Israel Biggest Threat to Regional Peace: Iranian Spokesman

Esmaeil Baqaei strongly condemned the Israeli military attacks on different parts of Syria, particularly on capital Damascus.

Decrying the escalation of Israeli airstrikes on Syria’s public and governmental facilities and sites and the occupation of large parts of the Arab country, he said it has now become clear that the Zionist regime is the biggest threat to regional peace and stability.

Baqaei said Israel has unprecedentedly jeopardized international peace and security by benefiting from the military and political supports provided by the US and a number of Western countries, specifically Germany, the UK and France.

What has unfolded in Syria is the result of extreme inaction and silence on the Zionist regime’s genocidal crimes, warmongering policies and desire for domination, whose harms and consequences have engulfed not only the Syrian people, but the whole region, he added.

The Iranian spokesman also reminded the regional countries of their shared responsibility to safeguard peace and stability, calling for immediate and effectual action by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the United Nations to stop the Israeli regime’s perilous belligerence and expansionism in the region.

Israel carried out a series of airstrikes on central Damascus on Wednesday, hitting a compound that houses the Ministry of Defense and areas near the presidential palace.

The Israeli regime also struck targets in southern Syria, where fighting between Druze groups, Bedouin tribes, and Syrian security forces has continued for more than four days. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, more than 250 people have been killed in Suwayda province during the clashes.

The Zionist regime, which already occupies the Syrian Golan Heights, said its operations aim to protect the Druze minority – whom it considers potential allies – and to strike pro-government forces accused of attacking them. Syria rejected this and called the attack a “flagrant assault”.