Back in October 2011, Assad forewarned the nation of Israel that "Syria will shower Tel Aviv with rockets if attacked by foreign powers".
The
preceding threat against Israel shows that Assad may launch war
against Israel in order to divert the world's attention from himself.
As of yesterday, June 17th, other nations/"foreign powers" have now begun to INTERVENE in Syria's civil war:
"First European & NATO heavy arms for Syrian rebels"
http://www.debka.com/article/23054/First-European-NATO-heavy-arms-for-Syrian-rebels-Russian-reprisal-expected
Due to this intervention, Assad may make good on his promise to "shower rockets"
on Tel Aviv.
This tactic that Assad has threatened would successfully shift the focus
from Syria to Israel, by making Israel the new military front.
In response to Assad's threats to shower
rockets on Tel Aviv, "Western intelligence sources had reported that
Israel reacted with the warning of its own:
'If a single Syrian missile explodes in Tel Aviv, Damascus will be first to pay the price' ":
These very real threats appear to provide overwhelming evidence why we
may soon see "Damascus being the first to "pay the price", resulting in
the fulfillment of Isaiah 17:
Isaiah 17:1 Behold, DAMASCUS WILL CEASE TO BE A CITY will become a heap of ruins.
Please
see this previous entry for more details regarding this last days
prophecy, wherein Damascus ceases to be a city and becomes a heap of
ruins: