Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, April 9

DAMASCUS -- The Syrian army said Israeli F-15 warplanes had carried out the attack on the T-4 air base in central Syria before daybreak Monday by firing missiles from the Lebanese airspace, according to the state TV.

The Israeli warplanes fired several rockets from inside the Lebanese airspace and targeted the T-4 air base in the eastern countryside of the Homs province in central Syria. (Syria-Chemical Weapons-Missile Strike)

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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel will attack any country that threatens the Jewish state.

It is the first official remark from Israel after an alleged Israeli missile strike on a Syrian air base earlier in the day. (Israel-Response-Threat)

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JERUSALEM -- China's Zhongguancun Science Park (Z-Park) in Beijing, known as "China's Silicon Valley," will open a liaison office in Tel Aviv, Israel's financial center.

The announcement of the planned liaison office was made in a meeting held on Sunday between Yin Hejun, a vice mayor of Beijing, and Doron Sapir, deputy mayor of Tel Aviv. A senior delegation from Beijing which included high-level executives of the Z-Park attended the meeting. (Israel-China-Liaison Office)

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DAMASCUS -- All kidnapped people by the Islam Army rebels in the Douma district near Damascus were released on Monday evening and reached the Syrian army position near the capital Damascus, state TV reported.

Buses transporting the second batch of the released people, including all the remaining abductees in the Islam Army prisons, reached the Wafideen area northeast of Damascus after leaving the nearby district of Douma, the last rebel-held area in the Eastern Ghouta countryside of Damascus. (Syria-Kidnapped-Release) Enditem