JERUSALEM - An Israeli security cabinet minister said on Monday that Israel could kill Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and topple his government if Iran used Syrian territory to carry out attacks on Israel. 'Israel has not gotten involved in the [Syrian] civil war so far,' Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz was quoted as telling the Israeli news site Ynet. 'If Syrian President Bashar al-Assad continues allowing Iran to operate within Syrian territory, Israel will liquidate him and topple his regime,' he was quoted as saying. 'If Assad lets Iran turn Syria into a military base against us, to attack us from Syrian territory, he should know that will be the end of him.'
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