I24 News – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is condemning the latest attack against Iranian-linked targets in Syria attributed to Israel. Earlier, the Syrian government announced that all flights to and from Damascus were halted, after air strikes wounded at least one civilian and reportedly caused damage to an airport runway.
“We must stress that the continued Israeli bombardment of Syrian territory, in violation of fundamental norms of international law, is unacceptable,” Lavrov said, branding the incident “the latest Israeli provocation.”
“We strongly condemn Israel’s provocative attack on Syrian civilian infrastructure. Such irresponsible acts create serious risks for international air traffic and put the lives of innocent people in real danger. We demand that Israel put an end to this perverse practice,” the official added.
Israel regularly conducts aerial raids in Syria, typically against Iranian entrenchment on its northern border and weapon convoys bound for the Iranian proxy Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based terrorist group; however, Israeli leadership rarely comments on specific incidents.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said the latest strike carried out before dawn on Friday hit three arms depots near Damascus airport belonging to Hezbollah, as well as other Iran-backed groups.
Russia’s point, and its a good one, is that Israel should not have condemned Russia’s actions in Ukraine.
Israel understands that Russia invasion of Ukraine was perfectly justified (no different from the Cuban missile crisis), but criticized Russia because USA has been coercing neutral nations to to criticize Russia.
Is it possible that russia has intent to influence sovereign countries to run their countries in a way to is a benefit to the russian empire? Does russia want to make other countries it puppets so to speak?
“We must stress that the continued Russian bombardment of Ukrainian territory, in violation of fundamental norms of international law, is unacceptable. And this is just the latest Russian provocation. Likewise, Russia’s efforts to defend not only Iran’s hostile action’s in Syria that pose a serious threat to Israel, but also Syria’s collusion with Iran, is unacceptable. We call upon Russia to cease all it evil activities and to abide by the norms of civil society.”