Russia condemns Israeli strikes on Syria and considers them a flagrant violation of that country's sovereignty.
Maria Zakharova © Tass
Russia condemns Israeli strikes on Syria and considers them a flagrant violation of that country's sovereignty, foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday. Zakharova said such actions were "fraught with extremely dangerous consequences" in the light of a sharp escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian war.
Israeli airstrikes have targeted sites associated with Iran and Hezbollah
Moscow and Tehran support Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Without this support, Assad would have fallen years ago.
A Lebanese official denied on Thursday a Reuters report that Beirut had agreed with Israel to a shortlist of countries that could send troops to Lebanon to verify the disarmament of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and said it was following up on the issue with Washington.
Israel won't withdraw from southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed, the defence minister said on Thursday, qualifying remarks he made a day earlier that had suggested Israeli forces would occupy the territory indefinitely and drew U.S. criticism.
The Strait of Hormuz is "under Iran's control and management", the head of Iran's Basij paramilitary unit, Hossein Taeb, said on Thursday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.
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