Syrian tanks enter demilitarised zone

Three Syrian tanks have entered the demilitarised zone in the Golan Heights, according to Israel’s military.

A military spokeswoman said Israel complained to the UN peacekeeping force in the area after the tanks entered today.

The relatively low-key response suggested Israel did not see the armour as an immediate threat.

The Israeli news site Ynet said the tanks and two armoured personnel carriers drove a few miles away from Israeli military positions.

There are concerns in Israel that violence from Syria’s civil war could spill over a long-quiet frontier.

Misfired Syrian shells have exploded inside Israel on several occasions. Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war and annexed it.