🇮🇱Israeli Strikes Target #Iranian Oil Bound for Syria
Campaign against ships, using mines, shows an expansion of hostilities in the Mideast. wsj.com/articles/israe…
#Israel has targeted at least a dozen vessels bound for Syria and mostly carrying #Iranian oil out of concern that petroleum profits are funding extremism in the Middle East, 🇺🇸U.S. and regional officials say, in a new front in the conflict between Israel and Iran.
Since late 2019, Israel has used weaponry including water mines to #strike Iranian #vessels or those carrying Iranian cargo as they navigate toward Syria in the Red Sea and in other areas of the region.
#Iran has continued its oil trade with #Syria, shipping millions of barrels and contravening U.S. sanctions against Iran and international sanctions against Syria.
Some of the naval attacks also have targeted Iranian efforts to move other cargo including #weaponry through the region, according to 🇺🇸U.S. officials.
The attacks on the tankers carrying Iranian oil haven’t been previously disclosed. Iranian officials have reported some of the attacks earlier and have said they suspect Israeli involvement.
Israel hasn’t commented previously on such incidents and Israeli Prime Minister @netanyahu Benjamin Netanyahu’s office referred questions to the Israeli military, which declined to comment on any Israeli role in the attacks on the Iranian ships.
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The secret #war on oil smuggling to fund Hezbollah
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And back to the oil tankers - if indeed #Israel hit these tankers, then it is likely that the marine force & the special units, above and below the surface of the water, worked overtime. 1/11
But no #Iranian ship sank or caught fire among the damaged ships, acc to @WSJ. The Iranians said nothing, nor did they admit that their ship had been hit. Neither Israel nor the Americans until yesterday.
"No one saw, no one heard, were there people of silence here". 2/11
🇮🇱Israel has quite a few, varied and creative ways to harm the smuggling of #Iranian oil into #Syria without causing noise & commotion. It can also be assumed that the cut-off of funding for Hezbollah's #terrorism, & especially for Hezbollah's #missile accuracy and... 3/11
The secret war on oil smuggling to fund Hezbollah
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The #smuggling axis and the money laundering- hundreds of millions of dollars that pass through 🇸🇾Syria to the #terrorist organization (#Hezbollah) in 🇱🇧Lebanon. This is how the "oil war" is conducted.
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#Iran's oil smuggling into Syria is not a new issue. They have been in place for several years, even before the #Trump administration imposed sanctions on Iran and on Syria.
The question facing Western intelligence was how #Syria pays Iran for the oil it receives. 2/25
As of May2018, when the #Iranians were barred from transferring funds in the international financial system, they had trouble getting the proceeds or payments for the oil they smuggled to China, North Korea, Syria & other countries like Turkey where oil was smuggled inland. 3/25
تلویزیون @IranIntl به مدیریت خبری و داخلی، علی اصغر #رمضانپور، عنصر اصلاح طلب و معاون پیشین عطاالله مهاجرانی، وزیر دولت اصلاحات، در راه @bbcpersian گامهایی آرام و زیرپوستی برمی دارد؛ همانند استخدام گماشته های اصلاح طلب و تهیه برنامه هایی برای بولدکردن کارگزاران پنهان رژیم/۲/۱۳
مستند تلویزیون @IranIntl ایران اینترنشنال؛ دو کارچاق کن رژیم که از مهره های اصلی پولشویی برای #سپاه_پاسداران هستند، را همچون ایرانیان موفق در اروپا پروموت می کند/۳/۱۳
🚨IRGC-QF are preparing to fire missiles at 🇺🇸American targets.
The #IRGC is working on the preparation of launchers at a secret HQ located in al-Mayadeen. The missiles are aimed at the al-Omar oil field where locates one of the largest US bases in DeirEzzor. 1/10 @OIRSpox
These are 3 different arenas in which rockets / #missiles have been deployed on launchers assembled in recent days.
The missiles reportedly that arrived and were buried in canals and tunnels that belonged to the ISIS organization. @coalition@CENTCOM@IDF 2/10
1️⃣First launch site, 200 meters from alleged Ain Ali shrine in the olive grove.
14 rockets & quantities of various weapons and ammunition, and is subject to heavy security guard and includes guard posts for the militia of the Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Brigade. 3/10
🇷🇺Russia fears economic collapse in Lebanon and Syria! Russia is expanding its movement in the ME. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is touring the Gulf states. & before that, the #Russian-#Syrian meetings were continuing. Needless to say, Russia is strongly present in Syria. 1/25
🇷🇺And Russian-#Israeli communication is not interrupted. As well as the Russian-#Iranian relationship. But Moscow fears the repercussions of the new 🇺🇸US policy in the Middle East. 2/25
And it is affected like some Persian Gulf countries, especially the Kingdom of 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia. It is expanding its movement, trying to strengthen its position vis-à-vis 🇺🇸Washington. 3/25
🇹🇷The Soft Power of Turkish Intelligence.
——————————————The Turkish TV production hasn’t been affected much by the pandemic, as #Turkey still produces series, & it takes an additional step towards embodying reality through the series Tashkeelat, which began March 7th. 1/15
Turkish series enjoys widespread interest in #Turkey as well as in all of the countries of the Middle East, the Caucasus and the Balkans, where they enjoy high-quality accuracy and craftsmanship, as well as financial generosity for production and a high viewership. 2/15
What is new in the series #Tashkeelat is its touching on a very sensitive topic; the Turkish #intelligence activities, & its embodiment of real events that occurred, also broadcasting scenes that actually occurred during the security & military ops in Turkey & its vicinity. 3/15