Russia will deliver an advanced air defense system to the Syrian government despite Western opposition because it will help deter \”hotheads\” who back foreign intervention, a senior Russian official said on Tuesday.
Syria fired on and damaged an Israeli army jeep, and Israel retaliated with a missile attack, the Israeli military said.
A Syrian government official warned that his country can enter the Israeli-held Golan Heights at any time.
Syria will “give Hezbollah everything” in recognition of its support and will follow the terror group’s model of “resistance” against Israel, a Lebanese newspaper on Thursday quoted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as saying, AFP reported.
Yes, America, we’ve heard: You’re war-weary. It’s at least something our divided country can agree upon: Americans across party lines oppose sending troops, weapons or air support to the rebel fighters in Syria.
Syria\’s army is ready to deal with Israel, Syrian President Bashar Assad told an Iranian official on Syrian state television.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has few good options for military retaliation after Israel\’s air strikes over the weekend but the attacks could redouble support from his regional allies Iran and Hezbollah.
Israel sought to persuade Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday that its recent air strikes around Damascus did not aim to weaken him in the face of a more than two-year-old rebellion.
Twice in three days, Israeli warplanes entered Syrian airspace and fired on suspected weapons caches bound for Hezbollah — and nothing has happened in response.
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