Lebanon Complains to UN Over Zionist Regime’s Violations of Airspace
BEIRUT (Dispatches) – Lebanese Foreign Ministry has submitted a complaint to the UN Security Council over the Zionist regime’s continuous violations of Lebanon’s airspace, the National News Agency reported.
"We call upon the UN Security Council to put an end to the daily Israeli air, sea and land violations,” the ministry said in a statement.
"This violation comes at a time when the entire world is facing the threat of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic,” it added.
The Zionist regime reportedly intended to bomb an air base in western Syria late on Tuesday while flying in Lebanon’s airspace.
The Lebanese foreign ministry then urged the Security Council to "put a permanent end to the Israeli violations,” noting that "Israel violates the Lebanese aerial, maritime and territorial sovereignty on a daily basis.”
Late on Tuesday, Syria’s official news agency SANA reported that the country’s air defenses had intercepted and shot down a number of Zionist missiles before they reached their targets in Homs.
The missiles were fired by the regime’s air force from Lebanese airspace, it quoted a military source as saying.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The Zionist regime violates Lebanon’s airspace on an almost daily basis, claiming the flights serve surveillance purposes.
Lebanon’s government, the Hezbollah resistance movement and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) have repeatedly condemned the overflights, saying they are in clear violation of UN Resolution 1701 and the country’s sovereignty.
UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which brokered a ceasefire in the war of aggression the Zionist regime launched against Lebanon in 2006, calls on the occupying regime to respect Beirut’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
In 2009, Lebanon filed a complaint with the UN, presenting over 7,000 documents pertaining to the regime’s violations of Lebanese territory.
"We call upon the UN Security Council to put an end to the daily Israeli air, sea and land violations,” the ministry said in a statement.
"This violation comes at a time when the entire world is facing the threat of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic,” it added.
The Zionist regime reportedly intended to bomb an air base in western Syria late on Tuesday while flying in Lebanon’s airspace.
The Lebanese foreign ministry then urged the Security Council to "put a permanent end to the Israeli violations,” noting that "Israel violates the Lebanese aerial, maritime and territorial sovereignty on a daily basis.”
Late on Tuesday, Syria’s official news agency SANA reported that the country’s air defenses had intercepted and shot down a number of Zionist missiles before they reached their targets in Homs.
The missiles were fired by the regime’s air force from Lebanese airspace, it quoted a military source as saying.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The Zionist regime violates Lebanon’s airspace on an almost daily basis, claiming the flights serve surveillance purposes.
Lebanon’s government, the Hezbollah resistance movement and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) have repeatedly condemned the overflights, saying they are in clear violation of UN Resolution 1701 and the country’s sovereignty.
UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which brokered a ceasefire in the war of aggression the Zionist regime launched against Lebanon in 2006, calls on the occupying regime to respect Beirut’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
In 2009, Lebanon filed a complaint with the UN, presenting over 7,000 documents pertaining to the regime’s violations of Lebanese territory.