Russia asks Israel to stop carrying out airstrikes near the Russian air base in Syria, the ambassador of the President Vladimir Putin said today, quoted by France Press and BTA.
Such an incident happened already in October. In the middle of last month, Syrian state media reported an Israeli airstrike against the port city of Latakia, near which the Russian Khmeimim air base is located. Latakia is one of the strongholds of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who supports the Hezbollah group. Assad has received support from Russia since the start of the Syrian civil war.
“Israel carried out an airstrike near the Khmeimim base,” the Russian president’s special envoy for the Middle East, Alexander Lavrentiev, said today in an interview with the Russian news agency RIA Novosti.
“Our military has, of course, informed the Israeli authorities that such actions, which could endanger the lives of Russian servicemen there, are unacceptable,” he said.
Lavrentiev said he hopes that similar events like those of the past month will not happen again.
The Israeli Air Force conducts intensive strikes on Syria, but they rarely attack the city of Latakia, notes AFP.
Israel accuses the Hezbollah movement that was against Iran for transporting weapons from Syria to Lebanon.
“We do not give our supply base to the Lebanese group,” said Alexander Lavrentiev.
Israel has increased its attacks in Syria, continuing the intense strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes against the Syrian army and Tehran-backed movements, including Hezbollah, which supports Bashar al-Assad’s government forces.
Israeli officials have rarely released information about the strikes, emphasizing only that they will not allow Iran to expand its presence in Syria.
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2024-11-13 09:23:00
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