Israel Threatened by Syria and Iran
February 1, 2013
By Arnold Ahlert
The alleged Israeli airstrike within Syrian territory on Wednesday has elicited threats of retaliation from both Syria and Iran. Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul-Karim Ali, quoted at al-Ahd, a Hezbollah-run news website, contended that his nation could make a surprise decision to respond to the aggression of the Israeli warplanes, adding that Syria is engaged in defending its sovereignty and its land. In Iran, a deputy foreign minister was quoted by English-language Press TV as saying the strike on Syria will have serious consequences for Tel Aviv. He did not elaborate.
Syrias government-owned media characterized the strike as an act of naked aggression, that targeted a military research center near Damascus. Yet regional security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to brief the media, claimed Israel targeted a weapons convoy carrying sophisticated arms on their way to Hezbollah, the U.S.-designated terror group based in Lebanon. An unnamed Western diplomat echoed that assessment. The target was a truck loaded with weapons, heading from Syria to Lebanon, he said. A source among rebels fighting the Bahsar Assad regime concurred as well. (The airstrike) attacked trucks carrying sophisticated weapons from the regime to Hezbollah, he contended. Still other analysts expressed the belief that Hezbollah was moving its own weapons out of Syria before rebels could get them.
Regardless, Hezbollah condemned the attack as barbaric aggression, expressed its full solidarity with Syrias command, army and people, and claimed the strike was aimed at preventing Muslim and Arab forces from furthering their military development. Syria continued to insist that a scientific research facility in Jamraya, ten miles from the Lebanon border, was attacked.
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Israel Threatened by Syria and Iran
February 1, 2013
By Arnold Ahlert
The alleged Israeli airstrike within Syrian territory on Wednesday has elicited threats of retaliation from both Syria and Iran. Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul-Karim Ali, quoted at al-Ahd, a Hezbollah-run news website, contended that his nation could make a surprise decision to respond to the aggression of the Israeli warplanes, adding that Syria is engaged in defending its sovereignty and its land. In Iran, a deputy foreign minister was quoted by English-language Press TV as saying the strike on Syria will have serious consequences for Tel Aviv. He did not elaborate.
Syrias government-owned media characterized the strike as an act of naked aggression, that targeted a military research center near Damascus. Yet regional security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to brief the media, claimed Israel targeted a weapons convoy carrying sophisticated arms on their way to Hezbollah, the U.S.-designated terror group based in Lebanon. An unnamed Western diplomat echoed that assessment. The target was a truck loaded with weapons, heading from Syria to Lebanon, he said. A source among rebels fighting the Bahsar Assad regime concurred as well. (The airstrike) attacked trucks carrying sophisticated weapons from the regime to Hezbollah, he contended. Still other analysts expressed the belief that Hezbollah was moving its own weapons out of Syria before rebels could get them.
Regardless, Hezbollah condemned the attack as barbaric aggression, expressed its full solidarity with Syrias command, army and people, and claimed the strike was aimed at preventing Muslim and Arab forces from furthering their military development. Syria continued to insist that a scientific research facility in Jamraya, ten miles from the Lebanon border, was attacked.
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Israel Threatened by Syria and Iran