Israel warns Russia against giving Syria missiles

Israel's defense chief aforesaid Tuesday a Russian decide to offer refined anti-aircraft missiles to Syria was a "threat" and signaled that Israel is ready to use force to prevent the delivery.

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon issued his warning shortly when a prime Russian official aforesaid his government reserves the proper to produce Syria with progressive S-300 defensive measure missiles.

Israel has been lobbying national capital to halt the sale, fearing the missiles would upset the balance of power within the region and will slip into the hands of hostile teams, together with the Lebanese militia Islamic Jihad, an in depth ally of the Syrian regime.

“As way as we tend to square measure involved, that's a threat,” Yaalon told reporters once asked regarding the S300s.

“At this stage I can’t say there's associate degree step-up. The shipments haven't been sent on their method nevertheless. And that i hope that they'll not be sent,” he said. However “if God forbid they are doing reach Syria, we'll apprehend what to try and do.”

The delivery of the Russian missiles to Syria may limit the Israeli air force's ability to act. It’s not clear whether or not Israeli warplanes entered Syrian airspace in these attacks.