Timeline of Israeli-Syrian relations

(Reuters) - Syria accused Israel of bombing its territory on Thursday and warned it could respond, but Israel Radio carried a denial there had been an air strike.

The two countries are formally at war, but a ceasefire has held on the Golan front since 1974, a year after Syria launched a war that failed to regain the plateau.

Here is a short timeline on Israel-Syrian relations:

November 1947 - Syria opposes U.N. General Assembly partition plan envisaging Jewish and Arab states side by side.

May 1948 - When British mandate ends, Jews proclaim state of Israel. Syria and other Arab armies invade.

July 1949 - Israel and Syria sign armistice agreement but on-and-off hostilities continue.

June 1967 - Israel launches attack on Syria, capturing Golan Heights in the Six-Day War.

October 1973 - Syria inflicts heavy losses on Israel during an attack to try to regain the Golan Heights in the Middle East War but the assault is thwarted.

1974 - After postwar clashes on the Golan Heights, Syria and Israel sign an disengagement of forces agreement.