The Syrian Triangle: Iran Consulate Strike Shows ‘The Gloves are Off’ – Is This The Last Red-Line

Another red line was crossed on 1 April 2024 when an Israeli airstrike hit part of Iran’s consulate in Damascus, Syria. In the nearly six months of regional conflict that followed Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7th, 2023, many of the red lines that have traditionally held together a semblance of stability have been crossed. Israel targets Iranian sovereign territory and wipes out some of the Islamic Republic’s most senior generals, virtually guaranteeing a response. The nature of that response will reveal a lot. With one strike, Israel decapitated the IRGC-Quds Force leadership for Syria and Lebanon. It killed…