{"id":3808,"date":"2018-02-16T07:19:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T07:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/?p=3808"},"modified":"2018-02-16T07:42:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T07:42:26","slug":"syrian-air-defenses-spread-out-to-target-us-as-well-as-israeli-overflights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/syrian-air-defenses-spread-out-to-target-us-as-well-as-israeli-overflights\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian air defenses spread out to target US as well as Israeli overflights"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Both US and Syria (plus pro-Iranian allies) are massing strength in the south and east for military clashes in the continuing confrontation.<\/strong>
\n Assad\u2019s army with Hizballah and other pro-Iranian forces backed by Russia are massing for two objectives: a major offensive to capture Daraa on Syria\u2019s southern border with Jordan;\u00a0 and at the Deir ez-Zour region in the east for another attempt to cross the Euphrates from west to east. US forces and allies are building up to ward off the two offensives. This time, Syria has positioned its Russian anti-air weapons for targeting incoming air strikes by US as well as Israeli air force planes.\u00a0Syrian Foreign Minister Fayssal Mikdad articulated this threat when he said Wednesday, Feb. 14: \u201cSyria will down any warplane that launches an airstrike on the SAA [Syrian Arab Army].\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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