Israel may attack Iran's 'air force' in Syria if tensions escalate

Mogherini on new sanctions against Iran

Mogherini on new sanctions against Iran

The same Syrian base was hit in an airstrike April 9, which Iran's Tasnim News Agency said killed seven Iranian military personnel.

It is also worth to highlight the Zionist fears of the possible Iranian response to the Israeli air raid on the T4 military airport in Syria which claimed Iranian troops.

Israel had at the time refused to comment on the strike.

Israel's Army Radio reported that, given tensions with Iran over Syria, the Israeli air force canceled plans to send F-15 fighter jets to take part in the USA -hosted exercise Red Flag, which begins on April 30.

According to Daniel, Israel was bracing for a possible Iranian missile salvo or armed drone assault from Syria.

After bombing Iranian units in Syria in retaliation immediately after, an Israel F-16 was shot down by Syrian anti-aircraft fire in one of the conflict's most notable escalations. Israel has refused to confirm it carried out the strike, though a New York Times article quoted an unnamed Israeli military source as saying Israel carried out the strike.

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The Iranian death toll in T-4 was unusually high.

Israel had previously accused the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad of allowing Iran to set up a complex at the T-4 base to supply arms to its Lebanese Shi'ite proxy Hezbollah.

Two senior United States officials, who were not allowed to comment publically on the deal, said that the sides were "close to agreement" regarding insufficient inspections of suspected nuclear sites and Iran's continued ballistic missile testing, but nowhere near to an agreement on the so-called "sunset provisions" that allow Iran to resume advanced nuclear work in 2024.

An EU diplomat said new sanctions could direct both Iranians and also non-Iranian forces in Syria. "To Iran, and to Russian Federation, I ask: What kind of a nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent men, women, and children?"

Iran seems to be becoming increasingly belligerent.

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