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Report: Assad says Syria army capable of confronting Israel

By JPOST.COM STAFF

MAY 7, 2013 23:42

The Syrian army is capable of confronting Israel, Syrian President Bashar Assad said Tuesday in a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, according to Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star.

Assad was responding to alleged Israeli airstrikes on Syria over the weekend, targeting what Israeli officials have said were Iranian missiles intended for Lebanese Shi'ite Hezbollah militants.

"The Syrian people and its army who have made important achievements by fighting terrorist and Takfiri groups are capable of confronting Israel's ventures that represent one of the many faces of terrorism targeting Syria today,” The Daily Star quoted Assad as saying, citing a Syria state TV report.

The Syrian president also reportedly described the strikes as an act of terrorism aimed at Syria. "The Israeli aggression on Syria reveals the extent of Israel and other regional and Western states' involvement in ongoing events in Syria," Assad was quoted as saying.

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