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Intrigue Continues Around Israeli Airstrike on Syrian SA-17 Missiles

Intrigue continues to swirl around events last week in which Israel appears to have targeted advanced Syrian anti-aircraft SA-17 missiles that Jerusalem suspected of being bound for Hezbollah. Inconclusive reports described strikes on both a convoy of the missiles and on a Syrian military facility. New reports based on Syrian television broadcasts indicate that the facility may have suffered damage from secondary explosions triggered when IAF jets destroyed the anti-aircraft batteries. Meanwhile some counter-terror analysts are emphasizing reports both that Israeli jets struck multiple targets inside Syria, and that the known targets are known to be linked to Syria’s chemical and biological weapons program.