Israel and Russia have destroyed Iran’s assets in Syria
Amid the electoral battles in Israel, the country’s military officials spent the weekend announcing and celebrating the success of their army in eliminating 90% of Iran’s capabilities, capacities, and facilities in Syria.
In recent years, Israel has coordinated extensively with the Russians to plan attacks on Iranian forces, Iranian facilities, and routes for transferring Iranian forces and equipment. At a certain point, this coordination reached a maximum level of interaction. Yair Lapid, the current Prime Minister of Israel, officially stated during his tenure as Foreign Minister that it is Russia, not Syria or the Bashar al-Assad government, that is the neighbor of the occupied territories.
In the past two years, Russia has practically forced Bashar al-Assad to comply with its policy of cooperating with the Israelis. The Israeli assessment of this process is that Bashar al-Assad’s maximum obedience to the Russians has led to a significant limitation of Iranian activities in Syria by the Syrian President. After its invasion of Ukraine took a turn and its forces came under pressure there, Russia transferred many of its important systems and forces from Syria to Ukraine, with the transfer of the S300 system being a significant development and a serious warning for Iran, which seemingly passed it by without much concern.