Why did Syria want these Foxhounds?
Can anyone cast any light upon the Syrian thinking in ordering these? An air defence interceptor with the ability to go high and fast and shoot long range missiles would seem to be a solution looking for a problem in Syria's case.
Israel is just next door and as was shown with the shoot down of a Turkish F4 Syria had a good air defence infrastructure.
Unless they were needed to protect the possible nuclear facilities from long range US attack.
It is not as though the Iraqi air force is a threat, at least at the moment.