Speaking at the fifth Israel-Greece-Cyprus summit held in the southern city of Beersheba on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to intensify military action in Syria after the White House's unexpected order for all US troops to pullout out of the country - an effort that's expected to be complete within months.
"We will continue to act in Syria to prevent Iran's efforts to militarily entrench itself against us. We are not reducing our efforts, we will increase our efforts. I know that we do so with the full support and backing of the US," Netanyahu said.
Netanyahu has long lobbied the White House to take more aggressive action inside Syria while also praising and pledging support for all past US bombings targeting Damascus and the Syrian Army.
Israeli officials have for years touted claims of Iran "Taking control" and becoming deeply "Entrenched" in Syria - something a number of analysts have doubted given that Damascus' secular Baathist political ideology doesn't mesh with Iran's hardline theocratic Shi'ism, beyond being close strategic allies confronting regional threats.
The prime minister also addressed ongoing IDF operations to destroy "Attack tunnels" Hezbollah dug along the northern border, saying "These tunnels were built by Hezbollah with direct support and funding from Iran." Continuing his well-known Iranian expansion theme, Netanyahu continued: "This is the Iranian web of aggression in the Middle East, which also terrorizes Europe and the entire world. Israel continues its operation against the terror tunnels and will do so until its completion. As we speak, we are employing means to neutralize these tunnels." Netanyahu noted that his prior phone call with Trump this week focused on countering the Iran threat in the region.
The President also said that US troops should leave and that "Others" should handle the terror threat inside Syria.
While he explicitly suggested that US "Enemies" Iran, Russia, and Syria should be left to deal with fighting ISIS remnants, could the president also have had increased Israeli action in mind when it comes to the Iran threat in Syria?
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-22/netanyahu-vows-intensify-attacks-syria-after-us-troop-withdrawal
"We will continue to act in Syria to prevent Iran's efforts to militarily entrench itself against us. We are not reducing our efforts, we will increase our efforts. I know that we do so with the full support and backing of the US," Netanyahu said.
Netanyahu has long lobbied the White House to take more aggressive action inside Syria while also praising and pledging support for all past US bombings targeting Damascus and the Syrian Army.
Israeli officials have for years touted claims of Iran "Taking control" and becoming deeply "Entrenched" in Syria - something a number of analysts have doubted given that Damascus' secular Baathist political ideology doesn't mesh with Iran's hardline theocratic Shi'ism, beyond being close strategic allies confronting regional threats.
The prime minister also addressed ongoing IDF operations to destroy "Attack tunnels" Hezbollah dug along the northern border, saying "These tunnels were built by Hezbollah with direct support and funding from Iran." Continuing his well-known Iranian expansion theme, Netanyahu continued: "This is the Iranian web of aggression in the Middle East, which also terrorizes Europe and the entire world. Israel continues its operation against the terror tunnels and will do so until its completion. As we speak, we are employing means to neutralize these tunnels." Netanyahu noted that his prior phone call with Trump this week focused on countering the Iran threat in the region.
The President also said that US troops should leave and that "Others" should handle the terror threat inside Syria.
While he explicitly suggested that US "Enemies" Iran, Russia, and Syria should be left to deal with fighting ISIS remnants, could the president also have had increased Israeli action in mind when it comes to the Iran threat in Syria?
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-22/netanyahu-vows-intensify-attacks-syria-after-us-troop-withdrawal
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