Israel and Iran: attacks and arrests push for escalation

Events are pushing for a direct confrontation between Israel and Iran. In a targeted attack on Damascus airport, Israel killed eleven Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers who were traveling to Syria. This body, IRGC, is behind many of the terrorist activities conducted, sponsored or otherwise facilitated by the Islamic Republic.

Iran has also admitted the attack and the losses it suffered, and this makes the situation dangerous because retaliation from Tehran is likely.

Israel rarely comments on attacks targeting Syria, but has repeatedly said it will not allow Iran – which supports President Bashar Assad's dictatorial rule – to expand its presence in the country.

The attack near the airport came “a full day after the airport resumed flights,” said the Britain-based observatory with a network inside Syria. This led to a new closure of flights from the Syrian airport.

Meanwhile, Iran carried out the death sentence , just yesterday, of four alleged saboteurs linked to the Mossad, including a woman. The coincidence of the two events is, to say the least, suspicious, and suggests that the Israeli attack may have been, in turn, a sort of retaliation against these executions.

Syria risks becoming the battlefield of an undeclared but fought war between Jerusalem and Tehran. These clashes are in addition to those underway in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, where attacks on merchant shipping have continued despite the American Prosperity Guardian mission which should protect ships traveling in the area. Are we in the presence of a “Thucydides Curse” about to come true?

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