That war thing in the Middle East

I guess that there’s still a war going on in the Middle East. AFP reports that Israelis killed an Iranian general during a strike against Hezbollah in the Golan Heights;

Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards confirmed the death of one of their generals in a statement on their website.

“General Mohammad Ali Allahdadi and a number of fighters and Islamic Resistance (Hezbollah) forces were attacked by the Zionist regime’s helicopters,” it said.

Lay down with dogs and you wake up in pieces. John Kerry still thinks that we can negotiate with the Iranians, but here they are plotting against our allies. Rather openly, too.

In other news, the Saudis have issued “shoot on sight” orders to their border guards in regards to illegals crossing their frontiers with Iraq and Yemen after three of their border guards were killed earlier this month.

Senior commander General Odah al-Balawi was among the three border guards killed in the January 5 clash with four Saudi infiltrators, two of whom blew themselves up.

“After that, we will not negotiate with anyone,” [Major General Mohammed al-Ghamdi] said.

“We will shoot them directly without any warning, without any negotiation.”

Nice to see the Saudis joining in the war against terrorists even if it is only for their own good.

Meanwhile, Syrian Kurds are having some success in taking back Kobani/Kobane;

Kurdish fighters battling the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria’s Kobane have captured a strategic hilltop, giving them line of fire over the town, a monitor said Monday.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Kurdish People’s People Units (YPG) had seized the Mishtenur hilltop after fierce clashes overnight.

“The military operation led to the deaths of at least 11 Islamic State fighters, and the seizure of large quantities of weapons and ammunition,” the Observatory said.

It’s nice to see so much good news coming out of the region. I hope it lasts.

Category: Terror War