Israel Sends Condolences for Turkish “Martyrs”. Erdogan Expands War to Hezbollah, Iran
Iran warns Turkey to knock it off or it will respond in kind, but that may be exactly what Erdogan wants
In the aftermath of the (probably Russian) strike that killed 33 Turkish soldiers in Syria late (10pm) Thursday, Israel sent its condolences for the Turkish “martyrs”, ie using Islamic terminology:
Israel sends its condolences to Turkey over the killing of Turkish soldiers in Idlib.
“We are deeply saddened by the martyring of Turkish soldiers”
Interesting that they used “martyr” in Turkish https://t.co/X8SCOo3nWO
— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) February 28, 2020
In fact, earlier that same day as Turkey was hitting the Syrian army heavily around Saraqib, Israel snuck in two attacks on the other side of the country:
Israeli helicopters struck Syrian military positions in the Quneitra province in the Syrian Golan Heights and wounded three Syrian soldiers, Syria’s official news agency SANA reported overnight Thursday.
Earlier Thursday, Syrian state TV reported that an Israeli drone fired a missile at a car in southern Syria, killing one person whom it named as a “civilian.” Several other media outlets aligned with Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime said that the man was a local policeman.
Soon after Turkey expanded its Syria strikes to Hezbollah:
Turkish strikes using drones and smart missiles late on Friday that hit Hezbollah headquarters near Saraqeb killed nine of its members and wounded 30 in one of the bloodiest attacks on the Iran-backed group in Syria ever according to a commander in the regional alliance backing Damascus.
Sure the Shia Lebanese Hezbollah is fighting on the other side in Syria so hitting them would have some tactical value (at a great cost in other ways), but even at the time, I wondered if that wasn’t really more a dog whistle to Tel-Aviv and the Israel supporters in DC and the US at large.
Apart from State Department apparatchiks and their hack boss Pompeo, Turkey had found itself very lonely in its new Syria adventure. The asked-for US-manned Patriot missiles to somehow wrestle the control of Idlib skies from Russia aren’t materializing.
But start hitting Hezbollah and suddenly you’ve got the attention of the powerful pro-Israel currents in the US, as well as of Israel itself.
My suspicion was confirmed Saturday when it became clear the Turks had hit Iranians as well:
Statement by Iran's "advisory mission in Syria": Turkish army is still shooting at our positions and bases. We call on Turkey to show rational behavior. The Turkish nation's children are within range of our military forces.
(First statement by Iranian command in Syria, I guess)
— Reza Khaasteh (@Khaaasteh) February 29, 2020
The use of the word “children” above is a misleading translation, the Iranian communique spoke about “sons”, which naturally refers to Turkish troops.
Iranian embassy in Syria: "The Iranian government informed Erdogan that it would respond with full force to the Turkish points if it continued to bomb our forces and the Syrian army."
— Rojava Network (@RojavaNetwork) February 29, 2020
Iran issued a warning to Erdogan to knock it off or his troops will face the consequences but you get the feeling that may be exactly what Erdogan is trying to provoke. Get the pathologically anti-Iranian Trump administration to see Turkey’s ‘safe-zone-for-bin-Ladenites’ Idlib invasion as an anti-Iranian enterprise and the prospects of American backing look quite a bit brighter.
#Turkey was informed in details of the position of Hezbollah and the Iranian brigades along with the Syrian army but decided to ignore the information and continued bombing these positions over and over again.
It is now clear that Turkey is in the battle with his army to stay.
— Elijah J. Magnier (@ejmalrai) February 29, 2020
Keep in mind that neither #Iran nor #Hezbollah ever attacked the Turkish army until this hour. It is #Turkey that took the initiative to bomb the Iranian-led forces and Hezbollah HQ and military hospital.
— Elijah J. Magnier (@ejmalrai) February 29, 2020
The Jewhadis grow closer, like rats on a sinking ship.
Just can’t miss an opportunity to attack Jews, can you? Don’t even have the balls to spell out the word “Jew”.
You lie with dogs, you get fleas.
ISIS are an IsraeliUS proxy, so if the Jewish people are to be allied with ISIS, then they are all Jewhadists.
Now fuck off you Jewhadi p rick.
And you Americans have had the same fleas long time already. You infest the entire world. And to have a decent conversation with the likes of you is just impossible. Always vulgar…
What Americans you dumb twat?
Go away, you retarded twat.
So the mask finally comes down…? Good show! Thanks.
Thank YOU for telling this joooo POS off. These joooos like this one here all need to be killed enmasse by what ever means available. Thanks to Iran, Hez, and the GREAT Doctor Assad.
The state of Israel are no less guilty than that of the US and Turkey for the atrocities of ISIS.
They treat ISIS in their hospitals, arm them, transport them, and attack Syria to distract them from wiping them out.
Dear Marko, please stop using the word ‘regime’ to describe the gov’t of President Assad, who as you know was democratically elected with a big, nay a huge, majority.
Pompeo & Pense. Sounds like a double act, and it is, although it gets worst by the day. It’s the same old jokes.
The US stopped comedians using racial slurs but forgot all about their politicians who get away with murder, sometimes quite literally.
Indeed.
But I would go further.
The word should never be used for any government, even one that is a “regime.”
It is strictly judgmental and pejorative.
It contributes nothing to anyone’s understanding.
I regard it as a red flag for propaganda.
for 70 yrs all the death suffering and destruction is caused by the demonic jews and I say pissrael and US created the corona virus. pissrael now saying they have a vaccine
Sympathy for the devil.
So what does that make the sympathizer?
Zionist
Sympathy from the devil!
By sitting back and doing nothing only gives the Turks, israeli, US the incentive to further escalate their instigations. If Russia/Syria/Iran/Hezbollah defied the US and Turkey the moment they set foot onto Syria then this could have been avoided and the war in Syria could have finished some time ago.
turkey appears to have 2 friends—USA, Israel…birds w no feathers flock together
Meanwhile, Russia pees down her leg and watches Syria get assaulted and ripped off. Not surprising seeing how two days ago Russia watched as Turkey assaulted Syria all night in response for a strike Russia executed but let Syria take the blame for. It’s past time for Syria to seek a deal with the Israelis and the United States, including a Golan recognition in exchange for Tanf and independence for the Kurdish region and an end to IRGC weapons across Syria to Hezbollah in exchange for protection from people actually competent enough to provide it. Idlib will now become a Eurasian version of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, along with other significant areas of once Northern Syria. It’s easy to see why some disgusted Russian military personnel have taken to removing the Russian flag from their bases after being told to stand down in front of Turkish forces. Vladimir Putin has actually turned out to be a lightweight. Who knew?
And, no doubt Syria should without delay allow Qatar it’s gas pipeline across what’s left of government controlled Syria. It was that favor for Russia in denying it that set off the regime change operation to begin with. Syria has suffered enough for supporting a lost Palestinian cause that no one else in the Arab world cares about anymore and any alliance with either Russia or Iran is now doing Syria little good in the face of an actual attack by the Turkish armed forces allied to jihadi street gangs inside Syria. Time for the Syrian people, what’s left of them, to get out of the Empire’s way. They’ve suffered enough and their allies are all talk.
If you can’t beat them then join them. Putin has always been labelled as a corrupt KGB officer and it’s easy to see why. It doesn’t seem the man has any honour at all since all he wants to make are behind-the-scene deals. His international reputation will never recover from this. The short man has an inferiority complex.
Incorrect about about what really caused the horror in Syria.
Syria’s name was long ago on a secret list of Middle Eastern countries to be toppled in future years.
The list was seen by General Wesley Clark not long after 9/11.
A kind of Necon/Pentagon Middle East urban renewal project for any disliked countries in Israel’s greater neighborhood.
I find Erdogan to be an opportunist. He might be playing with a fire he won’t be able to extinguish nor able to afford.
It’s obvious that Erdogan is insane so I wonder how Putin expects to play 4 or 5 or 6 dimensional chess with a lunatic ?
Seems like the destruction of Syria has been outsourced by the US/Israel to Turkey. Putin’s response to Erdogan will be interesting
Since, according the the Jewish state’s government, Jerusalem Post, Pew and Gallup polling companies (both are Jewish owned and connected to AIPAC) and many anti-Zionist Jewish organizations and authorities, 65 – 85% of all Jews support the criminal Zionist cult and its state spawn, Israel, THE DISEASE SICKENING OUR WORLD IS JUDAISM.
poohtin should be disposed of. What a traitor he turned into. Hope he’s dead SOON.
Replaced by a man who WILL fight back. Absolutely disgusting POS poohtin is.