The regime of
President Bashar al-Assad in Syria has threatened to fire Scud missiles at
Israel.
Syria sent messages to Israel
via Russia that any further strikes by the Israeli military within Syria’s
borders will be met with Scud missiles attacks on the Jewish state.
Assad
regime warned that Israeli strikes on the Syrian military bases
would result in Scud missiles “capable of carrying half a ton of explosives”
being launched at IDF bases.
It also threatened that Israeli
air raids on civilian areas in Syria “would be met with counter strikes on
the northern coastal city of Haifa and petrochemical plants in the region,”
Al-Diyar newspaper reported.
Syria has
over 800 Scud missiles and “will issue no advance warning before launching
them.”
Israeli airstrikes were reported
overnight Tuesday in the Mount Qasioun region near the Syrian capital Damascus.
The strikes targeted Syrian
military outposts and destroyed a military weapons warehouse.
Israel has been targeting
Hezbollah-bound weapons convoys in Syria.
Tuesday’s strike came hours
after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refuted claims that Russia had ordered
Israel to stop the strikes.
A recent Israeli strike on a
Hezbollah weapons transfer just over a week ago was met with retaliatory
missiles from Syria, the first serious cross-border clash since the civil war
began. One missile was intercepted by Israel’s Arrow missile defense battery.
Two days later, Syria’s
ambassador to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari said on state TV that the
retaliation was in response to Israel’s “terrorist operation.”
His comments followed Defense
Minister Avigdor Liberman’s warning that “The next time the Syrians
use their air defense systems against our planes we will destroy them without
the slightest hesitation.” Below is a photo of a Scud.
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