Report: Israel Deployed Elite Forces in Azerbaijan and Somaliland for Covert Operations Against Iran
Summary
Reports indicate Israel deployed commandos and Mossad operatives to Azerbaijan and operated a base in Somaliland to conduct covert operations along Iran's northern border, including the alleged killing of an IRGC special operations chief. This suggests a significant expansion of Israel's covert operational reach into Central Asia and the Horn of Africa to target Iranian assets, marking a high-severity escalation in intelligence warfare.
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Deployed elite forces and Mossad troops to Azerbaijan and Somaliland to conduct operations against Iranian targets.
Target of covert operations, including the reported killing of an IRGC special operations chief.
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"Event 6 reports the deployment of Israeli elite forces in Azerbaijan and Somaliland for covert operations against Iran. The new event describes a broader expansion of this same operational footprint, including deployments to the Iran-Iraq border, UAE, and Iraq, indicating these are concurrent components of the same multi-front strategy."