"God willing, they will see more surprises whenever they try to attack Syria," Sussan said during a Damascus news conference.The downed F-16 was the first warplane Israel has lost to enemy fire since its 1982 Lebanon war. "There are no limitations, and nor do we accept any limitations," Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman told reporters during a tour of Israel's border with Syria and Lebanon. '"Tehran’s involvement in Syria, including the deployment of Iran-backed forces near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, has alarmed Israel. It has also has accused Iran of building precision-guided missile factories for Hezbollah in Lebanon.Syria and Hezbollah celebrated the F-16 shoot-down as a blow to Israeli military superiority. "I don't think the Russians ever pledged that they would take military action against the Iranians and the Syrians for us," Elkin told Israel Radio.

Source: Egypt Today February 13, 2018 12:22 UTC