold to Russian forces.
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