Iran released the verified names of 7 "Advisors" killed by last night's Israeli attack against Iranian consulate in Damascus
Iranian sources say that Iran has informed united nations that they have the legal rights to retaliate against any legitimate Israeli targets without mentioning any geographic location.
"Iranian sources say that Iran has informed united nations that they have the legal rights to retaliate against any legitimate Israeli targets without mentioning any geographic location."
@heretical_i
It's not real. Fattah can't reach anything even close to those speeds. But even that means upto 30 minutes for Israeli air defense to prepare and shoot them down.
Azerbaijan, UAE or Bahrain are a whole different story
Even if Iran can reach and hit Israel directly, I don't think they'll risk a nuclear response from Israel.
Iran can keep arming and aiding its regional allies, and let them take revenge, which is a more likely response. Otherwise, they can bomb Mossad installations in Iraq or elsewhere, as they have done in the past.
Russia just posted more troops in Syria, near the Golan Heights, which can serve as deterrence from further attacks, since it's unlikely Israel will risk...
...hitting Russian forces. Israel and Rusia (and the former USSR) have a very long history of cooperation (Israel didn't follow the sanctions against Russia), and now Israel can't afford further isolating itself.
@heretical_i@faab64
Attrition wars can take years, and Ukraine just reduced the recruitment age, so the conflict there can keep going for at least this whole year, if not longer.
Although I agree Ukraine is on the back foot, and won't be able to go on the offensive again.
@argumento Covert war... think Crocus attack. Think CIA Chechen dirty war. My understanding from msm US news reporting last year is the funding is already available via the pentagon "Black Budget". Overall goal for nato and the west is regional destabilization, anyway. 'Hot wars' are expensive to fund. Satchel bombs, etc, are cheap, and demoralizing for civilian populations. @faab64
@heretical_i
Russia has lost almost all it's oil refineries and storage facilities in 100km range of Ukraine border.
This war will go on forever and now that NATO have given the green light to use their weapons against Russian mainland, things will go from bad to worse for Russia.
Ukraine is in a worse situation, but doesn't mean Russians are not bleeding badly @argumento
@faab64@heretical_i
Well, they did station more troops there, that might work as a deterrent. I don't think Russia would enter a war neither for Syria nor for Iran, in spite of them being close allies. Much less against Israel, that has a long story of cooperation with Russia/the Soviet Union. The USSR was among the first countries to recognize Israel, and it allowed Czechoslovakian arms shipped to Israel in 1948.
I think that Russia will keep play both sides, but try to avoid a bigger war.