Syria accused Israel of bombing its territory on Thursday and said it could respond to the Jewish state's "aggression and treachery."
The Syrian government charged Thursday that Israeli aircraft dropped "munitions" inside Syria overnight and said its air defenses opened fire in a new escalation of tensions between the decades-old foes.
Syria said its air defences opened fire on Israeli warplanes which had violated Syrian airspace at dawn on Thursday, ratcheting up the tension between the neighbouring foes.
The United States on Thursday declined comment on reports that Syria opened fired on Israeli warplanes, which Damascus believes violated its airspace.
Syria said it opened fire on Israeli warplanes which had violated Syrian airspace at dawn on Thursday, heightening tensions between the two foes.
Syria accused Israel of bombing its territory on Thursday and said it could respond to its neighbor's "aggression and treachery."
Syria's air defenses repulsed Israeli warplanes that violated Syrian airspace early Thursday. according to the official Syrian News Agency, SANA. Other media reports cited officials in Damascus as saying that the Israeli planes had dropped munitions on the ground.
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Syria?s air defenses repulsed Israeli warplanes that violated its airspace early today, Syrian media reported.
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Syrian air defenses opened fire on Israeli aircraft that violated Syrian airspace, a Syrian military spokesman said Thursday.