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An Israeli minister threatened to kill Syria's Assad, a Putin ally, as war looms with Iran over missile threat
Business Insider, May 7, 2018, Alex Lockie

Israel could kill Syrian President Bashar Assad if the creep of Iranian military forces and missiles through the Levant towards Israel's borders don't stop, a security cabinet minister said on Monday.

"If Assad allows Iran to turn Syria into a military vanguard against us, to attack us from Syrian territory, he should know that would be the end of him, the end of his regime," Yuval Steinitz told Israeli news site Ynetnews.  The statement follows reports that Iran is preparing a massive missile attack against Israel on Sunday.

Iran has an estimated 70,000 fighters in Syria and likely more than 100,000 missiles and rockets in the region.  Israel has repeatedly said it will not allow Iran's dominance to spread to its borders, and has carried out more than 100 airstrikes in Syria to halt its progress. Israel considers Hezbollah an extension of Iran, which has vowed to destroy the Jewish state.

But most recently, the airstrikes threatened to escalate. After an armed Iranian drone reportedly flew into Israeli airspace, Israel shot down the drone and responded with a massive storm of strikes that it says took out half of Syria's air defenses.

Later, a mysterious airstrike reportedly killed seven Iranian military servicemen at the base where the Iranian drone took off. Another strike appeared to take out a munitions depot in a massive explosion that registered as an earthquake. Israel is suspected to be behind both attacks.

"The month of May will be very volatile," former Israeli Defense Force intelligence chief Amos Yadlin previously told JPost, implying Iran would want revenge for the humiliating strikes.


Read more:  http://www.businessinsider.com/israel-may-kill-syrias-assad-a-putin-ally-over-iran-missile-threat-2018-5

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"If Assad allows Iran to turn Syria into a military vanguard against us, to attack us from Syrian territory, he should know that would be the end of him, the end of his regime," Yuval Steinitz told Israeli news site Ynetnews.  The statement follows reports that Iran is preparing a massive missile attack against Israel on Sunday.

Sounds like just the kind of guy I would be voting for, if I was an Israeli...