Senior IDF officials: We hit 90% of Iran's weapons production mechanism in Syria

According to the same sources, Israel managed to stop the establishment of the Revolutionary Guards on Syrian soil as part of the campaign between the wars.

The sources rejected claims that the IDF reduced the intensity of the attacks due to the tensions in relations with Moscow, and noted that the fight against Iran and the pro-Iranian forces was maintained

Amir Bohbot

10/22/2022

Saturday, October 22, 2022, 9:59 p.m. Updated: 10:12 p.m.

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Syria reports explosions in Damascus and the south of the country.

October 21, 2022 (documentation on social networks according to Section 27 A of the Copyright Law)

Senior officials in the defense establishment revealed that in recent years the IDF has thwarted about 90% of the plans of the Iranians and Hezbollah to transfer weapons to Syria, to produce weapons on Syrian soil and to establish themselves in Syria through bases and the transfer of pro-Iranian forces.

According to those sources, the grand plan of the commander of the Iranian Quds Force , Qasem Soleimani, who was eliminated in 2020, to establish large forces in Syria did not come to fruition thanks to the campaign between the wars (MABM) that the IDF has been carrying out in recent years through airstrikes. As mentioned, last Friday the Syrian media attributed an attack by the Israeli Air Force Near the airport in Damascus after about a month of relative quiet.

His plan was thwarted.

Soleimani (Photo: Reuters)

The sources rejected claims of a delay or fear of attacks in Syria and added that the Russian-Israeli friction mechanism works as usual, and attacks in Syria in general against Iranian and Hezbollah targets are based on accurate intelligence and an operational opportunity, and when there is a period of time without attacks it is usually the result of an Iranian decision to suspend the smuggling of weapons and the infrastructure for the production of ammunition to Syria to try and find a new axis to trick Israel.

The security officials emphasized that the IDF severely damaged Iran's smuggling routes from the sea, from the air and even from the land from Iran to Syria. As a result of the attacks, the ability of the Syrian army to produce weapons and ammunition was damaged since the Iranians and Hezbollah used the same factories for the production of weapons. The focus of the attacks in recent years has also been the smuggling of means and components for the production of munitions, but also the infrastructure and weapons warehouses at the Sers center (cers), which is defined by the Syrian government as a center for scientific research, but in practice, foreign intelligence sources estimate that the development and production of rockets, missiles of various types, chemical and biological weapons takes place there (it is important to understand that the industry in Sers serves also the Iranians, Hezbollah, and Syria).

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Hamidiyya in Syria, after an airstrike attributed to Israel (photo: screenshot, according to section 27a of social networks)

Also, it is estimated in Israel that Syrian President Bashar Assad has reduced Iranian and Hezbollah activity and prevented intentions in large parts of Syria with an emphasis on the Syrian Golan Heights and southern Syria.

In some cases, it was estimated in Israel that Assad showed Hezbollah and Iranian officials "the way out of Syria" since they were harming his interests in stabilizing the "new Syria".

This is a concept that has taken root among Western elements, including in the Israeli security system, which is the product of the understanding that Assad has come to terms with the regional reality.

According to sources in Israel, Assad has realized that in the coming years he will not be able to regain territories occupied by the Kurds, including the Turks, he does not excessively rub shoulders with regime opponents in southern Syria, and focuses his power on controlling stability and order in the major cities with an emphasis on Damascus and the region including the coastal axis.

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