MOSCOW (Dispatches) – Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement that Moscow condemns as unacceptable the ongoing Zionist attacks on Syria that could result in a significant military escalation.
“We consider similar irresponsible moves by Israel to be absolutely inadmissible. We resolutely condemn them,” Zakharova emphasized.
The Zionist strikes are a flagrant violation of Syrian sovereignty and fundamental principles of international law, claims the Russian diplomat.
“We believe that such a vicious practice in no way contributes to reducing security risks for Israel itself. On the contrary, destabilizing acts of force may provoke retaliatory moves and led to a large-scale military escalation. We urge Israel to stop its armed military provocations against neighboring Syria and refrain from any moves that put the entire region at risk of dangerous consequences,” reads Zakharova’s remark.
On August 31, the Zionist air force conducted a missile strike at the international airport near the Syrian city of Aleppo. Later that day, Syrian air defenses repelled a Zionist attack in the skies above Damascus, by downing several missiles. Material damage was reported as a result of the strikes, with no casualties.
Major General Oleg Yegorov, deputy head of the Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria, specified at a briefing on Thursday that the occupying regime’s combat jets had delivered strikes on facilities at the Syrian airfields of Aleppo and Damascus, which left five people injured.
Syria’s Foreign Minister said the Zionist regime was “playing with fire”, following the regime’s strikes near Damascus and on Aleppo’s International Airport.
In comments reported by SANA , Syria’s top diplomat, Faisal al-Meqdad, said the occupying regime was threatening regional security.
“Israel is playing with fire and is putting the regional military and security situations at risk of an explosion,” the agency reported him as saying.
“Syria will not remain silent regarding the repeated Israeli attacks and the Israelis will pay the price, sooner or later.”
The top Syrian diplomat underlined that the U.S. and Western governments should be held responsible for encouraging the Zionist regime to increase its aggression and threaten peace and security in the region and across the world.