(AP photo)MOSCOW: Russia on Wednesday said Israel had violated Syria's sovereignty with airstrikes the day before, after Israel and Damascus blamed each other for the hostilities. This is a gross violation of the sovereignty of Syria," the Russian ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement. "The provocative actions of the Israeli air force.. directly threatened two airliners," ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement. He said restrictions were imposed on the use of Syrian government forces' air defence systems "to prevent a tragedy". The Russian defence ministry said three Syrian military personnel were injured in a strike that saw Israeli warplanes drop 16 bombs.

Source: Bangkok Post December 26, 2018 14:03 UTC