ASSAD AND IRAN SENDING A MESSAGE TO HAMAS?

In the never ending conversation about distractions and counter distractions, did Assad just send a message to Hamas at the same time Iran pushed yet another distraction event?

This DEBKA story talks around the edges of a reoccurring topic; the issue of Hamas leadership leaving Syria.

Everyone is fairly confident Hamas is not supporting the missile events of the past few days. 

 The problem is, Hamas has little to no control over the actions of  Jihad Islami and the Israelis know it.

If needed the Israeli government can place the blame for such events on the Palestinian leadership, but this time around to do so would only play into the hands of Iran and Assad.

So the events of the past few days have two true goals.

One; Assad's message to Hamas on how hard he can make like for them.

Again, the good news is, Israel didn't fall for it.

The second goal was Iran's way of showing everyone their ability to control events in the Middle east.

In that respect, goal number two was successful.

As a sidebar to this Iranian lead event, the issue of Egypt and Iran can be addressed.

Who can give orders to groups like Jihad Islami is a point of contention between Iran and Egypt.

So, it many ways the events of the past few days only epitomize the day to day complexities of the Middle East.

Tension finds a different way to build from day to day..

So many seem to be looking for a ways to damage each other and in doing so make it dangerously easy to stumble into a major event.