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Al Masdar and Asharq Al-Ausat, July 31 2019:… Asharq Al-Aswat then referenced an alleged attack by the Israeli Air Force on Hashd Al-Shaabi’s Ashraf base, which was previously used by the dissident People’s Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) The base lies 80 kilometers from the border with Iran and 40 kilometers northeast of Baghdad. Last week, Syria’s Tal al-Hara was struck by Israeli jets. Israel Rewards MEK by Bombing lost Ashraf Garrison in Iraq
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Israel Rewards MEK by Bombing lost Ashraf Garrison in Iraq
1- Israeli attacks against Iran no longer limited to Syria: report
Al Masdar News
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BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:45 A.M.) – Israel has no longer limited their attacks against Iran to just Syria, a new report from Asharq Al-Aswat claimed on Tuesday.
Citing western diplomatic source, the Saudi-based publication alleged that Israeli warplanes attacked Hashd Al-Shaabi’s (Popular Mobilization Units) base in the Salaheddine Governorate of Iraq on July 19.
According to the diplomatic source, the Israeli Air Force used their new F-35 stealth fighter jets to carry out the attack.
Asharq Al-Aswat then referenced an alleged attack by the Israeli Air Force on Hashd Al-Shaabi’s Ashraf base, which was previously used by the dissident People’s Mujahedin of Iran (MEK)
The base is located within 80 kilometers of the Iranian border and 40 kilometers northeast of Baghdad.
The base lies 80 kilometers from the border with Iran and 40 kilometers northeast of Baghdad.
No footage has been released to show this alleged attack, nor has the Iraqi Ministry of Defense acknowledged the strikes.
The Iraqi Ministry of Defense, however, did confirm the July 19 attack, which was believed to have been conducted by sophisticated assault drones.
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2- Israel Expands its Targets against Iran in Iraq, Syria
Asharq Al-Ausat
London – Asharq Al-Awsat
Israel has expanded the scope of its Iranian targets in Iraq and Syria, western diplomatic sources told Asharq Al-Awsat amid reports that Tel Aviv carried out an airstrike earlier this month against an Iranian rockets depot northeast of Baghdad.
The July 19 attack was carried out by an Israeli F-35 fighter jet, they added.
On Sunday, the Ashraf base in Iraq, a former base used by the Iranian opposition People’s Mujahedin of Iran, was targeted by an air raid, said sources.
The base lies 80 kilometers from the border with Iran and 40 kilometers northeast of Baghdad.
The sources revealed that the strikes targeted Iranian “advisors” and a ballistic missile shipment that had recently arrived from Iran to Iraq.
Last week, Syria’s Tal al-Hara was struck by Israeli jets.
The diplomatic sources said the attack targeted Iran’s attempt to seize control of the strategic hill, located in Daraa countryside in southern Syria.
Amid these developments, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that Israel’s US-backed Arrow-3 ballistic missile shield had passed a series of live interception tests over Alaska, casting the achievement as a warning to Iran.
Jointly manufactured by US firm Boeing Co, Arrow-3 is billed as capable of shooting down incoming missiles in space, an altitude that would destroy any non-conventional warheads safely.
It passed its first full interception test over the Mediterranean Sea in 2015 and was deployed in Israel in 2017.
“The performance was perfect – every hit a bull’s eye,” Netanyahu, who doubles as defense minister, said in a statement announcing the three secret tests.
Israel views the Arrow-3 as a bulwark against the ballistic missiles fielded by Iran and Syria.
Iran has been locked in a spiraling confrontation with the United States over its nuclear program and missile projects.
Washington said last week that Iran appeared to have tested a medium-range ballistic missile that flew about 1,000 km (620 miles). Tehran said such tests were for defensive needs.
“Today Israel has the capabilities to act against ballistic missiles launched at us from Iran and from anywhere else,” Netanyahu said. “All our foes should know that we can best them, both defensively and offensively.”
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Daniel Larison, The American Conservative, July 17 2019:… President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has joined buckraking forces with former Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT), speaking at an event in Albania for a bizarre, cultish Iranian group that fashions itself as a government-in-exile for the Islamic Republic. Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) — once designated as a foreign terrorist group — hosted the… Israel Rewards MEK by Bombing lost Ashraf Garrison in Iraq
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