Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman today warned Syrian President Bashar Assad that if his country entered into a conflict with Israel, it would not only lose, but his regime would also disintegrate. Israeli daily Haaretz quoting Army Radio has reported that Lieberman told this to the audience during a business conference at Bar-Ilan University.<br/><br/>The foreign minister's remarks come after Syrian President Assad yesterday told Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos that Israel was pushing the Middle East toward a new war. Lieberman said that Assad's comments crossed a line by directly threatening Israel.<br/><br/>Meanwhile Lieberman's comments drew harsh criticism from Opposition Kadima party and a range of Israeli Parliament members, and some of them urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to rein him in.