Syria admits: Israel attacked a research center near Damascus
Syria admits: Israel attacked a Syrian Research Center in cooperation with the rebels • American sources: Israel attacked an arms convoy at the Lebanese - Syrian border • Target: advanced anti-aircraft missile deliver
- Yoel Koritz, B'Chadrei Charedim
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Syrian army issued a statement that Israel and the rebels of Mubasher Assad collaborated in the assault against the research institute in G'mraia on the outskirts of Damascus. The statement said that two workers were killed and five others injured.
A U.S. official confirmed tonight (Wednesday) that the arms convoy was attacked on the Syrian and Lebanese border tonight. Security sources told the news agency – AP that the attacked target was the delivery of advanced anti-aircraft missiles SA-17 model. The senior American source told the CNN network that the administration does not believe the Israeli attack is related to the Syrian chemical weapons. "It's not about that, we do not see a connection," he said. He added that the attack was apparently carried out after an opportunity to perform was identified.
Also the Washington Post quoted a senior American, who declined to be identified, who said that apparently Israeli had attacked Syria and Lebanon along the border. He did not say what the exact purpose was, but it is estimated that it was not a shipment of chemical weapons, as reservoirs of conventional weapons are still secure.
Beirut AP news agency reported that two official security sources confirm that Israel had attacked Syria tonight, near the border between Syria and Lebanon. According to several foreign reports, they may be sending weapons to Hezbollah. According to the sources, Israel recently planned to attack a convoy of containers carrying anti-aircraft batteries against aircrafts type SA-17 made in Russia that may change the strategic balance against Hezbollah.
However, the official Lebanese news agency claimed that the report stating that aircrafts belonging to the Israeli Air Force attacked a target tonight on the Syrian - Lebanese border is "baseless." A senior Lebanese security force told the Turkish news agency, Anatole, that he had no information about the Israeli attack on Syria - Lebanon. "However, we have information that an Israeli force entered the border in southern Lebanon for a few minutes," he said.
A U.S. official confirmed tonight (Wednesday) that the arms convoy was attacked on the Syrian and Lebanese border tonight. Security sources told the news agency – AP that the attacked target was the delivery of advanced anti-aircraft missiles SA-17 model. The senior American source told the CNN network that the administration does not believe the Israeli attack is related to the Syrian chemical weapons. "It's not about that, we do not see a connection," he said. He added that the attack was apparently carried out after an opportunity to perform was identified.
Also the Washington Post quoted a senior American, who declined to be identified, who said that apparently Israeli had attacked Syria and Lebanon along the border. He did not say what the exact purpose was, but it is estimated that it was not a shipment of chemical weapons, as reservoirs of conventional weapons are still secure.
Beirut AP news agency reported that two official security sources confirm that Israel had attacked Syria tonight, near the border between Syria and Lebanon. According to several foreign reports, they may be sending weapons to Hezbollah. According to the sources, Israel recently planned to attack a convoy of containers carrying anti-aircraft batteries against aircrafts type SA-17 made in Russia that may change the strategic balance against Hezbollah.
However, the official Lebanese news agency claimed that the report stating that aircrafts belonging to the Israeli Air Force attacked a target tonight on the Syrian - Lebanese border is "baseless." A senior Lebanese security force told the Turkish news agency, Anatole, that he had no information about the Israeli attack on Syria - Lebanon. "However, we have information that an Israeli force entered the border in southern Lebanon for a few minutes," he said.
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