Did Obama's bad deal with Iran fund missile building facility in Syria?

Independent:
New imagery released by imageSat, which operates Israel’s EROS-B satellite, reportedly show the first ever Scud missile factory being built inside wartorn Syria.

The pictures from a site near Latakia on the Syrian-government controlled coastline resembles a missile plant in Tehran, Israeli media reports said on Tuesday.

Experts told Channel 2 the sophisticated construction could not have been undertaken without Iranian experts operating inside Syria. They believe the facility, on which work began at some point last year, has both production and underground storage capabilities of long-range missiles which are capable of striking Israel. They believe it will be completed by the end of 2017

Israel's main worry as the more than six-year-long conflict next door in Syria has evolved has become Iran’s political influence over the government of Bashar al-Assad, and the presence of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Hezbollah and Shia militias which take part in the fighting.

Both Iran and the allied Lebanese militant organisation have sworn the destruction of the Jewish state.

“Our policy is clear: We vehemently oppose the military buildup by Iran and its proxies, primarily Hezbollah, in Syria and we will do whatever it takes to protect Israel's security,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a speech last week, warning that as Isis was displaced in the country Iran would try to strengthen its position.
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Radio Free Europe also has more on the missile factories and Iranian build up in Syria.  It would not surprise me to see an Israeli attack on this new construction.  I suspect Iran and Hezballah's goal is to produce enough missiles to overwhelm Israelis missile defense operation.  But by building the missile plant in Syria, the Iranians have also made it more vulnerable to Israeli attack.

The construction of this facility again demonstrates how foolish teh Obama Iran deal was.  Other reports also indicate that Russia is helping Iran by repairing equipment which is also a violation of the Iran deal.

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