syrian state tv blamed the attack on israel, said that israel was working in alliance with the opposition, an opposition it calls terrorists. steve? nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. right now i m joined by political analyst joan walsh, the author of a book and editor for salon.com. professor of middle eastern history and a member of the day-after project, a coalition of syrian opposition groups planning for a post-war transition. andrew tabler, author of in the lion s den. senior fellow with the washington institute for near east model. and senior fellow at the progress think tank the century foundation. so we re all just sort of digesting the latest overnight. you hear that report from richard engel there, fireballs, ash raining down on damascus. i know we ve had israeli air strikes earlier this year, i think back in february, but now