Larijani: Israel Attacked Syria After Informing US-Arab States

Tehran, May 7, IRNA – Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani once again condemned the recent Israeli missile attacks on a suburban Damascus area, and said Tel Aviv has committed the heinous crime while informing the US and certain Arab state beforehand. ˈThe bombardment of Syria has taken place while the US and certain Arab states were informed about the same in advance,ˈ Larijani said. ˈWe have accurate information that America and some Arab countries had been informed about the recent developments in Syria and bombardment of some parts of the Muslim country,ˈ he added. On Sunday, Israeli rockets struck the Jamraya research center in the vicinity of the Syrian capital, Damascus. Syria said the Israeli regime had carried out an airstrike targeting a research center in a suburb of Damascus after heavy losses were inflicted on al-Qaeda-affiliated groups by the Syrian army. Syriaˈs Foreign Ministry sent letters to the United Nations and its Security Council stating that Israelˈs aggression shows the links between Tel Aviv and terrorist groups operating in Syria including the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front. Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoabi told reporters in Damascus on Sunday that Syria had the right and the duty to defend its people by all available means and it would not give in to Israeli acts of aggression. The Israeli attacks on Syria have made the Middle-East more dangerous, the Syrian information minister said. Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011 with organized attacks by well-armed gangs against Syrian police forces and border guards being reported across the country./end