JERUSALEM: Israel’s military said it carried out strikes on Iranian targets in Syria early Monday after it intercepted a rocket fired from Syrian territory hours before. As Israel announced its strikes early Monday, Syrian state news agency SANA said its country’s air-defence systems had targeted “enemy” fire. It has carried out hundreds of air strikes there against what it says are Iranian military targets and advanced arms deliveries to Tehran-backed Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite militia. Israel rarely publicly confirms its strikes in Syria. On Thursday, Israeli military officials concluded a series of talks with their Russian counterparts aimed at improving coordination in the war-torn country.

Source: Pakistan Today January 21, 2019 01:30 UTC