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Israel Strikes Russia Ship in Caspian Sea Supplying Iran

The episode illustrates the direct involvement of Russia in aiding the Iranian terror regime. Wall Street Journal: An Israeli strike on a naval outpost in the Caspian Sea targeted Russia’s support for Iran in the war, hitting a supply line that the countries have used to move ammunition, drones and other weaponry, people familiar with the matter said. Last week’s strike was Israel’s first ever on the world’s largest inland sea. Far beyond the reach of the U.S. Navy, the sea connects Russian and Iranian ports about 600 miles apart, giving the countries a place to freely swap weapons along with goods such as wheat and oil…. “The most important goal of this strike was to limit Russian smuggling and show the Iranians that they don’t have sea defenses in the Caspian,” said Eliezer Marum, a former commander of the Israeli Navy. The Israeli military said last Wednesday’s attack on the Caspian port, Bandar Anzali, hit dozens of targets including warships, a port, a command center and a shipyard used to repair and maintain vessels…. the Bandar Anzali port struck by Israel recorded a tripling in shipments last year, said Maria Snegovaya, a Russia analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. “There are reasons to suspect this is one of the major sanction-circumvention channels,” Snegovaya said (Wall Street Journal).