Russian troops were involved in Iranian-Syrian clash with Israel
The Syrian anti-air missiles which hit an Israeli F-16 early Saturday, Feb. 10, are part of a system operated with and commanded by the Russians from their Kheimim air base. The F-16 was shot down during an Israeli air strike against the Iranian facility at the T-4 air base near Palmyra, which launched a UAV into Israeli airspace that morning. The ongoing clash has therefore gone way beyond an Israeli confrontation with Syria and Iran and marks a serious deterioration in the security situation on Israel’s northern border.
It is unlikely that Israel’s attempt through its diplomatic channels to calm the situation and “restore the status quo ante” will succeed. This situation underwent a fundamental strategic change when Iran sent a UAV over Israel from a Syrian base it shares also with the Russians. It may be assumed that the Russian command, which keeps a close eye on all Syria’s air facilities, was in the know about the Iranian operation and was not surprised when Israeli warplanes retaliated. One of those jets was shot down and its two pilots landed safely in northern Israel. One of them was badly injured.
Whether or not the Russians and Iranians discussed likely Israeli retaliation and decided to ambush one of the planes has yet to be investigated. But it is significant that the second, much broader wave of Israeli air strikes against a dozen Syrian and Iranian targets later Saturday morning, was also attacked by air defense missiles that were fired from Lebanon as well. This has brought Hizballah into the Syrian-Iranian-Russian equation, and even the Lebanese army. Civilian air traffic was consequently halted in northern Israel.
The parties involved in the incident don’t yet appear ready to call it a day. Each is holding out to have the last word, say DEBKAfile’s strategic analysts.
As matters stood at 11 a.m. Saturday morning, Israel and the IDF had come off worst, although another wave of Israeli air strikes was then launched against a broad range of Iranian and Syrian targets. The downing of an air force jet by a Syrian anti-air weapon, mostly likely an SA-5 (whose range extends into northern Israel) has not been lightly dismissed. All the same, Jerusalem reportedly appealed to Washington and Moscow to use their good services for cutting the clash short. This set a tone in direct contrast to the recent, over-the-top rhetoric of Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, especially his unnecessary comment that a two-front conflict is in store in both Syria and Lebanon; and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s warnings to hostile forces, “Don’t test us.”
That is exactly what Iran and Syria tried to do on Saturday morning. It is too soon to tell how this confrontation will play out. It is still ongoing. As for Russia, DEBKAfile has repeatedly stressed that the regular dialogue Netanyahu conducts with President Vladimir Putin is of limited value. The two leaders have achieved a certain measure of understanding but, in any situation, Putin is sure to be guided solely by Moscow’s strategic interests – even at Israel’s expense.
i think russia is retaliating for the Jetfighter they lost couple days ago by a man pad
I think putin is saying to everyone, you shoot one jetfighter from our side we will down another from yours
Israel attacks Syria and they fire back defending thier country and you are whining like dogs…..you don’t have the sole right to self defense….
Benny you fraud: Sending drones into Israel and building up a strategic alliance of terrorists and occupiers (on Israel’s doorstep) pointed at Israel is cause for alarm and if your country were met with the same kind of Islamists backed by terror groups and Russia, it would respond with necessary force to deter those who have a religious-ideological hatred of Jews, Christians and all others.
Israel is the occupier. Look at any map and find “Israeli Occupied Territory”.
To _ : No, Iran-Hezbollah-Russia-Turkey-ISIS are the major occupiers of the region. Israel lives on a small parcel of land which has been inhabited by Jews for over 3000 years and has shrunk over the years through various occupations by foreign invaders. Read the history – it is fascinating and illuminating and will definitely change your anti-Israel rhetoric.
That is so stupid I cannot believe you wrote it: the “fox” who made the maps to which you are referring is guarding the “hen house.”
If you will do just a wee little bit of study of history, you will find that Israel/the Jewish people have had a presence in the Land for the past 3,400 years, with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob living here 400+ years before that; the ‘occupiers’ are the Islamic occupiers who have been there since 638 CE, and under Jewish control the holy sites–Christian, Muslim, and Jewish, even Bahai and Druze–and their respective people groups have enjoyed the most freedom in their entire duration.
Obviously you don’t know anything about Bible prophecy and Maps because his real given to that land to Abraham More than 3000 years ago and wait till you see what his real’s borders expand to God‘s word is 100% right and it always has been he is the same today yesterday and tomorrow
“Occupier” is nothing more than a polite way of calling Israel a thief, suggesting that Jewish invaders colonized territory belonging to the Arabs, and which therefore must be restored to its rightful, victimized owners. The term is intentionally misused against Israel in order to shape negative misperceptions of her history and legitimacy, while perpetuating a sense of Palestinian-Arab victimhood. To suggest that the Jews are occupiers in a region that has been known as Judea for over 3000-plus years is no less ridiculous than to suggest that Arabs are occupiers in Arabia.
“Occupier” is a legal term whose definition does not apply to Israel under the law. Israel’s legal title and rights to all of its present territory stem initially from God and then directly from an act of international law made in the post-WWI San Remo Agreement, which was then further recognized and incorporated in subsequent binding acts, from the Covenant of the League of Nations all the way through Article 80 of the United Nations’ charter. None of the national and political rights thereby recognized as inherit in the Jewish People have ever been revoked, nullified or superseded by a subsequent act of international law.
Thisis why Israel should cut the electicity it supplies to its occupied territory. To give the Israelis something to complain about… don’t you agree_?
Nonsense. Here’s hoping Russia and Iran turn Tel Aviv into a field of glass.
Franky venom: Those who live in glass houses should not cast the first stone. Iran and Russia both live in glass houses and happen to be the occupiers casting the first stones.
Thats because all the maps that state occupied territory, are actually continuing the illegal lie of the UN, which ignores its own legal validation of The Jewish State. Its a populist lie adopted by the ignorant and haters, who support the Islamic claim to all previous Islamic ruled lands, as Europe is now waking up to ( too late)
Should that happen, the Russian naval/military bases in Syria would be destroyed within hours.
Dig this comrade, here’s hoping the US and Israel turn Tehran into a radioactive glass crater
that even the “mahdi” and “mohammed” and the rat khomani-ac feel the nuclear fires in HELL.
What a great hope, in the Russians, knowing that neither Lebanese, Hezbolla, Syria or Iran can brake a glass in Tel Aviv. The Russian may, but at a very high political and economical cost.
the only occupiers are the european colonizers who called themselves jews and are not .
OK, vicious Jew hating scum. Go ahead and root for General Sandwich Meat and his deodorant challenged, dirty bathrobe wearing Iranian Islamist horde. If you are an American, or live elsewhere in the Western world Terry, you might as well ball up your fist – if your wrist is not so limp as to prevent yourself from doing so – and punch yourself directly in your stupid Jew hating face.
Listen up Anon, Mossad is allies with head choppers in Syria. So tell me who is a terrorist again? CIA has been exposed too and MI6. You guys allow ISIS to be perched conveniently next door to Golan and allow them to thrive there. Gee, something is suspicious about that don’t you think? You promote regime change and destroy entire nations for your Satanic power elite that worships money and power.
Same answer to you vicious Jew hater #2. Root against America, and you root for the dawn of a dark age making the last one seem like a 15 minute coffee break. Death to Islamist scum, and all their Western sympathizers. America forever.
So who occupied and annexed the Golan heights, Jerusalem etc.? Who boasted of 100 airraids on Syria from violated Lebanese airspace? Who is claiming the no.9 oil and gas field of the coast of Lebanon? Must be those evil Iranians.
So who hijacked 4 passenger planes on 9/11 and flew them info building, bombed London transport on 7/7 2005, bombed concert in Manchester, beheaded Lee Rigby, bombed the Boston marathon, bombed Pan Am 103, beheaded journalist Daniel Pearl, hijacked the 1972 Summer Olympics and murdered Olympians, bombed an airport in Brussels, massacred people in Bali, Mumbai, Nairobi, Kabul, Luxor, San Bernardino, Orlando, Nice France truck jihad, Charlie Hebdo, Bataclan, threatened Danish cartoonists, writer Salman Rushdie with death?
Over to you jihadi sc*mbag filth. 🙂
would you stop talking rubbish, we know now ISIS is an Israeli / US creation……US Illegal bases in Syria against international law……
You and your father in law created the terrorists. Still you’re feeding them.
did this not start with Iran sending a drone into Israeli air space?
Habibi, one mini EMP dropped over Damascus will do the trick!
And rightly so…they cannot get away with murder every single day..
Agree.
OK, looks like it could be be about to start so let’s hope and pray that we dont lose too many people and destroy all russias assets as well. They are scum too. Very sad day for Israel and the world ..because it will not be contained there..
If Israel stop it’s aggression it won’t lose any of it’s fighters. It is not they first time they have attacked Syria and hopefully it will be a game changer and put an end to Israeli aggression in Syria and Lebanon. Whenever the terrorists are losing in Syria Israel and US attack Syrian forces, we have not seen any sign of the mystery drone. Let’s hope Israel thinks twice before attacking Syria again and put an end in helping Al-Nusra terrorists. near occupied Golan heights.
now the fun begins……
Kudo’s to the IDF / IAF. Best wishes for a speedy recovering to the 2 pilots
If Israel stop it’s aggression it won’t lose any of it’s fighters. It is not they first time they have attacked Syria and hopefully it will be a game changer and put an end to Israeli aggression in Syria and Lebanon. Whenever the terrorists are losing in Syria Israel and US attack Syrian forces, we have not seen any sign of the mystery drone. Let’s hope Israel thinks twice before attacking Syria again and put an end in helping Al-Nusra terrorists. near occupied Golan heights.
The occupiers, Iran-Hezbollah, Russia, ISIS and Turkey need to go back to where they live – STOP THE OCCUPATION OF LEBANON. IRAQ AND SYRIA NOW.
No I don’t think Russia is involved. It has been proven Russia avoids Attacking Israrli planes . It’s purely Syrian and Iranian efforts using the drones to bait the expected israeli response. You guys are so predictable.
This shows now onwards , Assad will respond .. no. Mr nice guy.
Neither is Iran nor Hez give a damn about Israeli warnings
But Russia still avoid Israel
Netanyahu and his gang of Eastern European can go back where they come from. Since the establishment of Zionist state by these invaders there is been problem in the region.
Pootin and his gang of Eastern Europeans can go back where they come from. Since the establishment of Islam by mohammeds invaders there has been terrorism all over the world.
I think that from today onwards no russian or syrian plane straying in israeli airspace will get along with it…
An aggression against syrian or iranian forces will be considered by the russians in the same way as the US considers an aggression against SDF or Kurdish forces…They have to stand for their proxies.
A few days ago the US killed a hundred mens crossing the Euphrates and some of them were probably russians… This is probably the retaliation for that…
Russia knows well the capability of the IAF. They have too many vulnerable assets ready for israeli retaliation…
The reason Israeli air force is good is because others did not have the means to shoot them down. Once these countries obtain defensive means Israel will not be able to continue with it’s aggression in other countries’ airspace. Remember Lebanon war when Israeli frigate was hit with anti ship missile they never entered Lebanese water afterward!
How many pilots will the jewish terror entity lose if it attacks Russia in Syria. Russia has a boomer situated of the coast of Syria with quasi ballistic mirvs onboard.
Russia is supporting Lebanon/Iran/Syria/Arabs/Islamics/Hezbollah etc against Israel.
Russia is and always was an enemy of the Jews. From the pogroms to today.
Israel should destroy every Russian military airbase in Syria and Lebanon.
Then Israel should destroy every Iranian base in Syria and leave Syria to destroy itself.
Game is up. Truth must be told. No more mister nice guy.
Putin is KGB/Soviet style enemy of the West and the Jews the Yehudis children of Abraham Isaac Joseph.
May God protect the IAF and IDF and heal the 2 injured pilots.
You’re right: Syria backed by Iran has occupied Lebanon for more than 40 years, and the world says nothing.
No, that is not quite true. Yes, Israel has attacked weapons shipments that endanger it. Its pretty clear that these people are wanting a war with Israel, so in order to forestall that event, actions have been taken – if you or others don’t care to believe that they are defensive measures – that’s fine. But in this specific instance what was the drone sent into Israel for – fun? What does iran or anybody expect them to do? Nothing? Sorry, iran and syria are 100% responsible for this particular provocation and it sounds like after Israel lost an aircraft – Rather than “thinking twice” as you suggest – they went back in and made sure a lot more was taken out. All this stuff is going to used against Israel anyway so its best just to destroy it. I actually hope that iran and syria respond further so providing the pretext to wipe them out. The area badly needs cleaning up and iran sent home before they actually go too far and are nuked. I believe that will happen anyway. iran will not win anything.
Well said, Scott. Hate is baked into their religion and they can’t stand the world to see them carrying out genocide in an Islam vs. Islam conflict without bring the Jooos into it. When Jews enter into the conflict through the provocations of Islamist, the regular leftists in the UN and EU will quickly blame Israel – the leftists cannot avoid any temptation to blame Israel and absolve savage beasts of their responsibility. According to leftists, Islamists need to be constantly appeased and think that will save them from the jihad and conquest…Europe is proof that their thinking is f%$ked!
Nuke Iran.
Kill the head and the body dies.
Then, all out attack in Syria on Russians and all enemies of Iran.
Your such an idiot. Finish high school before you start discussion geopolitics
Pootin is KGB. NEVER trust the KGB. Pootin LIES like Mooohammed.
Better lay off ofbthat hashish bruce, it could end in a misadventure, where you end up opening your mouth about geopolotics but end up saying nothing
Over 200 incursions by israeli planes in Syria. Only one plane shot down. Israel has tried missiles , drones and planes to intervene against its enemies. New strategy will have to be used. This is just a continuation of the game of war.
How Israel will hit all fronts at the same time without being hit in return.? That is the main and only subject of worry.
Hope Israel will hit always first and succeed, always.
Who’s the occupier? For 1400 years you foolish mudslimes following mohamed the rapist..murderer…pedofile.. warmongerer have done nothing but cause havoc to this world. Islam is evil. And those who curse one tiny jewish nation are the new nazis muslims and when your finished today’s murdering you can kiss my hairy jewish ass…decended from Abraham whose tomb is in Hebron. Please fuck off
Where do you expect the Palestinians who have been there forever to go? Just pick up and go to another Arab country?? Get real.
Your Pal-e-SWiNIANS should go BACK to Syria, Lebanon, Egypt (where arafart was born), Turkey, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Russia, scotland.
Yeah, nobody wants them. They are considered scum in all Arab countries.
“ Jerusalem reportedly appealed to Washington and Moscow to use their good services for cutting the clash short. “
Isisreal needs to stick to attacking defenseless civilians.
Isislam needs to stick to attacking defenseless civilians.
See 9/11, London’s 7/7, Paris’ Charlie Hebdo and Bataclan, Manchester, Beslan, Orlando, Boston, Mumbai, Nairobi, Sydney, Lee Rigby, Rotherham rape gangs, Pan Am 103 AND the 500,000 dead in Syria (Muslims killing Muslims to satisfy the bloodlust of their prophet of satan who they call mooohammed).
Don’t forget the Islamists’ gallant and glorious assaults on pizza parlors. General Sandwich Meat of Iran’s dirty bathrobe brigade is really, really mad, and talking tough today. Death to Islamist scum, and all their Western sympathizers.
Good post, sandwich meat, dirty bathrobe brigade, beautiful.
Thanks. In WWII, Japan – with a modern industrial economy to support their war effort- had millions of men under arms, equipped with weaponry on par with ours, all willing to die for their Emperor. Yet, they were crushed by the might of American arms. Now comes this deodorant challenged 3rd World cockroach named after sandwich meat, and backed up by an air force of flying firecrackers, a navy of tugboats, and an army of toothless stench monsters, talking like he’s a bad ass? America will show his filthy sh*thole country that has contributed nothing to human advNcement in the last 500 years, what real terror is, and close their mouths permanently.
Lebanon-Syria is quickly becoming the catch-basin for all the Islamist vs. Islamist genocidal war that has always been simmering under the Assad’s and Hezbollah and accelerated when ISIS and now Iran – Hezbollah – Russia – Turkey stepped into the fray.
Islamists can’t stand leaving Israel out of it (their religion demands antisemitism) so this provocation was an attempt to draw Israel into their Islamic vs. Islamic war.
If I were Israel I would keep pounding Iranian-Hezbollah supplies, missile sites and camps to make it so costly that even the cash Obama shipped over to Iran to help the fascist Islamic regime and the money they get from EU sycophants will not be enough to allow them the luxury of their bloodthirsty conquests and occupations.
It was Israel attacked Syrians on the pretext of fake/lie Iranian drone.
The lefties are now building up their fake propaganda that favors the genocidal Islamists and damns Israel.
What do you gain by constructing lies for Islam, Luke? Do you think they will do the same for you, the one they identify as the infidel?
Exactly. Stupid little sissyfag “Luke”, and all his social justice “warrior” friends would be first to be killed under Islamist rule.
because ISISrael is a deceptive sneaky backstabbing terrorist state…
One plane down and it is panic on board. In a nutshell, the Israeli sissies are chickening out begging on their knees the Russians and the US to calm things down.
You saw that
Please post video. Dumb f*****f
Great news of the day one of the pilots just died…
Hahaha¡
Are you a member of the death cult known as Islam or are you just one of their dhimmi supporters who will be next in line when they go on the rampage, like ISIS, and start once again ripping out the hearts, eating and cannibalizing their victims in an orgy of religious insanity?
This clearly shows the vulnerability of the Israelis and is a golden opportunity granted by Allah to launch an all out invasion
Go ahead and try it, vicious Islamist scum. Bat eared Barry Obama doesn’t run the show in America anymore, and Trump will not tie Israel’s hands this time around.
Your “Allah” is Satan – and Satan ALWAYS LOSES.
Suleiman: You are telling me that Allah = Beelzebub
Clearly. I have read enough of the koran to see that everything Mohammad knew about the bible, he learned second hand from corrupt christian apostates and corrupt Jewish apostates. He built a “house of cards” upon a fictitious foundation, and only was able to sustain it by the sword because his victims had also fallen out of favor with Yahweh. When their remnant finally repents, islam will be cast out on the scrap pile of the ages.
Israel has a border with Syria.
Whether the I.A.F fires missiles from the from outside or inside Syria air space at Syrian targets and destroys them, all the Syrians and their allies can do is respond with lies, a lot of noise and threats as to what they will do to Israel in return.
This raises the question. Since the last full war between Syria and Israel,( is it 20 + years ), Syria has been screaming hundreds of threat responses to Israel’s actions but has NEVER crossed this border with their so called ” magnificent” air force to retaliate. This air force can only bomb Syria’s own children and old folk with chemical weapons because these unarmed citizens cannot hit back at them, whereas Israel would blast this same Syrian yellow air force out of the sky.
Interesting how people disscuss about who lived in that territory for passd 10000 years, so it seems all of those lands belong to Egypt
History is being made and we all know who the winners are!! The Jews came before the iraninan.And they will come after the fall of the persian caliphate
I hope the Russians weren’t in on this downing of the Israeli fighter jet. But if it turns out they were, then they deserve the the wrath of the Israeli Air force.
what the f.. they are not occupiers the un gave it to them, by the way russia are stupid occupiers
Me: You must be one of the leftists who got their education from CNN, BBC, France24, Al Jazeera, ISIS, RT, and Hezbollah!
That’s not education. It’ s neural conditioning, and linguistic programming for mindless fools, and human cannon fodder.
@ Groz and all the others who mistake Israel’s desire to avoid further escalation as weakness: “the Israeli sissies are chickening out begging on their knees the Russians and the US to calm things down.”
Kind of like exactly what Israel begged the UN and the US to do before June 5, 1967, but to no avail. Remember how that turned out?
Who would believe that the seeds of the fall and destruction of the reigns of the Ayatollahs Assahollahs were already planted years ago in Iran? Stuxnet wasn’t the tip of the iceberg but only the penguin standing on the tip of the iceberg. Stay tuned…
If Israel ever has to fly against iran, their pilots need to train for it. It sure was nice of those Russians and Iranians to bring their defensive missiles so close to Israel to train on. I hope the Prime Minister asked Vladimir putin to bring some of his S-400 missiles to Syria. Israeli pilots could use some newer models to train on.
This was a technological breakthrough for new Iranian SAMs. After shooting down F15s and Tornado in Yemen, now they are shooting down Israeli F16I which was using all its ECMs. F16Is were given to Israel to bomb Iranian nuc facilities which never happened. After 35 years, first Israeli jet fighter to be shot down. End of air superiority?!
This was a technological breakthrough for new Iranian SAMs. After shooting down F15s and Tornado in Yemen, now they are shooting down Israeli F16I which was using all its ECMs. F16Is were given to Israel to bomb Iranian nuc facilities which never happened. After 35 years, first Israeli jet fighter to be shot down. End of air superiority?!
They start shooting down cruise missiles and gliding bombs since several weeks ago and now they shoot down F16I. There was claims of F35 got hit, but Israel said it was a bird and not missile!
“Who would believe that the seeds of the fall and destruction of the reigns of the Ayatollahs Assahollahs were already planted years ago in Iran? Stuxnet wasn’t the tip of the iceberg but only the penguin standing on the tip of the iceberg. Stay tuned…”
Things go around, come around. Stay tuned….
Good. Now we as US tax payers we will be providing more advanced fighters to the beleaguered Jewish state. Yet they could have just asked though … instead of live target practice.
Maybe you would be a better pilot than the Israeli pilots. You could probably figure out how to clean and hose down the planes.
keep in your mind zionist this was a attack from iranian ally, iran attack will destory all of refugee zionist home, one by one
return to your motherland in europa and africa before long await war started, your official say lie to you
from a iranian jewish
keep in mind iranian jewish are in frontline to liberate palastines from infadel zionism movement to clear jewish culture
زنده باد ایران و فلسطین
viva iran and palastines
hand in hand to clear infadel movement from jew (zionism) islam (wahhabism) christain (evangelist)
Another angry towel head. Nothing new here.
Iranian Jewish, Become a Shia Muslim. Because when you drop dead,
it’s better that a Muslim die and go to Hell than a Jew.
P.S. If the US or Israel suffer a nuke attack, Tehran will be nuked in retaliation, for starters. And you
one small EMP package drop over Damascus will do the trick….
The IDF is conducting an intelligent and overall effective, continuous campaign against an implacable, mostly suicidal enemy, supported and paid for by the ultimate of Evil regimes: Iran – and its assorted, numerous scum of the Earth creatures, who know only mass murder, destruction and mayhem. Israel, in conjunction with the U.S. is the only Real protector and defender of the Western civilization values on the planet today.
E.U. is rapidly losing its political, and even physical will to survive !
I see a lot of islamo-fascists here. Rot in hell, goat fuckers!
Debka, I ask: why do you have comment section now? Being a famous/infamous site there was bound to be more crap slinging than thoughtful feedback. Why not have a more robust account sign in system for commentators just to weed out the crowds throwing their daily anti-semitism?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-400_missile_system
This system is very advanced. Read section structure and you see that it has passive radar capabilities and also uhf and vhf for corase detection.
Also parts of the system have been developed to detect the F35 jsf.
So be warned and dont try to fly an f35 to syria as they could get the F35 radar signature if the S400 version depolyed in syria is advanced enough.
Kill all S400 units at least ALL the radar before.
It will be very difficult to develop electronic counter measures against passive radar.
So dont try it will fail for sure.
Nuke isfahan with a small tactical nuke just big enough to explode on its chain reaction. Then there will be a big boom for all the secret nuclear fuel produced there will join the chain reaction. Be sure to radiate as much as you can to trigger their fuel.
Key question is damage inflicted on Syria’s northern missile defense facilities and Russian casualties involved.