{"id":32010,"date":"2019-02-06T03:22:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T03:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=32010"},"modified":"2019-02-06T03:22:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T03:22:52","slug":"iran-warns-israel-of-firm-response-to-air-raids-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=32010","title":{"rendered":"Iran warns Israel of ‘firm’ response to air raids in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran<\/a> has warned Israel of a “firm and appropriate” response if it continued attacking targets in Syria, where Tehran has backed President Bashar al-Assad<\/a> and his forces in their nearly eight-year war against rebels and ISIL fighters.<\/p>\n

Israel<\/a>, which views Iran as its biggest security threat, has repeatedly attacked Iranian targets and those of its allied militia in Syria<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With an election looming in April, Israel has been increasingly open about carrying out its air strikes.<\/p>\n

In a meeting on Tuesday with Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al-Moalem in Tehran, the secretary of Iran’s National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said the Israeli attacks violated Syria’s territorial integrity and were “unacceptable”.<\/p>\n

“If these actions continue, we will activate some calculated measures as a deterrent and as a firm and appropriate response to teach a lesson to the criminal and lying rulers of Israel,” Shamkhani was quoted as saying by the Fars news agency.<\/p>\n

But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> said last month that Israeli forces would continue to attack Iranians in Syria and warned them to “get out of there” fast.<\/p>\n

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If #Israel<\/a> continues its actions in #Syria<\/a>, calculated measures will be activated as a deterrent and firm and appropriate response to teach a lesson to lying and criminal rulers of Israel: #Iran<\/a>‘s Shamkhani pic.twitter.com\/eg6c7NwH25<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tasnim News Agency (@Tasnimnews_EN) February 5, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Continuous attacks<\/h2>\n

Israel has sought to avoid direct involvement in the conflict in war-torn Syria, but has acknowledged carrying out dozens of attacks to stop what it says are deliveries of advanced weaponry to its Lebanese enemy Hezbollah<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It has also pledged to prevent its regional rival Iran from entrenching itself militarily in Syria, and a series of attacks that have killed Iranians in Syria have been blamed on Israel.<\/p>\n

“We are working to prevent Iran from establishing a military presence in Syria,” Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n

“We will not relent in pursuit of this goal just as we did not relent in bringing about the cancellation of the bad nuclear agreement with Iran.”<\/p>\n

In January, Israeli planes carried out an attack on what they called an Iranian arms cache in Syria.<\/p>\n

In May last year, Israel hit dozens of military sites in Syria after accusing Iran of launching rockets and missiles towards its forces in the occupied Golan Heights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And in July, it carried out air attacks on three Syrian military facilities in Quneitra province <\/span>following the incursion of what it said was a Syrian drone into its airspace.<\/p>\n

However, Netanyahu and officials have also expressed concern over the US withdrawal from Syria because it\u00a0could enable Iran to expand its influence and presence in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

The prime minister has urged the US and other countries to recognise<\/a> Israel’s sovereignty over the strategic Golan Heights it seized from Syria in the 1967 War and later annexed.<\/p>\n

For his part, Bolton last month said the US backed Israel’s right to self-defence and said the Trump administration will continue to work with Israel to counter “the continuing threat of Iran’s quest for deliverable nuclear weapons”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n SOURCE:
\n Al Jazeera and news agencies<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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