Syrian army warned Israel agains­t danger­ous reperc­ussion­sDAMASCUS: Israel carried out several attacks on Syrian military positions before daybreak on Tuesday, the Syrian army said in a statement. At 3:04 am, Israel fired two surface-to-surface missiles from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights but the Syrian air defenses destroyed them. Syria army intercepts Israel missiles near DamascusIsrael renewed attacks at 4:15 a.m. by firing another four missiles from inside Israel, one of them destroyed by the air defenses while the rest landed near a military position in Syria, causing property losses. Religious parties get more control over Sabbath trading in IsraelThe Syrian army warned against the “dangerous repercussions” of the aggression, highlighting the Syrian army’s readiness to confront such attacks while continuing the war on terror groups, which it described as the “terrorist arms of Israel.”Israel has repeatedly targeted military positions in Syria throughout Syria’s nearly seven-year-old conflict. Israel claims to have attacked positions or military shipments of the Shiite Hezbollah group.

Source: The Express Tribune January 09, 2018 11:03 UTC