Israel threatened Syria preventive strikes, if the government army forces will be introduced in the demilitarized zone on the border with Israel. This writes the Israeli edition “Yedioth Ahronoth” citing a statement by the Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan.
According to Erdal, Israel “Assad does not accept an armed presence in the demilitarized areas and this should be clarified in the relations with Russia and the Syrian government”. In response to a question about the readiness to apply preventive measures against the Syrian government troops, Erdan said, Israel will use their unique, if the need arises. As an example, he described the blows of the Syrian aircraft on targets in Syria, where in the opinion of the Israeli intelligence, Iran's military base located, cooking attack on Israel.
Earlier in the Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border were deployed additional armored and artillery units of the Israeli army. In the same time, according to the press service of the IDF, Israel does not plan to interfere in the internal affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic, and calls to comply with the terms of the Separation Agreement of 1974 of the year.
