Syria to react to Zionist Israel aggression in time: Syrian official

A Syrian official says Damascus will respond to Israeli attacks against its territory at a time it chooses to.

“Syria will respond to the Israeli aggression and will choose the moment to do so,” the unnamed official close to the Syrian government said on Monday.

“It might not be immediate because Israel now is on high alert,” he noted, adding, “We will wait but we will answer.”

Syria says the Israeli regime has carried out airstrikes against three military sites near the Syrian capital on Sunday morning, 48 hours after another reported Israeli strike against a research center in the country.

“The international community should know that the complex situation in the region has become more dangerous after this aggression,” the Syrian government said after an emergency meeting.

Syria “has not just a right but a duty to protect the homeland and the state and the people from any attack, whether internal or external, by all ways and means and capabilities available,” it added.

Syria’s Foreign Ministry has sent letters to the United Nations and its Security Council stating that Israel’s aggression shows the link between Tel Aviv and terrorist groups operating in Syria including the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front.

Meanwhile, the anti-Syria countries including Turkey and several Arab states in the region have taken a silent stance on Tel Aviv’s acts of aggression against Syria.

The turmoil in Syria began over two years ago, and many people, including large numbers of Syrian soldiers and security personnel have been killed.