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On the day the plane went down, Israel was hosting its "largest-ever" international military exercises with US, Greek and Polish air forces in the Arava Desert in the south of Israel, more or less parallel to the area in the Sinai where Flight 9268 went down. For almost as long as militaries have existed, military exercises have been used as a cover for activities that must remain out of the public domain.Was an 'exotic energy weapon' used to down Russian plane in Sinai?
The Israeli Defence Forces have since confirmed they had intelligence assets in the region at the time of the crash. According to an official Israeli statement: "Since this morning the IDF assisted with aerial surveillance in the efforts to locate the Russian airplane that lost contact over the Sinai Peninsula."


If the situation unravels there is the possibility of establishing a declared or undeclared Salafist principality in eastern Syria (Hasaka and Der Zor), and this is exactly what the supporting powers to the opposition want, in order to isolate the Syrian regime, which is considered the strategic depth of the Shia expansion (Iraq and Iran).
Comment: Obviously Israel is making haste with this issue as Russia could turn this around helping Syria gain stability. Especially in light of what has been found in the Golan Heights:
Golan Heights oil discovery sheds new light on the destabilization of Syria