Syria Condemns Deadly Israel Air Raids on ‘Civilian Sites’ Near Damascus
Syria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates called on the United Nations to act following Israeli air strikes South of the Syrian capital Damascus.
Syrian state-run news agency SANA, citing a military source, said the attack on Monday evening at about 5:18pm local time (14:18 GMT) involved Israeli warplanes hitting “a number of civilian sites South of Damascus, resulting in material losses”.“The Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan” heights, the military source told SANA.Syria’s Foreign Ministry condemned the latest attack, calling the Israeli missile strikes on civilian areas “criminal” and urged UN members to take swift action in “halting Israeli aggression” and holding it accountable.“The Syrian Arab Republic condemns the aggression launched by the Zionist entity this evening,” the ministry said in a statement.“Syria calls on member states of the United Nations to take urgent action and firm measures to stop the Israeli aggression and hold its perpetrators accountable for their crimes,” it added.According to reports, Israeli jet fighters carried out three strikes in the Sayyidah Zaynab area, located about 10km (6 miles) South of Damascus.
The first strike hit the Kaou Sudan junction near Sayyidah Zaynab, which was crowded with displaced people who had fled Israel’s attacks on Lebanon. The second strike was in the vicinity of a hotel, located to the Southeast of Sayyidah Zaynab, and the third attack targeted farmhouses in the area.Since 2011, Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy, as a result of which Daesh (also known as ISIS or ISIL) and other terror groups emerged in the country.Israel has been a key supporter of terrorist groups during the war in the Middle Eastern country and has frequently targeted military positions inside Syria.Damascus has time and again called on the United Nations Security Council to put an end to the regime’s attacks that violate Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.The Israeli strikes on Syria came amid the regime’s ongoing air raids on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
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