“Twelve targets, including three aerial defense batteries and four Iranian targets that are part of Iran’s military establishment in Syria were attacked,” a military statement said. Israeli military spokesman Jonathan Conricus sent a warning to Syria and Iran, saying they were “playing with fire,” while he stressed that his country was not seeking an escalation. The Syrian military and its allies deny that the unmanned drone had violated the Jewish state’s airspace, saying it was on a regular mission gathering intelligence on “Islamic State” (IS) militants. Iran decries Israeli ‘lies’Iran, meanwhile, denounced the news of successful Israeli strikes as “lies” and said Syria had the right to self-defense in response to Israeli strikes. US expresses support of IsraelThe United States meanwhile expressed its backing of Israel for its air strikes on Syrian soil.

Source: Egypt Independent February 12, 2018 08:03 UTC