ISRAEL AIRSTRIKE ON SYRIA IS AN ACT OF TERRORISM?

 

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Israel of waging "state terrorism" as he condemned the air

strike on Syria as an unacceptable violation of international law.

"Those who have been treating Israel like a spoilt child should expect anything from them, at any time," said Erdogan on Sunday.

"As I say time and again, Israel has a mentality of waging state terrorism. Right now, there is no telling what it might do and where it might do it," he told reporters.

Erdogan, a harsh critic of the Jewish state, was speaking after Israel's outgoing Defence Minister Ehud Barak implicitly confirmed that it had staged Wednesday's bombing raid which Damascus said targeted a military complex near the capital.

• "We cannot regard a violation of air space as acceptable. What Israel does is completely against international law... it is beyond condemnation," Erdogan said.
• "I am worried that in a situation like this, any scenario can play out in the future."
• Earlier on Sunday, Barak refrained from a direct confirmation as he brought the issue up at the Munich Security Conference in Germany.
• "I cannot add anything to what you have read in the newspapers about what happened in Syria several days ago," Barak told participants.
• But he added: "It's another proof that when we say something we mean it. We say that we don't think that it should be allowable to bring advanced weapon systems into Lebanon, the Hezbollah from Syria, when [Syrian President Bashar al-] Assad falls."
• According to US officials, Wednesday’s attack hit a convoy of anti-aircraft weapons inside Syria bound for the Lebanese Hezbollah group but Israel has not publicly acknowledged the air strike.
• The Syrian military said the target of Israeli jets was a scientific research centre. The facility is in the area of Jamraya, northwest of the capital.

The United Nations, several countries, and some international organizations have censured Israel for the airstrike it launched on Syria last Wednesday.

The Syrian army issued a statement saying two people were killed and five others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a research center in Jamraya, which is located near the capital. 

The statement called the attack a “blatant act of aggression” and condemned Israel for supporting Syrian terrorists.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed “grave concern” on Thursday over reports that Israeli jets bombed a site in Syria near the Lebanese border and urged all countries in the region to respect the sovereignty of their neighbors.  
Source: Al Jazeera