Israeli airstrikes show 'close coordination' with terrorist groups: Syria
Syria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates says the constant Israeli airstrikes on Damascus show the level of coordination between the occupying regime and terrorist groups.
According to reports, in a statement on Friday, the ministry reacted to an Israeli airstrike that hit the suburbs of Damascus earlier in the day that claimed the life of an Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) military advisor while also causing some material damage.
The ministry said the "barbaric" aggression was coordinated with terrorist groups that launched an attack against Syrian forces in Dana, Idlib province, on the same day. "These repeated attacks show the close coordination between the terrorists of Israel and terrorist groups."
The coordination proves beyond any doubt the deliberate intentions against Syria with the aim of prolonging the crisis and depleting the country's capabilities, added the statement.
Damascus is ready to face all these "fascist aggressions" and exercise its sovereignty over all its territories, stressed the ministry.
Meanwhile, the Syrian Ministry of Defense said on Friday that the army had repelled two attacks by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) Takfiri terrorists in Aleppo and Idlib in the past two days.
Israeli enemy's fighter jets entered Syrian territory from the northern occupied Golan Heights very early on Friday morning at 00:17 Damascus Local Time and targeted a facility in the suburbs of Damascus.
IRGC said in a statement that one of its officers named Milad Heidari was martyred in the airstrike.
The statement slammed the silence and inaction of the international bodies over the repeated Israeli attacks on Syria and the continued violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the independent UN member state.
The force also pledged a response to the crime. "The fake and criminal Zionist regime will surely receive a response to this crime," it said.
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