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Moscow, SANA- The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that its Aerospace Forces operating in Syria destroyed two bases for terrorist organizations in Homs and Deir Ezzor provinces.

“Strikes delivered by the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed two bases for terrorists, who left al-Tanf zone and took refuge in hard-to-reach areas of the El-Amor ridge in the province of Homs and the El-Bishri ridge in the province of Deir Ezzor,” Deputy Head of the Russian Coordination Center in Hmeimim, Maj. Gen. Yury Popov said in a press statement.

The US occupation forces have established military bases in areas they occupied in al-Jazeera region and in al-Tanf area since 2014 under the pretext of fighting Daesh “ISIS” terrorist organization, while facts later showed that the US occupation took those bases as a starting point to support terrorist organizations deployed in the region, including groups of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists and ISIS, which is listed on the international terrorist list, for using them to attack Syrian Arab Army sites, population centers, and vital facilities in Syria.

In a related context, the Russian military official indicated that two attacks were recorded by terrorists from Jabhat al-Nusra and the so-called “the Islamic Party of Turkestan” during the past 24 hours in the Idleb de-escalation zone on safe sites in Aleppo and Lattakia provinces.

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Tehran, SANA- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has reiterated that the Israeli occupation entity’s violation of humanitarian standards and international laws, including the treacherous terrorist attack that targeted the Iranian consulate in Damascus last Monday, will not go unanswered.

“The Zionist entity has demonstrated by this action that it is ready to commit any crime against humanity in order to cover up its defeats on the battlefield”, IRNA news agency quoted Raisi as saying in a speech during al-Quds Day, which was held virtually on Wednesday under the slogan “Flood of the Free”.

Raisi noted that “Operation al-Aqsa Flood” constituted a response to long years of destruction and the silence of international forums concerned with human rights regarding the crimes of the Zionist entity against the Palestinian people.

The Iranian President added that the developments in Gaza have proven more than ever that the Zionist entity does not recognize any moral standards. It has also been proven to everyone, thanks to the Palestinians today, that the house of this entity is weaker than the web of a spider.

Raisi pointed out that West who claims to defend human rights has not made any effort to stop the brutal attacks on the Gaza Strip, but rather it is a partner with the Zionist entity in these massacres.

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Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- Following are the latest developments of Operation “al-Aqsa Flood” launched by the Palestinian resistance on October 7, in response to the attacks launched by the Israeli occupation on the war-ravaged Gaza Strip:

Palestinian Health Ministry: number of victims of ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip since October 7 has risen to 33,037 martyrs and 75,668 wounded.

Palestinian Health Ministry: Israeli occupation committed 6 massacres in Gaza Strip during the past hours, leaving 62 martyrs and 91 wounded.

A number of Palestinians martyred on 181st day of Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip

Palestinian media: A young Palestinian man martyred by Israeli occupation fire in Ya’bad town, southwest of Jenin city, West Bank.

Palestinian media: 7 martyrs, including 3 children, in Israeli aircraft bombing of two houses in Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip.

New York, SANA-Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dmitry Polyansky, announced that the UN and UK refused to discuss a statement prepared by Russia for the UN Security Council on the Israeli aggression targeting the Iranian consulate in Damascus.

“Following the April 2 session of the UN Security Council about Israel’s attack on the consular department of the Iranian Embassy in Damascus, Russia prepared a draft UN Security Council media statement with a standard text for such cases. Nevertheless, the United States and the United Kingdom were reluctant to even discuss it, citing lack of unified approach to the incident during the session,” TASS news agency quoted Polyansky as saying Wednesday in a post on Telegram.

Polyansky pointed out that Washington, London and Paris “did not condemn this blatant violation of international law, but rather began a verbal acrobatics from which it was possible to conclude that Iran itself bears responsibility for this.”

“This is an excellent show of the Western trio’s double standards, and its true – not declarative – attitude to law and order in the international context,” he added.

Earlier, Polyansky said that his country’s delegation, “in agreement with our Iranian and Syrian colleagues, distributed a draft press statement to the Security Council condemning this attack,” considering it “another opportunity to test the true intentions of Western colleagues.”

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Moscow, SANA- Russian Ministry of Defense announced Thursday that it shot down five Ukrainian drones over the territory of the Russian Belgorod and Tula regions.

“Russian air defense systems thwarted attempts by the Kiev regime to carry out terrorist attacks using drones against targets on the territory of Russia, and destroyed five Ukrainian drones over the Belgorod and Tula regions,” the ministry said in a statement quoted by the Russia Today website.

Kiev regime is pursuing terrorist methods, foremost of which is the use of attack drones and artillery shelling against civilians and civilian facilities in Russia in an attempt to divert attention from its defeats.

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Nouakchott, Dushanbe, SANA- The Islamic Republic of Mauritania has condemned the Israeli terrorist attack that targeted the Iranian consulate in Damascus.

In a statement published by the Mauritanian News Agency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad considered this attack a blatant violation of the sovereignty of the Syrian Republic, and a great disregard for international agreements and conventions that protect the sanctity of diplomatic and consular headquarters.

 “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, and Mauritanians Abroad received with strong condemnation the targeting of the Iranian consulate in Damascus by Israeli aircraft, in a blatant violation of the sovereignty of the Syrian Republic, and in great disregard for international agreements and conventions that protect the sanctity of diplomatic and consular headquarters,” the statement read.

The statement added: “The Ministry denounces this shameful targeting and reaffirms the necessity of respecting diplomatic and consular headquarters and the sovereignty of states, in accordance with the international law.”

Tajikistan also condemned the Israeli terrorist aggression that targeted the Iranian consulate in Damascus last Monday, stressing that it violates international laws.

The Tajik Foreign Ministry affirmed in a statement that: “Such actions constitute a violation of international laws, especially the Vienna Conventions… We consider them completely unacceptable.”

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Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- A number of Palestinians were martyred and others were injured at dawn today in Israeli occupation bombing that targeted several areas of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip on the 181st day of the ongoing aggression against the Strip.

Palestinian media reported that the occupation aircraft launched a series of raids on the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, which led to the martyrdom of 8 Palestinians, including three children.

The occupation forces also bombed a house in al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah, which resulted in a number of martyrs and wounded. Meanwhile, four Palestinians were martyred and 15 others were wounded in a bombing by occupation aircraft on al-Maghazi camp, central Gaza Strip.

In the same context, Palestinian rescue and civil defense crews were able to recover a number of child martyrs and others who were wounded, and rescued a surviving child from under the rubble of a house northeast of Rafah, after it was bombed by occupation aircraft at dawn Thursday.

The Palestinian Health Ministry announced Wednesday that the number of victims of the ongoing Israeli occupation aggression against the Gaza Strip since October 7 has risen to 32,975 martyrs and 75,577 wounded, while a number of victims are still under rubble and on the roads, and the emergency and civil defense crews cannot reach them.

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Cairo, SANA- Syria’s Permanent Representative to the Arab League, Ambassador Hossam El-Din Ala, has affirmed that the genocidal war committed by the Israeli occupation entity in the Gaza Strip and the escalating attacks on Syrian and Lebanese lands threaten international and regional peace and security as a whole and exacerbate the situation in the region.

Ambassador Ala’s remarks came during the extraordinary session of the Arab League Council at the level of permanent delegates to discuss developments in the situation in Palestine.

The Syrian diplomat added that the Israeli aggression against the Iranian consulate headquarters in Damascus, in a densely populated area and at rush hour, caused martyrs among Iranian diplomats and Syrian citizens, constituted an aggression against the sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic and set a precedent for deliberately targeting the headquarters of a diplomatic mission protected under the Vienna Conventions and the rules of international law.

“Syria condemns this aggression and the grave violation of international laws and norms, and appreciates the positions issued by the Arab League and the brotherly Arab countries that condemned this aggression as a violation of the sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic and a threat to its territorial integrity, and warns of its dangerous consequences on security and regional peace,” Ambassador Ala said.

Ambassador Ala noted that the continuation of the Israeli massacres and the erasure of Gaza is aimed at implementing the plan of ethnic cleansing and forced displacement that the occupying entity seeks to achieve.

Ambassador Ala said that in light of the continued American and Western military and political support, the occupying Israeli entity continues to violate all international rules, laws and norms.

He stressed that the United States insists on its full partnership in the Israeli aggression while continuing to provide deadly military supplies that are claiming the lives of hundreds of innocent people in occupied Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon, and are a cover for the continuation of the Israeli war machine.

Ambassador Ala added that Syria supports the draft resolution proposed by the delegation of the State of Palestine regarding action to confront the Zionist war of genocide that has been ongoing for six months against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and throughout the occupied Palestinian territory.

Ambassador Ala renewed Syria’s full support for the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and establishing their independent state, with Jerusalem as its capital, and holding the occupation entity accountable for its crimes and massacres.

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Damascus , SANA – With military honors and in the presence of Defense Minister ,General Ali Abbas, the funeral of the martyrs of the Iranian advisors who died in the Israeli aggression on the Iranian Consulate in Damascus took place today from the Military Hospital in Damascus before moving the bodies to Tehran.

‘These martyrs were our partners in fighting terrorism on Syrian soil to purify it from terrorism and its supporters of states, terrorist groups, or organizations.” Minister Abbas said in his speech during the funeral.

“In my name and the name of every military personnel in the Syrian Arab Army, I offer condolences to Iran’s leadership, people, army and officers for the martyrdom of such heroes.” General Abbas added.

The Iranian ambassador to Syria, Hussain Akbari, in turn, said, “This heinous crime committed by the Zionist entity, which was built on murder, crime, and violation of international conventions, constitutes a clear violation to the United Nations and all countries belonging to this international group, before insulting Iran and Syria, which had known the criminal nature of this entity.”

“We confirm that this crime reserves our right to respond at the same level.” the Iranian ambassador Akbari stressed.

Damascus, SANA-The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR ) strongly condemned the Israeli aggression that targeted the Iranian Consulate in Damascus on Tuesday.

The Network called on the Security Council to decide in this regard on what measures must be taken in accordance with the UN Global Compact to implement its decisions and maintain international peace and security.

The network described this blatant aggression as a double assault on the Syrian sovereignty as well as Iran’s, and as crossing all red lines and an affront to human dignity, international institutions and global public opinion, calling on the international community and all countries to boycott the occupying entity and bring its rulers to the international courts of justice and crimes.

Vienna, SANA- United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) confirmed Wednesday that the Israeli occupation continues to prevent it from reaching the northern Gaza Strip to provide food aid and basic supplies.

Hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the southern Gaza Strip suffer from a lack of water, food, and medical supplies due to the occupation’s control over the entry of humanitarian aid through the crossings UNRWA confirmed in a post on X platform.

Since the beginning of the war on Gaza, 176 UNRWA staff members have been tragically killed by the Israeli occupying forces as a result of heavy shelling targeting homes, facilities, infrastructure and shelter centers.

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Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- Palestinian Health Ministry announced that the total number of victims of the Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip since October 7, has reached 32,975 martyrs and 65,577 injured.

Over the past 24 hours,Israeli occupation committed 5 massacres in Gaza Strip, leaving 59 martyrs and 83 wounded, while a number of victims are still under rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them, the Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

Three Palestinians were martyred, and a number of others were injured in Israeli occupation bombing of houses south of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza Strip.

Five martyrs were martyred, and 10 others were injured in the occupation artillery shelling a number of houses in Khan Yunis city, south of Gaza Strip.

The occupation artillery bombed several neighborhoods in Gaza City, including Sheikh Ajlin, Tal al-Hawa, and al-Zaytoun, wounding a number of Palestinians, as the occupation navy targeted, with its shells and machine guns, the houses and tents of the displaced in al-Mawasi area in the cities of Rafah and Khan Yunis, south of Gaza Strip.

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Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- Following are the latest developments of Operation “al-Aqsa Flood” launched by the Palestinian resistance on October 7, in response to the attacks launched by the Israeli occupation on the war-ravaged Gaza Strip:

-Palestinian resistance fires mortar shells at a gathering for Israeli enemy soldiers and vehicles southwest of Gaza.

-Palestinian Health Ministry: Over the past 24 hours, Israeli occupation committed 5 massacres in the Gaza Strip, leaving 59 martyrs and 83 wounded.

-Palestinian Health Ministry: The number of victims of ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip has risen to 32,975 martyrs and 75,577 wounded.

-Palestinian resistance attacks with mortar shells an Israeli foot force east of al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza .

-Palestinian media: 3 martyrs, others injured in Israeli occupation bombing of houses south of Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip.

New York, SANA- Moscow has circulated a UN Security Council draft statement condemning Israeli aggression on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky said.

As a result of discussions and based on an agreement with our Iranian and Syrian colleagues, we circulated a Security Council draft statement to the media, which condemns what happened,” Polyansky was quoted by RT as saying on Telegram.

“This is another opportunity to test the real intentions of our Western colleagues. We’ll see how work on the document goes,” Polyansky added.

Earlier on Tuesday, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, has renewed his country’s condemnation of the Israeli attacks on Syrian territory, which constitute a “flagrant violation of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

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Beirut, SANA The Israeli enemy renewed on Wednesday its attacks on a number of villages and towns in southern Lebanon.

“The Israeli enemy targeted with artillery shelling the towns of Aita al-Shaab, Ramya, the outskirts of al-Naqoura and other towns. Meanwhile, enemy reconnaissance aircraft continued to fly over the villages of Tyre and Bint Jbeil villages,” according to Lebanese National News Agency.

The enemy reconnaissance aircraft hovered over villages of the western and central sectors overnight, in coincidence with firing flares over the border villages adjacent to the Blue Line.

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Taipei, SANA-At least four people were killed and more than 700 injured in a powerful earthquake in Taiwan on Wednesday morning.

“The deaths were recorded in Hualien County, the epicenter of the earthquake, where three of the victims died on a hiking trail and the fourth died in a highway tunnel,” AFP quoted the National Fire Service as saying.

According to Taiwanese meteorology, the magnitude of the earthquake exceeded 7.4 degrees on the Richter scale, while a tsunami early warning center in the Pacific Ocean announced that the risk of high tsunami waves resulting from the violent earthquake had largely passed, but at the same time, it called on residents of coastal areas to stay alert.

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Damascus, SANA- President Bashar al-Assad made a phone call with President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, during which he offered his deepest condolences on the martyrdom of a number of Iranian military advisors in the brutal, dirty attack that targeted the Iranian consulate in Damascus.

President al-Assad, on his behalf and on the behalf of the Syrian people, expressed deep sympathy and condolences for this great loss to the families of the martyrs and to the dear Iranian people.

President al-Assad stressed that what the Zionist entity did in targeting the headquarters of a diplomatic mission in a densely populated area, full of civilians is not surprising, as this entity was built on killing, bloodshed, displacement and plunder, and the genocides and massacres that have been continuing in Gaza for more than six months are the clearest evidence of the barbarism of this entity.

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New York, SANA-Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, has renewed his country’s condemnation of the Israeli attacks on Syrian territory, which constitute a “flagrant violation of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

Nebenzya’s remarks during UN Security Council session Tuesday devoted to discussing the Israeli aggression against the Iranian consulate building in Damascus.

“The Russian Federation strongly condemns the ongoing Israeli airstrikes on the sovereign territory of Syria, viewing them as a gross violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of that country,” the Russian diplomat was quoted by Sputnik as saying at a meeting of the Security Council.

“We believe such aggressive actions by (Israel), which are designed to further inflame the conflict, are unacceptable and must be stopped.” Nebenzya said.

The diplomat called on the international community to condemn these Israeli attacks that violate Syrian sovereignty.

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Nouakchott, SANA-Mauritanian Youth Gathering, the Socialist Unionist Party, and the Mauritanian Forum to support the Palestinian people and defend urgent issues organized a solidarity stand in front of the Syrian embassy in Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, to denounce Israeli aggression against Syria and the targeting of Iranian consulate building in Damascus.

The participants in the stand gave speeches in which they expressed their solidarity with Syria and their pride in its national stands under the leadership of President Bashar al-Assad.

For his part, Ambassador, Qusay Mustafa, in his speech at the end of the stand, praised the solidarity activists, indicating the dimensions of repeated Israeli attacks on Syria.

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