Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has condemned the recent Israeli attack on Syria, saying Tel Aviv must not be allowed to carry on with its acts of aggression against regional countries.
In a phone conversation with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabi Berry on Monday, Larijani said, “Israel must not be allowed to continue its aggressive measures against regional countries by taking advantage of the current situation in Syria.”
“The issue of Palestine is still the main priority for the Muslim world; and despite the situation in the region, Muslim nations will continue their support for the oppressed people of Palestine against the Israeli regime.”
Berry, for his part, also condemned Israel’s attack against Syria and said the crisis in the Arab state is an attempt to weaken the resistance front against Tel Aviv and in line with the Israeli regime’s interests.
On January 30, the Syrian army said two people had been killed and five others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a research center in Jamraya, near the capital, Damascus.
The Lebanese official described the raid as “a plot not only against Syria, but against all Muslim countries.”
Also in separate phone talks with Larijani, Iraqi Parliament Speaker Osama Najifi and his Algerian counterpart Mohamed al-Arabi Ould Khalifa condemned Israel’s attack on Syria.
The Algerian Parliament speaker called for solidarity and cooperation to prevent more acts of aggression by Israel against regional countries.
Khalifa added that reforms and the establishment of democracy are the only real solutions to the crisis in Syria.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March 2011. Many people, including large numbers of security personnel, have been killed in the violence.
The Syrian government says the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country, and there are reports that a very large number of the militants fighting the Syrian government are foreign nationals.
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