[PA Engineer]

And:

Yadlin also explained why the Syrians announced that Israel had struck the Jamraya base, and not that it had struck the SA-17 convoy. The reason, he explained, was that Syria had promised Russia that the SA-17s, which are an advanced Russian weapons system, would remain in Syria, and not be transferred to Hizbullah. By dispatching the convoy, Syria was about to violate this commitment, and it therefore did not want to admit to the convoy's existence

[mdmathis6]

Which explains why Syria didn’t announce a formal declaration of war. Assad would have a war on two fronts....a rebellion in his country and Israel.

Syria was doing some no no’s they didn’t want to admit to. For if they had admitted to them, then Israel could be considered to have a legitimate claim of self defense!. Now we see the “rest of the story” coming out.