Mystery still shrouds Syria's complaint that Israel bombed its territory but the incident has set nerves jangling across the Middle East, with commentators urging both sides on Friday against an escalation into war.
Syria lashed out at Israel again Friday and threatened possible government action, a day after Damascus said its air defenses opened fire on Israeli aircraft that dropped "munitions" inside the country.
A delegation of Druze from Israel and the occupied Golan Heights took part in an annual pilgrimage on Friday to two sacred sites in Syria, the spiritual leader of the Druze in Syria said.
Syria accused Israel of violating its airspace early Thursday morning and said it reserved the right to retaliate, aggravating already tense relations between the two countries and stoking concern about the outbreak of a new regional war.
Syria accused Israel of bombing its territory on Thursday and said it could respond to the Jewish state's "aggression and treachery."
Syria has lashed out at Israel again and threatened possible government action, a day after Damascus said its air defences opened fire on Israeli aircraft that dropped "munitions" inside the country.
NICOSIA — Israel conducted an unspecified high-value mission in Syria Thursday but refuses to discuss it. Syria said two Israeli fighter-jets entered the northeastern part of Syria near the Turkish border on early Thursday.
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.
Israeli Science, Culture and Sports Minister Ghaleb Majadle said Friday that Israeli Air Force planes enter Syrian airspace on a daily basis and estimated that recent plane incident would not prompt a war with Syria, local media reported. ...
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.