JERUSALEM— Nearly a month after a mysterious Israeli military airstrike in Syria generated political aftershocks from Washington to North Korea, the Israeli government lifted its official veil of secrecy Tuesday.
In a country notorious for talkative officials, Israel's silence on a recent air raid in Syria has been an anomaly. The official blackout lasted nearly a month, but it finally ended, partially, on Tuesday.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel on Tuesday eased a strict news blackout on an airstrike in Syria last month, allowing the first publication of reports it struck an unspecified "military target" deep inside Syrian territory.
The Israeli military censor on Tuesday relaxed a blackout on news about an airstrike in Syria last month, allowing the first publication of reports that Israeli forces had struck an unspecified "military target" inside Syrian territory.
Israel lifted its official veil of silence over last month's strike in Syria on Tuesday as army radio said that the Jewish state carried out the attack deep inside its arch foe's territory.
Syria has reimposed a visa requirement for Iraqis in a bid to stem the tide of refugees fleeing war in the Arab neighbouring state, a Syrian official said on Tuesday.
Syria accused Israel on Saturday of making excuses for war by spreading what it described as false reports that an Israeli air raid targeted a site linked to weapons of mass destruction.
Syria reintroduces a stringent visa demand on Iraqis fleeing violence, saying it cannot take the strain.
The censor had not permitted Israeli press to report the raid deep inside Syria, and is only now saying it was a "military target." Foreign reports say it may have been a nuclear facility or weapons headed for Hezbollah guerillas.
DUBAI, Oct 3 (Bernama) -- United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has donated US$10 million to the United Nations to help Iraqi refugees in Syria.