Syria shoots down Israeli jet
19 March 2017, 11:12 | Terri Saunders
The Syrian army has called the latest Israeli airstrikes "a desperate attempt" to help the Takfiri terrorist group of Daesh.
(Daesh is and insulting name for ISIS)"Our policy is very consistent", Netanyahu stated in a Hebrew language video released to the press, according to the Times of Israel. "That is what was and that is what will be", Netanyahu said.
Syria's regime of Bashar al-Assad is allied with fellow Shia Muslim nation Iran, who have been equipping Hezbollah with weaponry and military expertise. Hezbollah and Israel fought a 34-day war along the Israel-Lebanon border in 2006 and both sides say they are prepared for another. The Arrow is created to knock down incoming ballistic missiles and was developed with financial and technical assistance from the United States.
It would be one of the first times the system has been used.
"The Syrian regime is trying to tell Israel it can't stand it anymore and those actions will not be free of charge", said Orion.
The General Command of the Army and the Armed Forced announced on Friday that the Syrian air defense downed one of four Israeli warplanes that violated the Syrian airspace and targeted a military site in the eastern countryside of Homs.
The Syrian army said it had shot down an Israeli jet during the operation.
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