Soldiers of the Iranian Islamic revolutionary guard Corps (IRGC) took up positions in the Golan heights. About it reports The Independent.
According to the newspaper, troops came from the Syrian border. Iranian state media reported that fighters of the Iraqi Shiite group “Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba” with the support of Tehran “is ready to begin the liberation of the Golan heights from Israeli occupation.”
“We don’t want Shiite Islamic terrorism led by Iran was replaced by a Sunni Islamic terrorism. Iran continues attempts to destroy the Jewish state. They talk about it openly and in black and white write about it in their Newspapers,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in November.
Israel regularly carry out airstrikes in Syria, their goal — object grouping “Hezbollah”. Tel Aviv considers it a terrorist, and fighters “Hezbollah” and Tehran is assisting Damascus loyal troops.
Relations between Damascus and tel Aviv remain tense, particularly over the territorial dispute over the Golan heights. Israel occupied them at the end of the six day war in 1967, however, Damascus continues to consider the territory of their own.