“Undoubtedly, Russian President Vladimir Putin understands that any war between Iran and Israel in Syria will turn into a regional war,” Atwan wrote on Tuesday.
He said that the provocative Israeli missile attacks against Syria have increased in recent days.
“No doubt the Russian officials have understood the danger of Tel Aviv’s provocative moves and have traveled to Israel to issue unprecedented warnings to the regime or make decisions about using S-300 missile defense system. If important issues were not involved, Putin would not have personally ordered the Russian military chief to pay this visit,” Atwan said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian military chief Valery Gerasimov made a surprise visit to Israel on Monday.
Israel launched a missile strike on Syrian Army position in Western Hama on Monday to support the terrorist front collapsing under the government forces’ heavy offensives in Southern Syria.
Syria’s state-run news agency, SANA, reported that an army position in Masyaf region in Western Hama came under Israeli jets’ missile attack on Sunday evening.
It further added that the army position sustained minor damage in the attack.
In the meantime, the Arabic-language website of Sputnik quoted a source in the Syrian Defense Ministry’s Industries as reporting that an institution of the defense industries in the town of al-Zawi near the town of Masyaf in Western Hama came under ten guided missiles fired by the Israeli fighter jets flying over Lebanon.
It further said that the Syrian Air Defense Units intercepted four of the fired missiles, adding that six of the missiles targeted one of the small buildings in the defense industries’ institution, leaving eight people with minor injuries.
Military analysts said that the Israeli attack was aimed at playing down the Syrian Army troops’ victories against terrorists in Dara’a and Quneitra provinces.