In Response to Zionist Aggression:
Syria Threatens to Attack Ben Gurion Airport
UNITED NATIONS – Syria has threatened to attack Israel's Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv in retaliation for the occupying regime’s repeated aerial strikes on Damascus International Airport.
"Syria will practice its legitimate right of self-defense and respond to the Israeli aggression on Damascus International Airport in the same way on Tel Aviv Airport," said Syria's Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Ja'afari.
Ja'afari made his remarks before the UN Security Council in New York Tuesday as he urged the body to stop the Zionist regime’s attacks.
"Isn't it high time for this council to take the necessary measures to stop the repeated Israeli aggression against the territories of my country?" he asked. "These acts were not condemned. There were no calls to halt such acts by this UNSC, in light of the position of the U.S., Britain and France, who are partners and supporters of Israel in such aggression.”
Ja'fari also called on the United Nations to force the occupying regime of Israel to give up the Golan Heights, a strategic location the Zionists occupied during the Six Day War of 1967.
"Restoring the occupied Syrian Golan by all means possible... is a principled right for the Syrian Arab Republic," Ja'afari said. "It is not subject to negotiation, waiver or statutory limitation. The full withdrawal of the Israeli occupied forces... is an unwavering request based international law," he said.
The United Nations has passed several resolutions urging the occupying regime of Israel to give the Golan Heights to Syria.
The Zionist regime launched an hour of air attacks over Damascus on a second consecutive night of military action in what appeared to be a face-saving attempt after Syrian air defenses thwarted an attack on Sunday.
The Sunday attack, launched by four Israeli F-16 jets, did not damage its targets, while Syrian air defenses shot down seven missiles fired at an airport near Damascus, Russia said.
Syria’s air defenses also shot down more than 30 cruise missiles and guided bombs during Israel's aerial attacks in the early hours of Monday.
Russia's National Defense Control Center said Israeli airstrikes targeting an airport in southeastern Damascus killed four Syrian soldiers and wounded six others, RIA news agency said.
The announcement came after the Zionist military claimed in a statement that it had struck what it said were Iranian targets and caused several fatalities.
Russia said on Wednesday that Israel should stop carrying out what it called arbitrary airstrikes on Syria.
"The practice of arbitrary strikes on the territory of a sovereign state, in this case, we are talking about Syria, should be ruled out,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
She said such strikes added to tensions in the region, something she said was not in the long-term interests of any side there.
"We should never allow Syria, which has suffered years of armed conflict, to be turned into an arena where geopolitical scores are settled,” TASS cited her as saying.
In September 2018, a Russian reconnaissance aircraft with 15 servicemen on board was downed as Syria was responding to Israeli airstrikes.
Moscow held the Zionist regime responsible, saying its pilots had intentionally used the Russian plane as cover to conduct air raids, effectively putting it in the crosshairs of the Syrian air defenses.
Russia stopped coordinating its airborne operations over Syria with the occupying regime after the incident, and upgraded Syria’s defenses with its S-300 missile systems.
According to Russian daily Kommersant, the Syrian government will be ready to use the S-300 systems as of March.
A member of the Russian Federation Council’s defense and security committee, Franz Klintsevich, said the Syrian crews are currently undergoing training.
"Israeli warplanes are now striking Syria because they are still outside the Syrian air defense range, but after the deployment of the S-300, no one will be able to escape them,” he said.
"Syria will practice its legitimate right of self-defense and respond to the Israeli aggression on Damascus International Airport in the same way on Tel Aviv Airport," said Syria's Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Ja'afari.
Ja'afari made his remarks before the UN Security Council in New York Tuesday as he urged the body to stop the Zionist regime’s attacks.
"Isn't it high time for this council to take the necessary measures to stop the repeated Israeli aggression against the territories of my country?" he asked. "These acts were not condemned. There were no calls to halt such acts by this UNSC, in light of the position of the U.S., Britain and France, who are partners and supporters of Israel in such aggression.”
Ja'fari also called on the United Nations to force the occupying regime of Israel to give up the Golan Heights, a strategic location the Zionists occupied during the Six Day War of 1967.
"Restoring the occupied Syrian Golan by all means possible... is a principled right for the Syrian Arab Republic," Ja'afari said. "It is not subject to negotiation, waiver or statutory limitation. The full withdrawal of the Israeli occupied forces... is an unwavering request based international law," he said.
The United Nations has passed several resolutions urging the occupying regime of Israel to give the Golan Heights to Syria.
The Zionist regime launched an hour of air attacks over Damascus on a second consecutive night of military action in what appeared to be a face-saving attempt after Syrian air defenses thwarted an attack on Sunday.
The Sunday attack, launched by four Israeli F-16 jets, did not damage its targets, while Syrian air defenses shot down seven missiles fired at an airport near Damascus, Russia said.
Syria’s air defenses also shot down more than 30 cruise missiles and guided bombs during Israel's aerial attacks in the early hours of Monday.
Russia's National Defense Control Center said Israeli airstrikes targeting an airport in southeastern Damascus killed four Syrian soldiers and wounded six others, RIA news agency said.
The announcement came after the Zionist military claimed in a statement that it had struck what it said were Iranian targets and caused several fatalities.
Russia said on Wednesday that Israel should stop carrying out what it called arbitrary airstrikes on Syria.
"The practice of arbitrary strikes on the territory of a sovereign state, in this case, we are talking about Syria, should be ruled out,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
She said such strikes added to tensions in the region, something she said was not in the long-term interests of any side there.
"We should never allow Syria, which has suffered years of armed conflict, to be turned into an arena where geopolitical scores are settled,” TASS cited her as saying.
In September 2018, a Russian reconnaissance aircraft with 15 servicemen on board was downed as Syria was responding to Israeli airstrikes.
Moscow held the Zionist regime responsible, saying its pilots had intentionally used the Russian plane as cover to conduct air raids, effectively putting it in the crosshairs of the Syrian air defenses.
Russia stopped coordinating its airborne operations over Syria with the occupying regime after the incident, and upgraded Syria’s defenses with its S-300 missile systems.
According to Russian daily Kommersant, the Syrian government will be ready to use the S-300 systems as of March.
A member of the Russian Federation Council’s defense and security committee, Franz Klintsevich, said the Syrian crews are currently undergoing training.
"Israeli warplanes are now striking Syria because they are still outside the Syrian air defense range, but after the deployment of the S-300, no one will be able to escape them,” he said.