Israel hits Syria target reportedly tied to chemical weapons

Record ID: 909449

  • Title: Israel hits Syria target reportedly tied to chemical weapons
  • Date: 7th September 2017
  • Summary: ISRAEL-SYRIA BORDER AREA, GOLAN HEIGHTS (SEPTEMBER 5, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BORDER FENCE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SYRIA VARIOUS OF ISRAELI ARMY FORCE DEPLOYED NEAR SYRIA BORDER VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS, TANKS ON THE GROUND TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (SEPTEMBER 7, 2017) (REUTERS) PROFESSOR EYAL ZISSER OF TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY AT HIS DESK VARIOUS OF ZISSER WRITING (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROFESSOR EYAL ZISSER OF TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY SAYING: "Probably this is some sort of a signal, a message to the Americans, to the Russians, to the Iranians, to the Syrians: Will not let the Iranians base themselves in Syria. Now the question is of course what does this Syrian research centre had to do with such a message." CLOSE OF ZISSER (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROFESSOR EYAL ZISSER OF TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY SAYING: "It's better to do nothing rather than to engage in a war, or with a conflict with Israel, they (Syria) are not interested in such a conflict and anyhow, they are not free anymore, the decision is in Moscow. So probably, I guess what they will do is instead of retaliate themselves they might go to complain to the big boss."
  • Embargoed: 21st September 2017 12:37
  • Keywords: Israel Syria strike chemical weapons Israeli military drill Hazbollah
  • Location: TEL AVIV AND HAIFA, ISRAEL/ GOLAN HEIGHTS/ UNDISCLOSED LOCATIONS, NORTHERN ISRAEL
  • City: TEL AVIV AND HAIFA, ISRAEL/ GOLAN HEIGHTS/ UNDISCLOSED LOCATIONS, NORTHERN ISRAEL
  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016XLJCQV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The Syrian army said Israel targeted a military site in Hama province early on Thursday (September 7) which a war monitor said could be linked to chemical weapons production.
    The air strike killed two soldiers and caused damage near the town of Masyaf, an army statement said. It warned of the "dangerous repercussions of this aggressive action to the security and stability of the region".
    The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the war, said the strike hit a Scientific Studies and Research Centre facility, an agency which the United States describes as Syria's chemical weapons manufacturer. Syria's government denies using chemical weapons.
    An Israeli army spokeswoman declined to discuss reports of a strike in Syria. Israeli officials have in the past admitted that Israel has repeatedly struck weapons shipments believed to be bound for the Iranian-backed Hezbollah, an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, without specifying which ones.
    Israel, who is conducting a large-scale military exercises in the north of the country near the border with Lebanon, sees a red line in the shipment to Hezbollah of anti-aircraft missiles, precision ground-ground missiles and non-conventional (chemical) weapons.
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