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Energy Minister Steinitz warns Syria's Assad of collaborating against Israel

Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz warned Syria Monday of allowing an attack on Israel to leave from Syrian soil.

 

"If Assad as the Syrian ruler would allow anyone, Iran or anyone else, to declare war on Israel from Syria, his blood will be on his own head," he said quoting a bible verse, meaning those who are hostile bear the responsibility for hostilities.

 

Steinitz added in his interview with Ynet that such action will endanger "the very existence" of Assad's regime, as well as of Assad himself.

 

The minister said this on the backdrop of rising tensions with Tehran over an Israel's air strike on the T-4 airbase in Syria earlier this month, which claimed 14 lives, including seven Iranian "military advisors."

 


פרסום ראשון: 04.23.18, 12:11