Hezbollah: Israeli strikes sought to help Sunni radicals in Syria

Hezbollah said Israeli air strikes in Syria aimed to boost Sunni Islamist rebels fighting President Bashar Assad but was mum on Israeli assertions that the attacks targeted missiles headed for the Shiite group in neighbouring Lebanon.

"This shelling is an attempt at giving a morale boost to the terrorists and takfiris (extremists) and all those who are fighting to destroy Syria from within," Hezbollah Deputy head Naim Qassem said. (Reuters)