DAMASCUS,(ST)-In a statement released after an extraordinary session convened today ,the Council of Ministers underscored that the Israeli’s aggression on Syria opens the door widely for calculations .Furthermore, the aggression shows a solid cooperation between the takfiri terrorist groups and the Israeli enemy.
’Omran al-Zou’bi, the Information Minister, read the statement: “the Israeli enemy launched overnight(Sunday 5-5-2013) a flagrant aggression on the Syrian Arab Republic using missiles to bombard military facilities in a blatant violation to the international law paying no heed to the relevant obligations”.
“A long time ago, Syria asserted that there is a cohesion(goals, tools and means)between the takfiri thought ,Zionism, terrorists and al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra-Front. Syria has presented a lot of evidences on the said cohesion plus this aggression which scheduled where our valor forces ,backed by our people, accomplished remarkable achievements in fighting terrorism and terrorists who flocked into Syria from a large number of countries and being funded by the entities of humiliation(referring to some Arab countries),”added the statement.
“the government of the Syrian Arab Republic affirms the necessity that the Army will continue their victories over as regards fighting the puppets of Israel inside Syria .It is always that the government’s duty is to defend homeland ,state and people either from internal aggression or external one by all means and available potential…..Long Live Syria….Glory to our Armed Forces…May God Have Mercy on Martyrs,”the statement concluded.

Foreign and Expatriates Ministry Slams Israeli Aggression
“undoubtedly, the blatant Israeli aggression mounts to a firm coordination between Israel and terrorist and takfiri groups affiliated to al-Nusra Front which regarded as one of al-Qaeda wings ,”Foreign and Expatriates Ministry on Sunday said in a two identical letters sent to the UN Security Council President and the UN Secretary .
“the flagrant aggression aims at providing a direct military support to the said groups as they have recently failed to attain gains on the ground, added the ministry.
The ministry made it clear that Israel’s incessant to go ahead in its aggression will definitely escalate the tension in the region and consequently drags the region into a wide-scale war that pose a threat to the international security in the region and across the globe as a whole.
“The Syrian Arab Republic’s government do believe that the US statements ,released prior and aftermath of the mentioned raid, have urged Israel to launch its aggressive airstrike rather than securing a political nod and wink to breach Syria’s sovereignty in an apparent violation to the UN Charter and the international law, “added the ministry.
The Ministry clarified that at 1:40 am on Sunday May 5th, 2013, Israeli warplanes ,violated Syria’s sky from the occupied territories and southern Lebanon, launched an air missile strike from the occupied territories and southern Lebanon on three positions of the Armed Forces in Syria, namely in the northeast of Jamraya, in Maysaloun and at a paragliding airport in al-Dimas area in Damascus and its countryside.
‘the Israeli aggression resulted in a number of martyrs and injured people and caused huge damage either in military sites or in the residential areas, “the ministry concluded.
M.A. Al-Ibrahim /M.D