Israel will prevent Iran from establishing a significant weapons supply chain to Syria aimed at bolstering President Bashar al-Assad's fight against rebel forces, Israel Hayom has learned.
Israel has adopted a calculated neutrality in Syria's civil war, given that Assad's opponents, linked to al-Qaida, maintain hostility toward Israel matching that of Iran. This strategic position has led to a current policy of non-intervention.
However, in matters of weapons transfers, Israeli defense analysts view Syria and Lebanon as a single operational theater, concluding that Iranian-supplied armaments will ultimately target Israel from the Lebanese theater. Consequently, the defense establishment has intensified its efforts to monitor and, when necessary, intercept such weapons shipments. Several Iranian supply flights bound for Syria have already been forced to turn back.
Social media networks have recently been circulating footage showing substantial Iraqi military forces advancing westward, presumably toward the Syrian border. Intelligence assessments indicate that at least a portion of these forces, operating under Iranian influence, have been deployed to counter anti-regime rebel forces.
The Syrian Center reported earlier today that President Bashar Assad's forces received additional reinforcements in the Hama region. Their reports indicate that Assad's army, alongside pro-Iranian militias, successfully pushed rebel factions back 6.2 miles from Hama city.
