Iran report accuses US, and Kurds of enabling Israeli strikes in Syria – analysis – By Seth J. Frantzman (Jerusalem Post) / Sept 6, 2022
Israel allegedly struck multiple targets in Syria for the second time in a week.
Iranian media reported on airstrikes in Aleppo on Tuesday evening. In an escalation of rhetoric against Israel and the United States, Iran’s pro-regime Tasnim News, which is considered close to the IRGC, said that the aircraft flew over eastern Syria to carry out the attacks.
The Tasnim report, which came soon after news of the airstrikes was announced in Syria, claimed that “based on the received information, in the attack on Aleppo airport, the airspace of the east of the Euphrates was used. The airspace of this area – which is under the control of the Kurds of the SDF – is under the control of the American coalition, and Zionist fighters must use Jordanian airspace to enter it.”
The importance of this claim is that it points an accusing finger not only at the US but also at the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces. Iran has used proxies in Syria to attack US bases in Syria in the past, including the US base at Tanf near the Jordanian border, and also US bases near the Euphrates. This area of the Euphrates river valley includes many Iranian bases on the western side of the river.
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