Israel fires a missile on a drone from Syria, 2nd time this week

Israel fired a Patriot missile on an unmanned aircraft that approached the country's border with Syria for the second time this week, said Friday the US Army

. He added that the army "would operate against attempts to violate the 1974 separation of forces agreement, threats to Israeli sovereignty and any attempt to harm Israeli civilians" [traduction libre]

. 19659002] Israeli leaders recently reiterated that they expected Syrian President Bashar Assad and his Iranian-backed allies to honor the agreement that establishes a demilitarized zone along the way. border and limits the number of forces deployed by each camp to 25 km. On Wednesday, a drone traveled about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) inside the Israeli territory before being shot down. This incident occurred when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Moscow for talks with Vladimir Putin on Syria and Iran. Russia has been a key ally of the Syrian government in its civil war. Israel's main concern is to maintain Iran's sworn enemy, an ally of Assad, as far as possible from its border, as well as its Lebanese Hezbollah militia

The Israeli army has targeted Syrian military positions. During the month, Israel fired a missile on a drone that was approaching its airspace near the Syrian border and, in February, it shot down what he called an Iranian drone entered his airspace. He bombed Iranian targets in Syria in response.