Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Israeli Warplanes Bomb Arms Shipment in Syria; Target Was Convoy Taking Weapons to Hezbollah

Israeli warplanes carried out a strike deep inside Syrian territory today (January 30, 2013), American officials reported, saying they believed the target was a convoy carrying sophisticated antiaircraft weaponry on the outskirts of Damascus that was intended for the Hezbollah Shiite militia in Lebanon, according to the New York Times website.

The officials -- who spoke on condition of anonymity -- said the Israelis had notified the Americans about the attack, which the Syrian government called an act of  "Israeli arrogance and aggression" that raised the risks that the two-year-old civil conflict in Syria could spread beyond the country's borders.

In a statement, the Syrian military said a scientific research facility in the Damascus suburbs had been hit and denied that a convoy had been the target.

Israeli officials declined to comment on the airstrike. But they have been warning that they are monitoring the possible movement of weapons in the Syrian conflict -- including Syria's plethora of chemical weapons -- and would take action to thwart any possible transfers into Hezbollah's possession.

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