Peter Clifford @PeterClifford1 #Syria Opp leader says he is "ready for talks with #Assad officials" & Asma Assad pregnant or photoshopped?: http://tinyurl.com/PCOSyria Collapse Reply Retweet Favorite Buffer More 1RETWEET 6:41 PM - 31 Jan 13 · Details SYRIA – NEWS ISRAELI JETS ATTACK SYRIA BUT ASSAD GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF LYING ABOUT THE TARGET: UPDATED TIMELINE – 31st JANUARY 2013 11.10 GMT: In a major and dangerous escalation of the crisis in Syria, Israeli jets at dawn yesterday, Wednesday, attacked a target in Syria, although Israel itself never acknowledges such operations. An Israeli Air Force F15-E Fighter Jet – Reuters However, some mystery surrounds the attack as western and Syrian Opposition sources say the target was a convoy of vehicles transporting weapons from Syria to Hezbollah, the armed Islamist group, in Lebanon. The Syrian Government says that the target was a "scientific research facility" at Jamraya not far from Damascus and that the attack killed 2 and wounded 5 personnel. As Jamraya in less than 25 kilometres (15 miles) from the Lebanese border, it is quite likely that the convoy was not far from the "research facility" when the incident happened. Opposition commanders in the Damascus area accused the Assad authorities of "lying" saying that the only attack on the Jamraya facility, widely thought to be doing research into chemical weapons, had been one using mortars from their own fighters. Local residents said that six rockets struck the Jamraya complex, severely damaging buildings and causing a fire. According to US reports, the actual target, the convoy of trucks, was carrying sophisticated weapons, possibly SA-17 anti-aircraft missiles, in a delivery to Hezbollah who, while admitting nothing, have condemned the attack as "barbaric aggression" aimed at "preventing Arab and...
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