Joe Rogan Experience @JoeRoganExp4m Israel confirms airstrike inside Syria http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/05/201354434558135.html … video footage:A huge explosion hits Damascus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_j8ID-m1pU … @joerogan Hide summary Reply Retweet Favorite Buffer More Israel confirms airstrike inside Syria Israeli officials say air force hit a shipment of 'game changing' weapons in Syria bound for Hezbollah. Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish · Follow 2RETWEETS Israeli officials have confirmed that the country's air force carried out a strike against Syria and say it targeted a shipment of advanced missiles. The officials said on Saturday the shipment was not of chemical arms, but of "game changing" weapons bound for the Lebanese Hezbollah group. They claimed, speaking on condition of anonymity, that the airstrike was early on Friday, but no mention was made of where it took place. Following the strike, Defence Ministry strategist, Amos Gilad, said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad retains control of Syria's reputed chemical weapons and they are not sought by his Hezbollah allies in Lebanon. "Syria has large amounts of chemical weaponry and missiles. Everything there is under (Assad government) control," Gilad said in a speech. "Hezbollah does not have chemical weaponry. We have ways of knowing. They are not keen to take weaponry like this, preferring systems that can cover all of the country (Israel)," he said. Earlier this week, Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said his group would assist Assad if needed in the effort to put down a 2-year-old uprising. Israeli embassy spokesman Aaron Sagui would not comment on Friday night specifically on the report of an Israeli strike into Syria. "What we can say is that Israel is determined to prevent the...
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