Report: Israeli strike in Syria meant to avoid being dragged into war

A report in a Kuwaiti newspaper - sourced to a Western diplomat - indicates that an IAF strike against a Syrian missile base on Friday night thwarted a plan to launch long-range missiles against Israeli targets in the Golan Heights in a bid to draw Israel into a war.

The Western diplomatic source was quoted by Al-Jarida as saying
that the alleged Israeli raid targeted two brigades of the