Syria calls on intl. community to stop Israeli attacks on civilians

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
21 Jan 2024 04:25
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The Syrian Foreign Ministry says Syria calls on the international community to take urgent measures to stop Israeli crimes and massacres against civilians.

People and security forces gather in front of a building destroyed in an Israeli strike in Damascus on January 20, 2024. (Photo by Louai Beshara / AFP)

Syria urges the international community to stop Israeli attacks on civilians, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said Saturday in a statement following an Israeli airstrike on Damascus which killed at least five people.

"Syria calls on the international community to take urgent measures to stop the crimes and massacres committed by the Zionist entity against innocent civilians and civilian objects," the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced in a statement that five Iranian military advisors were killed in the Israeli aggression on Damascus. Iranian media reported that the IRGC's intelligence advisor in Syria and his assistant were killed in the Israeli airstrike.

The IRGC named its martyred advisors as Hojjatollah Omidvar, Ali Aqazadeh, Hossein Mohammadi, Saeed Karimi, and Mohammad Amin Samadi.

The Syrian Defense Ministry added that several civilians were also killed and injured as a result of the attack.

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Last month, senior IRGC commander Seyyed Razi Mousavi was martyred in an Israeli airstrike on Damascus on December 25, 2023. Mousavi was martyred after the Israeli occupation launched three missiles at his location in the suburbs of Damascus.

Iran says it ‘reserves right to respond’ after Israeli attack on Syria

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi condemned Saturday's aggression on Syria, stressing that the Islamic Republic will not leave the Israeli crimes unanswered.

The continuation of such acts of the Zionist criminals is clear proof of their increasing failure to achieve their evil goals and their desperation and helplessness in confronting the Resistance, Raisi pointed out.

He also slammed the fact that the recent crimes of the usurping Zionist entity are taking place with the support of the US and the silence of international organizations.

In the same context, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said the country strongly denounced the deadly Israeli strike, adding that Tehran "reserves the right to respond."

Kanaani said Tehran would respond "at the appropriate time and place" and denounced "an escalation in aggressive and provocative attacks" by the Israeli occupation entity.