Israel just bombed a chemical weapons factory that Syria shouldnt have had

by Alex Ward at Vox

https://www.vox.com/world/2017/9/8/16273512/israel-syria-chemical-weapons-iran-hezbollah-factory

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While the international media was transfixed by the crisis in North Korea this week, Israel did something provocative and potentially dangerous: It bombed a suspected Syrian chemical weapons factory. It’s a move that escalates Jerusalem’s quiet involvement in the Syrian civil war and that may heighten tensions with Iran.

Around 2:42 am local time on Thursday, Israeli jets attacked a Syrian military installation near the city of Masyaf that allegedly produces chemical weapons and advanced missiles. The Syrian Army said two soldiers died, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the UK-based monitoring organization that supports anti-government forces in the civil war, claims there were at least seven casualties.

In a statement, the Syrian military said there could be “serious repercussions of such acts of aggression on the security and stability of the region.”

The Israeli government didn’t comment on the operation. But it looks like it hit Syria to prevent Iranian ally Hezbollah — a Lebanese militant group that considers Israel an enemy — from acquiring precision-guided missiles to use against Israel.

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