Syria Urges UNSC to Act Against Zionist Attacks

Date: 09 April 2021 - 22:01

News ID: ۸۸۹۵۳

DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – Syria says a missile attack by the Zionist regime near the capital Damascus has wounded four soldiers, and has asked the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to take an immediate and decisive measure against the regime’s aggression.
Syria’s news agency SANA, quoting an unidentified military official, said Syrian air defenses were able to shoot down most of the missiles before they hit their targets on Thursday.
Damascus residents reported hearing at least one explosion.
The missiles were fired from the direction of neighboring Lebanon and the occupied Golan Heights, state television said.
The occupying regime has launched hundreds of attacks against Syria over the years but rarely acknowledges or discusses such operations.
Syria renewed its call for UNSC to take a "firm and immediate” action against acts of aggression by the Zionist regime, urging the world body to hold to account regime authorities over their support for terrorism, crimes against the Syrian and Palestinian nations as well as their backing of terrorist outfits.
The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, in a statement on Thursday, said the missile attack near Damascus at the dawn was a flagrant violation of the UN Charter, principles of the international law, and relevant Security Council resolutions, which all demand respect for Syria’s sovereignty.
"The Israeli act of aggression comes at the time when the world is celebrating Easter, which carries the message of love and peace. Israel, however, has proven through its incessant attacks on the Syrian soil that it does not believe in peace but rather in the law of the jungle,” the statement read.
The Syrian ministry added that Zionist regime officials tend to pride themselves on such acts of aggression in order to cover up their moral and political crises, highlighting that the authorities’ persistence on the attacks comes under the aegis of Washington’s unlimited and continuous support.
The statement went on to say that Israeli officials support terrorist groups wreaking havoc across Syria, and prevent Syrian government forces and their allies from crushing Daesh, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other militant outfits.
Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. The Syrian government says the Zionist regime and its Western and regional allies are aiding terrorist groups wreaking havoc in the country.