Syria regime 'no longer immune' from retaliation -- Netanyahu

Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime is “no longer immune” from retaliation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns during a visit to London on Thursday.

“He is no longer immune, his regime is no longer immune. If he fires at us, we will destroy his forces,” Netanyahu says, speaking at an event organized by the Policy Exchange think tank.

“I think there is a new calculus that has to take place and Syria has to understand that Israel will not tolerate the Iranian military entrenchment in Syria against Israel,” he says.

“The consequences are not merely to the Iranian forces there but to the Assad regime as well,” he says, adding: “I think it’s something that he should consider very seriously.”

— AFP