Israel's reported raid on September 6 was not a bombing raid of nuclear or any other military facility, Syrian vice-President Farouk al-Sharaa said Saturday, and the story was nothing more than an attempt by Israel to “restore the image of the Israeli army following its defeat by the Lebanese resistance last year.”

"Everything reported about this raid is wrong and is part of a psychological warfare that will not fool Syria," he said, adding "They (Israel) are making up things to justify an aggression in the future. They are playing on public opinion to mislead it,” he said.