General Abbas receives calls offering condolences for the earthquake victims

Damascus (ST): General Ali Mahmoud Abbas, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Armed Forces and Minister of Defense, received a phone call from Major General Mohammad Bagheri, the Iranian Chief of Staff, who expressed his heartfelt condolences for the victims of the devastating earthquake that struck Syria, stressing his country’s readiness and willingness to provide the necessary aid and assistance to the Syrian people.

In addition the commander of the Russian forces operating in Syria conveyed the condolences of General Sergei Shoigu, the Russian Minister of Defense, to General Abbas, stressing that Russia stands by the Syrian people in their ordeal, and provides all the necessary aid and assistance to those affected.

The Minister of Defense also received a phone call from General Joseph Aoun, Commander of the Lebanese Army, who offered condolences on behalf of the brotherly Lebanese people to Syria, leadership and people, and affirmed Lebanon’s support for Syria in facing the humanitarian catastrophe, and the dispatch of a military rescue team with its full crews and field equipment for search and rescue operations to the affected governorates in Syria.

K.Q.