Syria: Iran’s attacks were in the framework of self-defense

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Syria announced: Iran’s attacks on Israeli military targets were carried out in the framework of self-defense and in line with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. Damascus declared its solidarity with the Islamic Republic of Iran and once again condemned the aggression of the Israeli regime on Iran’s diplomatic headquarters in Damascus.

Syria condemns all Israeli encroachments on its sovereignty and territorial integrity, especially civilian facilities, including the airports of Damascus, Aleppo and other infrastructures, which have resulted in the martyrdom and injury of a number of Syrian citizens.

Also, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal al-Maqdad, in a telephone conversation with Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, while again condemning the Zionist regime’s aggression against the Iranian consulate in Damascus, said that Iran’s response was a legitimate action in line with self-defense.

He also condemned all the aggressions of the Zionist regime on the sovereignty and territory of Syria, especially civilian places such as Damascus and Aleppo airports and other infrastructures, which led to the martyrdom and injury of a number of Syrian citizens.

Faisal al-Maqdad He emphasized: The failure of the Security Council to fulfill its duties in protecting international peace and security caused the Zionist regime to cross red lines and violate the principles of international law.

Previously, the public relations of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran announced the response of the IRGC Air Force to the recent crimes of the Zionist regime in the attack on the consular section of the Iranian Embassy in Damascus and the testimony of a group of advisers of our country in Syria from the attack and the successful hitting of dozens of missiles. And the drone informed targets inside the occupied territories.