Syrian state media says Israel attacked just after U.S. quit Iran deal

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: Reuters

Syrian state media accused Israel of launching missiles at a target near Damascus on Tuesday, shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was quitting the Iranian nuclear deal, a move that had prompted Israel to go on high alert.

The Israeli military said that, upon identifying “irregular activity” by Iranian forces in Syria, it instructed civic authorities on the Golan Heights to ready bomb shelters, deployed new defences and mobilised some reservist forces.
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Within two hours of the White House announcement, Syrian state news agency SANA reported explosions in Kisweh, south of Damascus. Syrian air defences fired at two Israeli missiles, destroying both, SANA said.
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Asked about those statements, an Israeli military spokeswoman said: “We do not respond to such foreign reports.”

Read more: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-israel/israel-declares-high-alert-over-iranian-actions-in-syria-idUKKBN1I92ML

[sandensea]

1. Bibi wants Syria, and he's trying to use Cheeto to get it for him.

If that means coddling Islamist extremists like al-Qaeda's Army of Islam (the real source of last month's gas attack) and ISIS, so be it.

[BigmanPigman]

2. Gee, what a surprise!

Fuck Bibi and the moron!

[Blue_Tires]

3. Bibi got exactly what he wanted...