Envoy:

Israeli Assault on Alleged Iranian Targets in Syria Is Aggression

Rasa - Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riad Haddad said Damascus views any Israeli attack on Syria an act of "aggression" and will confront it, following Israel's raids under the pretext of targeting Iranian forces.

News ID: 437796

Date: 20 May 2018 - 21:16

RNA - "Syria has its own sovereignty. Any outside aggression against the Syrian territory is an aggression. Our forces, including the air defense, protect the Syrian sky and land. We will repel any aggression against Syria, regardless where it will take place," the Syrian ambassador told reporters in the Russian city of Sevastopol, World News reported.

Haddad was commenting on a May 10 incident, in which Israel conducted what it called its most intensive airstrikes on Syria in decades.

According to Russia's Defense Ministry, Israel used 28 fighters in the attack and fired 70 missiles. Both Damascus and Moscow said the Syrian army had managed to shoot down more than half of the missiles.

Israel has been acting as a de facto air force of the militants for some time but its extensive raids on May 10 were its most brazenly direct engagement in Syria's fight on terrorism.

Tel Aviv has been occupying the Golan Heights since 1967. It has been lending arms support to Takfiri terrorists, besides treating them in the mountainous region.

Using Lebanon’s airspace, the regime has attacked the Syrian soil on many occasions since 2011, when the Arab country found itself in the grips of a devastating foreign-backed militancy.

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