Israeli Official reports to the New York Times that if Hezbollah or Assad’s forces attack Israel, “he will risk forfeiting his regime, for Israel will retaliate.”
“If Syrian President Assad reacts by attacking Israel…he will risk forfeiting his regime,” a senior Israeli official told the New York Times on Wednesday.

A photo released by Syria’s state news agency allegedly showing the damage caused by an Israeli strike. – Photo: AFP
The Times’ White House correspondent Mark Landler wrote that the official contacted the newspaper on his own initiative.
Landler added that the official had been briefed in the last two days by other senior Israeli officials, who have intimate knowledge of the recent developments in Syria. Continue Reading »