The Syrian Ministry of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs sent two identical letters to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the President of the Security Council regarding Israel’s criminal attacks on the city of Damascus.

In its two communications, of which SANA received a copy, the ministry explained that “At around 00:32 today, Friday, July 22, 2022, the Israeli occupying forces carried out airborne missile attacks from the occupied Syrian Arab Golan, attacking some points in the vicinity of Damascus, and this cowardly aggression resulted in the death of three soldiers, wounding seven more and material losses.

She stated: “Syria reaffirms its reservation of the right to respond by appropriate means recognized by international law and the Charter of the United Nations in the face of these repeated Israeli aggressions and reiterates its call to the Security Council and the General Secretariat of the United Nations to fulfill their responsibilities under the Charter and condemn this without hesitation or delay.” New Israeli aggression and the imposition on Israel of compliance with the relevant Security Council resolutions, as well as Israeli commitment of forces and disengagement) agreement signed in Geneva on May 31, 1974, an agreement which provides in its first paragraph for a cease-fire on land, at sea and in the air.”

The ministry emphasized that “the repeated Israeli aggression against Syria and the failure of the Security Council to take the necessary measures to prevent the continuation of this aggression, as well as its failure to condemn it, means that the Security Council is not fulfilling its duties, and its failure to fulfill at least the minimum scope of its duties to maintain peace and security in the region and around the world.” threats and challenges facing the world today and exacerbates instability in the region.”

She pointed out that “the practices of the United States and the unlimited support they provide to armed terrorist organizations and groups illegally owning weapons show the hypocrisy practiced by the United States and its tools in the region, which is no longer acceptable either morally or politically.” . , and that these Israeli attacks are aimed at supporting directly armed terrorist organizations that are inflicting murder throughout Syria to serve the purposes of their operators in (Israel), the region and the world.”