OVER THE WEEKEND, ISRAEL LAUNCHED DRONE STRIKES ON A DEFENSE COMPOUND IN IRAN. IRANIAN OFFICIALS SAID THE COMPOUND WAS AN AMMUNITION FACTORY. IRAN SAYS ONE DRONE WAS TAKEN DOWN BY AIR DEFENSES, BUT TWO MORE STUCK THE FACILITY. IRANIAN MEDIA SAID THERE WERE NO INJURIES, AND THE DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING WAS MINIMAL.
HOWEVER, SOME INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS SAY THE SMALL SIZE OF THE BLAST INDICATES THE FACILITY WASN’T AN AMMUNITION FACTORY, BUT PERHAPS A LAB OR MILITARY-LOGISTICS SITE.
ALSO OVER THE WEEKEND, A MASSIVE FIRE ERUPTED AT THIS IRANIAN OIL REFINERY IN TABRIZ. IT’S UNCLEAR WHETHER THE FIRE IS RELATED TO THE DRONE STRIKE AT THE DEFENSE COMPOUND.
THE STRIKES ON THE IRANIAN DEFENSE COMPOUND COME AT A TIME OF MOUNTING TENSION BETWEEN IRAN AND THE WEST. IRAN SUPPLIED RUSSIA WITH HUNDREDS OF DRONES WHICH ARE BEING USED AGAINST CIVILIAN TARGETS IN UKRAINE…AND IRAN AND ISRAEL ARE ESSENTIALLY ENGAGED IN A SHADOW WAR OVER IRAN’S NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES.
UP UNTIL NOW, ISRAEL HASN’T REALLY TAKEN A STANCE IN THE UKRAINE WAR, BECAUSE RUSSIA LETS ISRAEL BOMB IRANIAN TARGETS IN SYRIA. WHILE ISRAEL ISN’T EXPECTED TO OFFER UKRAINE DIRECT MILITARY SUPPORT, MORE COVERT STRIKES LIKE THE ONES CARRIED OUT OVER THE WEEKEND COULD BE MORE COMMON.
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