UN peacekeepers observe the Quneitra border crossing with Syria in the Israeli annexed-Golan Heights in this 2018 picture. Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes in Syria, most of them against what it says are Iranian and Hezbollah targetsJERUSALEM - The Israeli military attacked Syrian military positions in response to rockets fired from Syria at Mount Hermon in the occupied Golan Heights, the army said Sunday. Two rockets were fired from Syria at Mount Hermon late Saturday, with the army saying in a Sunday statement that one of them was "located within Israeli territory." On May 27 Syria said Israel carried out a missile attack in Quneitra, in what the Israeli army said was retaliation for anti-aircraft fire targeting one of its fighter jets. In January, Israel hit Iranian positions in Syria, saying it was in response to an Iranian missile strike from the war-torn country.

Source: Bangkok Post June 02, 2019 04:52 UTC