Following the accusation that Israel fired rockets early Friday morning that hit a major military airport west of Damascus, triggering a fire, Syria promises there will be consequences without specifying whether it will retaliate directly; Israel yet to confirm or deny the claims.
Syria on Friday accused Israel of firing rockets that hit near a major military airport west of Damascus, triggering a fire, and warned Tel Aviv of repercussions without specifying whether it would retaliate for the attack, the third such incident recently according to the Syrian government.
"Planes of the Israeli enemy launched a number of rockets at 00:25 from the Kinneret area at the military airport of Mezzeh," Syrian media quoted a military official.
"The Syrian army command and armed forces warn the Israeli enemy of the repercussions of this blatant attack and stresses it will continue its war on terrorism," the army statement continued.
Israel has carried out sporadic attacks in Syria throughout the course of its civil war in an effort to prevent the transfer of weapons to the terror organization of Hezbollah.
According to the Lebanese newspaper Al Mayadeen which is affiliated with the terror group, four soldiers were wounded in the strike designed to eradicate ammunition and weapons stockpiles.
But Israel is widely believed to have carried out a number of airstrikes in Syria in the past few years that have targeted advanced weapons systems, including Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles and Iranian-made missiles, as well as positions of the Lebanese Hezbollah group in Syria.
The Shiite group has sent thousands of its fighters to Syria to support President Bashar Assad's forces in the country's civil war, now in its sixth year.
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman recently reiterated his government's position to not get involved in the Syrian war.
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