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Syrian regime warns of 'surprise' response to Israeli strike

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    Jonathan Hunt reports from New York City

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-- possible situation in Syria is getting worse by the hour after this week's Israeli air strikes on Syrian military targets.

The regime of Bashar Al Assad in Syria is now warning of a quote.

Surprise response.

To what it called Israeli aggression as you -- call Israeli warplanes on Wednesday bombed targets.

Just outside the is the capital city of Damascus Syria.

A US official says it was a strike on a convoy that was headed for Lebanon which they say could have been an attempt to transfer weapons to his ball up.

A group of United States government considers a terrorist organization.

Theoretically missiles would give his ball up the ability to shoot down Israeli jets and helicopters and drones.

Syria on the other hand claims the Israelis hit some kind of military research lab.

So for the Israelis haven't said a thing as is par for the course and of course Iran is also in the mix here Syria and Iran are close allies.

Last week the Iranian regime said that any attack -- attack on Syria.

Is an attack on that.

-- that the fox sports chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt is here Jonathan if somebody's moving those missiles.

Why now.

Well given Israel's threats to act if those weapons world moved over the past weeks and months it's unlikely this decision.

Was taken lightly and according to experts like Andrew Taylor of the Washington institute it may well be a sign that the Syrian regime it.

And its allies are becoming increasingly.

Concerned that the rebels might be able -- overrun.

Those facilities and get their hands on those weapons listen.

Could very well be that they just didn't know what these weapons to fall into the hands.

Of the rebels something was to create the necessity for them to move them.

I don't think it was because they just felt like I think that -- encroachments whether there are elsewhere has forced.

Hezbollah.

The F -- regime in Iran.

To keep their powder dry and literally -- weapons where they can keep in the safest.

As for the threat of retaliation nobody seriously thinks the Syrian military is about to strike at Israel -- knows that would be a suicide mission.

There is a great feel though that Syria.

And Iran might use that Hezbollah proxies to carry out terrorist attacks against Israeli interest anyway Russia and -- Iran is a major player all of -- -- and some very interesting comments we just heard from secular state Hillary Clinton on Iran she has just said that the window for negotiations.

With Iran over its nuclear program cannot stay open quote for too much longer now we know that high level Israeli officials have been visiting and talking with the Pentagon -- to -- Now Hillary Clinton is saying in the clearest way yet the time is running out in all the -- action it might be coming in that context Israeli strikes in Syria.

Make a lot of sense because it would degrade the retaliatory abilities of Iran and its allies all -- could and I emphasize could.

Mean do the US is now moving toward the timeframe.

Benjamin Netanyahu the Israeli prime minister laid out in that speech -- remember at the UN not lost since the September.

He said by next spring at the latest next sum up Iran could be moving to the final stage we could be.

Moving towards action action Jonathan thanks in.

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