Posted on 07/04/22
| News Source: Yahoo News
Russia’s foreign ministry on Monday called strikes on Syria that have been blamed on Israel unacceptable, and demanded an unconditional cessation of the attacks, Reuters reports.
Syria has accused Israel of launching an “air aggression” from the Mediterranean west of Lebanon’s second-largest city Tripoli, with several missiles targeting an area to the south of Tartus. The Syrian ministry of defense said the strikes injured two civilians and caused some material damage.
The Israeli military declined to comment on the strikes, which would be the first since Prime Minister Yair Lapid took office as the head of Israel’s interim government ahead of a Nov. 1 election.
“We strongly condemn such irresponsible actions that violate the sovereignty of Syria and the basic norms of international law, and we demand their unconditional cessation,” the Russian foreign ministry said in comments about the July 2 strikes.