Israel satellite photos show the extent of Iran involvement in Syria. Israel believes Iran is planning an attack on Israel

Fox News:
Satellite images released Tuesday by Israeli Defense Forces show the scope of the military relationship between Iran and Syria.

The satellite images show several Syrian military bases that are used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards forces, which the IDF's said helps illustrate the threats imposed by the Iranian ability to send weapons to Syria from Tehran.

The Guard's air force presence is located in five airports in Syria: T4, Aleppo, Deir ez-Zor, Damascus International Airport and an additional airfield south east of Damascus, according to the IDF.

The intelligence was released after an eventful night in Syria during which Syrian air defense missile systems went off for reasons which are still unclear.

Rumors of an Israeli attack eventually gave way to officials saying the threat was a false alarm.

Tension on Israel's northern borders remains very high in light of the American attack against the Assad chemical weapons facilities last Friday and the expectation of Iranian retaliation for a separate strike attributed to Israel.
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As of Tuesday morning, several Israeli websites received details of wide-ranging information about the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' aerial systems in Syria, whose officers and advisers were killed in the recent attack.

One of the photos shows the Syria military base in Deir ez-Zor located in eastern Syria. One of the photographs appears to show Ilyushin planes transporting weapons from Iran to Syria, according to the IDF.
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Israel has made it clear that it will topple Assad if he allows Iran to use his country as a base for an attack on Israel.  It would not surprise me if Israel was able to spoof the Syrian defenses into getting them to fire their missile defense system.  This would give the Israels more intelligence on the system and also squander defensive missiles which are expensive.

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