Nevertheless, the Iranians did not despair in the face of the battle that Israel is waging against them, and they continue to search for ways to continue arming their allies in the Middle East, particularly against Hezbollah.
Attempts by air multiplied to smuggle advanced weapons from Iran to Syria (including plane trunks or passenger bags). According to foreign reports, the Israeli army attacked warehouses at Damascus International Airport, where weapons are stored, and other stores in Damascus.
The talk is mainly about systems that allow the missiles owned by Iran’s allies to be converted into precision missiles. According to foreign reports, Israel attacked all these sites where they are trying to advance the precision missile project, about 15 times only during the last month.
The report said that when they distinguished in Israel that these attacks did not achieve the desired goal, a decision was taken to escalate the attacks and attack Damascus International Airport.
According to estimates, only 70% of Iranian weapons were smuggled, and it is understandable that the entry of 30% of arms shipments poses a threat.
The first objective of these attacks was to pass a decisive message to Iran: We see what you are doing and are ready to go very far to prevent it, including paralyzing Damascus International Airport. This is in addition to sending a decisive message to Assad: If you continue to host the Iranians and make them station themselves in Syria, you will pay a heavy price.
In order to prevent friction, Israel informs the Russians before each attack through the joint mechanism, and this was also before the last attack on Damascus International Airport, even though the Russians issued a strong condemnation.
But on the other hand, too, they conveyed a strong message from Israel to Assad to prevent the continuation of smuggling weapons, or else he and his country’s economy would be severely affected.
The report stated, that there are Israeli preparations for the possibility of a response from Iran and even from Assad himself, and the assessments are that the response will be limited because they do not have the ability to respond forcefully from the region of Syria.