Iranian Defense Minister: Israeli Attack on Syria Endangers Regional Peace

Source : Fars News Agency

Peace TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi condemned the Israeli attack on a research center in the outskirts of Damascus today, and warned that the Zionist regime is endangering security of the entire region.

The Iranian defense minister warned that the sinister measures by Israel jeopardize the security of the entire region, and said the Tel Aviv move revealed its confusion vis-à-vis the current developments across the Middle-East.

Explosions shook Damascus early on Sunday. The Syrian state television said Israeli rockets had struck a military research centre on the outskirts of the capital.

The blasts occurred a day after an Israeli official said his country had carried out an air strike targeting a consignment of missiles in Syria. The research centre hit on Sunday was also targeted by Israel in January, the Voice of Russia reported.

"The new Israeli attack is an attempt to raise the morale of the terrorist groups which have been reeling from strikes by our noble army," Syrian television said, referring to recent offensives by President Bashar al-Assad's forces against rebels.

There was no immediate comment from Israeli officials on Sunday's explosions.

Late in January, the Syrian Army said in a statement that two people were killed and five others injured in an Israeli air strike on a scientific center in Jamraya, 25 kilometers (15 miles) Northwest of the capital Damascus.