Israel

Israel’s attack on the Syrian Naval base of Latakia on the 5^th of July, 2013, supposedly launched from Turkish soil, in which Syria’sYakhont P-800 missile depot was specifically targeted, has ever since been a topic of continuous discussion and debate. Yakhont are advanced anti-ship cruise missiles which were sold to Syria by Russia. Several blasts were heard after the reported Israeli strikes, at this critical Syrian naval base. The Russian television network, RT claimed the attack to be a joint design of Israel and Turkey. Reports have since emerged that this Israeli attack was launched in close coordination with the United States.

The global media has gone on a virtual overdrive with the news of this attack, particularly since it was launched by Israel from Turkey. There have also been conflicting reports in the media about the exact nature of the attack; while a few claim that these were in the form of air raids, some have claimed that these were rocket attacks launched from Israeli submarines. However, reliable sources claim that for the first time in history, Israel used its state-of-the-art fleet of Dolphin-class submarines imported from Germany to launch its attack on the Syrian naval base.