The incident has heightened fears that Iran's deep entrenchment in Syria, where the civil war is about to enter its eighth year, could spark a new and dangerous regional war. Sarit Zehavi gestures toward Lebanon from near the border fence that separates Israel from Lebanon. The battle on Feb. 10, in which Syrian anti-aircraft fire downed the Israeli F-16, marked the first direct military conflict between Israel and Iran. Israel's military said it targeted a command-and-control facility located at a Syrian air base near Palmyra that Iran had used to launch the drone. "That includes the capability to launch rockets into Israel [and] militias which are ready to attack Israel on the border," he said.

Source: CBC News March 01, 2018 09:00 UTC