Israel Warns Russia On The Consequences Of Shipping Advance Weapons To Syria

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon (c.) walks next to Israel's armed forces chief Major-General Benny Gantz (r.) during a visit to a military base near Kibbutz Kissufim outside the central Gaza Strip, May 7, 2013. Amir Cohen/Reuters

Israel Warns Of Action Over Russian Plan To Give Missiles To Syria's Assad -- NBC

A senior Israeli defense official warned on Tuesday that Russia’s plan to send sophisticated anti-aircraft weapons systems to Syria’s President Bashar Assad was a “threat” and signaled Israel could take some form of unspecified action in response.

Israel has launched airstrikes inside Syria that it says were designed to stop weapons shipments getting to the Assad-allied Hezbollah movement in Lebanon.

Russia on Tuesday reiterated its intention to go ahead with the arms deal. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said it would “restrain some hotheads from escalating the conflict to the international scale," according to Russia Today.

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