"The attack on Damascus on Thursday by Israel was obviously well coordinated with Russia, and this draws attention to how unstable alliances can be within the most important war in the Middle East," notes Benny Avni in The Daily Beast.

"Israel, along with the Sunni Muslim countries opposed to the current Syrian regime, is America's close regional ally, while Russia supports some of Israel's most significant enemies: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Iran and Hezbollah,.

"On Thursday morning, it was reported about high explosions at the international airport in Damascus. Three people were allegedly injured, "says Avni. - The Syrian authorities quickly accused Israel of this attack, and apparently, trying to get revenge, they sent an object (presumably a drones) to the Golan Heights, where it was destroyed by a Patriot missile of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), according to the press secretary of the IDI ".

"Although the authorities in Jerusalem usually refrain from confirming attacks such as this attack on Damascus, this time they did not completely deny their involvement," reads the article.

"The event in Syria is in line with our policy of preventing the smuggling of modern weapons from Syria by Hezbollah in Lebanon by Iran," Israeli intelligence minister Yisrael Katz. "He refused, in accordance with the old policy, to clearly confirm that the IDF conducted the attack," the journalist said..

Three weeks ago, the Israeli authorities acknowledged that they had launched missile strikes against Syrian targets, and then the Kremlin officially condemned the attack, the article says.. "On Thursday, the Russian press secretary also condemned the attack that took place that day, although he thoroughly circumvented the confirmation that Israel was behind it. And on the question asked on Thursday whether Israel warned Moscow about this blow in advance, Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, told Kremlin reporters that "Russia and Israel are exchanging information through various channels," Avni said.. The author of the article points out that the exchange of information can occur through Russian-speaking Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, as well as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who regularly talks with Putin over the phone and often visits Moscow.

"The Russians know that our main ally is the United States, and we know, of course, that Russian clients - Assad, Iran and Hezbollah," said an Israeli official on condition of anonymity. "This does not prevent us from closely coordinating [our actions] with Moscow with the help of well-established working mechanisms".