DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has urged the United Nations to interfere to curb the recurring Zionist aggression in Syria, slamming such strikes as systematic, according to the state news agency SANA.
In a letter addressing UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Mekdad said the attacks have become “systematic,” requiring immediate action by the UN to protect and preserve the Agreement on Disengagement of 1974 signed under the auspices of the United Nations.
Mekdad added that Syria has always warned about the consequences of the continuous Zionist attacks on international peace and security.
The Syrian condemnation comes against the backdrop of an attack by the occupying regime on Sunday against military sites in central Syria.
Mekdad slammed the attack, which targeted the town of Masyaf in the central province of Hama, saying Damascus reserves the right to give a proper and lawful response to the aggression.
The top Syrian diplomat emphasized that his country’s position is based on the rejection of aggression and actions that endanger peace and security in the Middle East.
Syria believes that the attacks violate the principles of international law, Mekdad said.
He added that the world’s failure to condemn the regime’s repeated attacks encourages the regime to persist, continue and expand its aggression against the Syrian territory and tests the credibility of the UN and the effectiveness of its competent bodies and agencies.
Syria and the occupying regime are technically at war due to the latter’s 1967-to-present occupation of Syria’s Golan Heights.
The regime maintains a significant military presence in the territory, which it uses as one of its launchpads for attacks against Syria.
On countless occasions, though, the strikes have targeted reinforcement belonging to Syria’s military and its allies.
The occuping regime mostly keeps quiet about its attacks on the Syrian territories, which many view as a knee-jerk reaction to the Syrian government’s increasing success in confronting terrorism.
The Zionist regime has been a key supporter of terrorist groups that have opposed the government of President Bashar al-Assad since the foreign-backed conflict erupted in Syria in March 2011.