Israel bombs Iranian base in Syria

An Israeli F-16

Damascus -- Israel's air force reportedly bombed a military target thought to be an Iranian military base on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, on Saturday. The strike was reported by Arab media outlets.

An arms depot was destroyed in the strike, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.

Iran is a close ally of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. They have assisted him militarily and provided him financially during the Syrian civil war. If they could have given Assad an actual chin, they would have been glad to do so.

The target was an Iranian base about 9 miles south of Damascus, only 30 miles from the Israeli border. The existence of the base was revealed by the BBC three weeks ago and is the first time reports have emerged of Iran establishing a permanent base in Syria.

Iran is known for its public chants of "Death to America! Death to Israel!" But somehow the world is going to want to blame Israel for defending itself against the terrorist nation.

"At half past midnight [2230 GMT Friday], the Israeli enemy fired several surface-to-surface missiles at a military position in Damascus province," SANA news agency reported, as per The Times of Israel. 

The Telegram messaging app linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps reported that a dozen Iranians were killed in the strike, according to Lebanon's Al-Mustaqbal TV and the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya network.

Israel has repeatedly warned Iran that it will not allow them to develop a military presence in Syria. For some reason, Israel refuses to allow a nation that has threatened to "wipe Israel off the map" to build up militarily just down the road a piece. 

In fact, just this past June, demonstrators in Tehran, Iran's capital, set up a countdown clock to Israel's destruction. This Islamic hatred of Jews dates back to the origins of Islam when the Jews refused to convert or die.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued this stern warning in a video announcement on November 30, before the strike:

"Let me reiterate Israel's policy: We will not allow a regime hell-bent on the annihilation of the Jewish state to acquire nuclear weapons. We will not allow that regime to entrench itself militarily in Syria, as it seeks to do, for the express purpose of eradicating our state."

Netanyahu conveyed that warning to Assad via a third party just days before the strike, saying that Syria will be targeted if it allows Iran to develop a permanent presence in Syria.

But you can bet your bippy that people like Linda Sarsour and her leftist, idiot minions, will blame Israel (aka the Jews) for being the aggressors.


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