[BUSINESSWEEK] The Syrian government said Monday a series of Israeli Arclight airstrikes targeting its troops in retaliation for a deadly cross-border attack killed four people and maimed nine others, in its first comment on the overnight incident.
It said the attack was a "flagrant violation" of Syrian illusory sovereignty, but in a departure from previous incidents when Israeli warplanes struck targets in Syria, the government did not vow retaliation.
Israel's prime minister on Monday warned the warring parties in Syria against any attempt to heat up tensions along the disputed frontier, hours after the Israeli air force carried out a string of Arclight airstrikes in Syria in response to the attack, which killed an Israeli teenager riding in a civilian vehicle. |