国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Israeli-Syrian confrontation faces possible escalation into full-fledged war
<p><span word="DAMASCUS">DAMASCUS</span>, <span word="May">May</span> 12-- <span word="It">It</span> <span word="seems">seems</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="gone">gone</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="Israel">Israel</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="infiltrate">infiltrate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Syrian">Syrian</span> <span word="airspace">airspace</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="hit">hit</span>-<span word="and">and</span>-<span word="run">run</span> <span word="strikes">strikes</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Syrian">Syrian</span> <span word="side">side</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="upped">upped</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="game">game</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="confrontation">confrontation</span>, <span word="starting">starting</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="shooting">shooting</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Israeli">Israeli</span> <span word="warplanes">warplanes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="responding">responding</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="attack">attack</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="attack">attack</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Israel">Israel</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Arab">Arab</span>-<span word="Israeli">Israeli</span> <span word="war">war</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1973.</p><p><span word="Worrying">Worrying</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Syrian">Syrian</span> <span word="government">government</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="alliance">alliance</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Lebanon">Lebanon</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Hezbollah">Hezbollah</span>, <span word="Israel">Israel</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="repeatedly">repeatedly</span> <span word="struck">struck</span> <span word="Syrian">Syrian</span> <span word="positions">positions</span> <span word="throughout">throughout</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Syrian">Syrian</span> <span word="crisis">crisis</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pretext">pretext</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="targets">targets</span> <span word="contain">contain</span> <span word="weapon">weapon</span> <span word="shipments">shipments</span> <span word="sent">sent</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hands">hands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Hezbollah">Hezbollah</span>.</p><p><span word="Meanwhile">Meanwhile</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Syrian">Syrian</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="accuses">accuses</span> <span word="Israel">Israel</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="aiding">aiding</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rebels">rebels</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="Syria">Syria</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Israeli">Israeli</span>-<span word="occupied">occupied</span> <span word="Golan">Golan</span> <span word="Heights">Heights</span>, <span word="backed">backed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="video">video</span> <span word="footage">footage</span> <span word="emerging">emerging</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="Israel">Israel</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="offering">offering</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rebels">rebels</span>.</p><p><span word="At">At</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="point">point</span>, <span word="observers">observers</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Israel">Israel</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="aiding">aiding</span> <span word="rebels">rebels</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="create">create</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="buffer">buffer</span> <span word="zone">zone</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Syrian">Syrian</span> <span word="side">side</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="border">border</span> <span word="akin">akin</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Lebanon">Lebanon</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Lebanese">Lebanese</span> <span word="civil">civil</span> <span word="war">war</span>.</p><p><span word="With">With</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="progress">progress</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Syrian">Syrian</span> <span word="army">army</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="allies">allies</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ground">ground</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="apparently">apparently</span> <span word="sparked">sparked</span> <span word="Israel">Israel</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="fears">fears</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Jewish">Jewish</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="attacks">attacks</span>, <span word="repeatedly">repeatedly</span> <span word="warning">warning</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Iranian">Iranian</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="presence">presence</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Syria">Syria</span> <span word="won">won</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="tolerated">tolerated</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Israeli">Israeli</span> <span word="strikes">strikes</span>, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="have">have</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="intolerable">intolerable</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Syria">Syria</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="cannot">cannot</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="attacks">attacks</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="target">target</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="sovereignty">sovereignty</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="punching">punching</span> <span word="back">back</span>.</p>
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