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The Israeli targets in Syria have included Iranian arms and missile factories, usually built in underground sites, that the Israelis believe are producing precision-guided missiles. Building these missiles in Syria is considered by some analysts as less risky than transporting them overland or by air from Iran to Syria. In more recent years, however, the Israeli targets have included Iranian arms and missile factories, usually built in underground sites in Syria, that the Israelis believe are producing precision-guided missiles that could hit their population centers. There have also been clashes between Israeli and Iran-backed forces near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. These Israeli raids chiefly targeted Hezbollah’s arms depots as well as the movement of weapons from Iran through Syria to Lebanon.

#ISRAEL BUNKER BUSTER MISSILE FULL#

Israel has conducted hundreds, if not thousands, of air strikes in Syria since 2013 after Iran and Hezbollah came to the full aid of the Syrian regime in the early years of the civil war. For Israel, this involves weakening Iran and Hezbollah’s role in Syria, and by extension, in Lebanon, particularly concerning the movement of arms between countries and the building of Iranian factories in Syria producing missiles, while Iran wants the opposite, as its entrenched position in Syria-made stronger by its involvement in that country’s civil war-gives it important influence and leverage in the Levant. In fact, these major international developments may have provided both Israel and Iran with some opportunities to step up their attacks in recent weeks.īoth Israel and Iran believe they have major interests in Syria that they are keen to pursue.

The ongoing military conflict between Israel and Iran (along with Iran-backed Shia forces like Hezbollah) in Syria show no signs of easing despite the Russia-Ukraine crisis and a possible return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), otherwise known as the Iran nuclear deal.

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