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Middle East

R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts) Fri Feb 1, 2013, 12:40 PM Feb 2013

Syria may respond to Israeli air strike, says ambassador

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/31/syria-respond-israeli-air-strike

Syria's ambassador to Lebanon has said Damascus has the option to respond to what it says was an Israeli air strike on a research centre on the outskirts of the Syrian capital on Wednesday.

Syria could take "a surprise decision to respond to the aggression of the Israeli warplanes", Ali Abdul Karim Ali was quoted as telling a Hezbollah-run news website.

"Syria is engaged in defending its sovereignty and its land," he said, without spelling out what the response might entail.

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