BEIRUT (Dispatches) –The Zionist regime says it will step up its fire to the Syrian territory in what it claimed to be a retaliatory attack against Syrian projectiles.
The Syrian military said it came under attack in Quneitra province, which sits near the Golan Heights territory that the Zionist regime captured from Syria in the 1967 Middle East War.
"The Israeli enemy assaulted one of our military positions this morning, which led to material damages,” it said.
In a statement released on Saturday, the Zionist regime’s army said it had "targeted three artillery cannons” of the Syrian government in the Golan Heights in what it claimed to have been a "response to the [firing of] projectiles that hit Israel.”
If confirmed, the Saturday attack would be the second strike by the Zionist regime on Syria this week. On Thursday, the occupying regime struck a Syrian artillery position near southwestern town of Quneitra.
The regime regularly hits positions held by the Syrian army in the Golan Heights, sometimes describing the attacks as "retaliatory.” Syria says the raids aim to help terrorists fighting against government forces.
On several occasions, the Syrian army has confiscated Israeli-made arms and military equipment from terrorists fighting the government forces. The regime has also been providing medical treatment to the terrorists wounded in Syria.
Back in June, The Wall Street Journal reported that Israel had been providing terrorists in Syria’s Golan Heights with a steady flow of funds and medical supplies.
The regime seized the Golan Heights from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War and has continued to occupy two-thirds of the strategically-important territory ever since, in a move that has never been recognized by the international community.
The regime has built tens of illegal settlements in the area since its occupation and has used the region to carry out a number of military operations against the Syrian government.