Pro-Assad alliance in Syria warns of 'severe' response to Israeli attacks

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The military alliance fighting in support of Bashar Assad said Saturday Israel will witness a "severe and serious" response to its "terrorism" from now on.

In a statement, the alliance said Israeli claims that a drone entered Israeli airspace were a "lie".

The statement said Israel attacked a drone base in central Syria. The alliance added that drones had left the T4 air base in the morning to conduct routine operations against Islamic State in the Syrian desert, Reuters reported.

"When the base was targeted our aircraft were still flying over the town of Sokhna, towards the desert," the statement said. Sokhna is a town northeast of the city of Palmyra in central Syria.

 Local activists reported compete halt of the air  operation in T4 and al-Shuayrat  airfields , giving embattled civilians a pause of heavy aerial bombing on northern idle province and the eastern enclave  of Damascus after death of at least 300 civilians in one week.