Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Lord of the Baath...
to expel Iranian forces from his country, after Israeli air strikes hit alleged Iranian targets in Syria.
"I shall take advantage of this opportunity to send a message to Assad: throw the Iranians out," a defence ministry statement quoted Lieberman as saying during a visit to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
"They are not helping you," he said. "They only do harm and their presence brings only damage and problems."
Israel claims it struck dozens of Iranian targets inside Syria early on Thursday in response to a salvo of rockets fired by Iranian forces into the occupied Golan Heights.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran had "crossed a red line" and that Israel's bombardment against targets in Syria "was a consequence".