[20190605]IF10858_伊朗和以色列：叙利亚局势紧张 .pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated June 5, 2019Iran and Israel: Tension Over Syria Iranian military operations in support of the Syrian government since 2011 have exacerbated longstanding tensions between Iran and Israel. These tensions have worsened considerably since late 2016 as Iran has helped Syrias government regain key territory, and in turn has sought a more permanent military presence in Syria. Israeli officials have described the deployment of Iran-backed forces in Syriaparticularly in the southwest, near Israels northern borderas a significant security threat compelling Israeli action. In January 2019, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said that Israel had struck Iranian and Hezbollah targets in Syria “hundreds of times.” In 2018, Israeli and Iranian forces repeatedly targeted one another in and over Syrian- and Israeli-controlled areas. While Israel had conducted numerous air strikes inside Syria since 2012mostly on targets linked to weapons shipments to Lebanese Hezbollahthe 2018 strikes appeared for the first time to have directly targeted Iranian infrastructure in Syria, and reportedly killed dozens of Iranian personnel. In articulating their “redlines,”