Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Israeli Airstrikes On Syria Results In Threats Of Retaliation

Israel Tries To Lower Tensions With Syria After Reports Of Airstrikes -- Washington Post

JERUSALEM — Two small rockets from Syria were lobbed across the boundary into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Monday, and the Israeli military quickly played down the incident as “accidental spillover” from ­Syria’s raging civil war.

The casual dismissal of the stray fire was an example of the pains that Israeli military commanders and government officials were taking to try to lower tensions with their northern neighbor after reports of two Israeli air attacks this weekend on military targets and suspected weapons depots near Damascus, the Syrian capital.

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More News On Israel's Airstrikes On Syria

Israel Tries to Cool Tension With Syria After Missile Attacks -- ABC News
Israel says 'no winds of war' despite Syria air strikes -- Global Post
Syria Warns Israel of 'All Possibilities' After Strikes -- ABC News
Syria Chafes at Airstrikes Blamed on Israel -- Voice of America
Few options for Syria's Assad to strike back after Israeli raids -- Global Post/Reuters
Syria-based Palestinian group says Assad regime has given nod for attacks on Israel -- Washington Post/AP
Syria to permit Palestinians to attack from Golan -- Jerusalem Post/Reuters
Israel used depleted uranium shells in Syria -- Jerusalem Post
Israeli Strikes in Syria Pose Dilemma for Arab States -- Voice of America
Russia and China react to Israel bombing Syria -- Examiner
Turkish PM calls Israel's Syria strikes 'unacceptable' -- CNN
Turkey condemns Israeli air strikes in Syria -- Reuters
Turkey Criticizes Israeli Airstrikes on Syria -- ABC News/AP
Turkey PM: Israeli strikes in Syria 'unacceptable,' only bolster Assad regime -- Haaretz
Israel’s attack turns Syria’s civil war into regional war -- Ashish Kumar Sen, The Washington Times
Syria: Airstrikes ‘open door to all possibilities’ -- Irish Examiner
Former Israeli general: "Best timing" for Syria attack -- CBS
When it comes to Syria and Hezbollah, Israel is walking a tightrope -- Amos Harel, Haaretz
Taking sides in Syria is hard choice for Israel -- Dan Williams, Global Post/Reuters
Israel enforces its red line -- Boston Herald
Israel: We do not hide our red lines -- CNN
Why Israel’s Interceptors Can Stop Syrian Missiles — And Why It Attacked Anyway -- Noah Shachtman, Danger Room

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