Forum   Contacts   RSS
AtomInfo.Ru


Russia Concerned by Reports of Israeli Air Strike on Syria

RIA Novosti, PUBLISHED February 03, 2013

Moscow is “deeply concerned” over reports of Israeli air strikes on Syrian territory on Wednesday and is seeking confirmation of what could be a serious violation of the UN charter, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

Moscow said it is looking into reports that Israeli fighter jets carried out an air strike on a military research center near Damascus on Wednesday.

If the reports of “unprovoked strikes” hitting a sovereign country’s territory are confirmed, this would constitute a violation of fundamental United Nations principles, the Foreign Ministry said.

Such attacks are ”unacceptable, no matter where their motivations lie,” the Foreign Ministry added.

Syrian state media, citing the army’s general command, said the strikes killed at least two people. Western media reports said Israeli jets had bombed a convoy allegedly carrying weapons destined for the Shia militant group Hezbollah, which has previously fired rockets into Israel from Lebanon.

The Associated Press quoted an anonymous US official saying the convoy was carrying Russian-made Buk M-2 (NATO: SA-17) anti-aircraft missiles.

In March 2012, Israel’s Haaretz daily reported Syria had supplied Hezbollah with advanced Russian-made anti-aircraft missile systems and was training operators how to use them, in a move which could threaten Israeli air supremacy in the region.

In 2007, Israel carried out another air raid on Syria, hitting what it said was intended to be a nuclear reactor site. It also destroyed an Iraqi nuclear reactor in a bombing raid in 1981.

Israel has not officially commented on the reported incident. Earlier this week, Israeli officials voiced alarm over Syrian chemical or biological weapons possibly falling into the hands of Hezbollah or other militant groups which might use them against Israel.

The Russia Foreign Ministry also called on for peaceful dialogue without foreign influence in Syria, where over 60,000 have died according to the UN in almost two years of civil war.

Topics: Russia, Russia


Other news:

Iran Refuels Nuclear Plant

The refueling operation was conducted in the presence of experts from the IAEA.

TENAM and Fuelco Conclude the First Contract for Supply of Russian Enriched Uranium to a U.S. Generating Company

I am deeply proud that TENAM, after our incorporation in 2010, has concluded our first contract with the Fuelco group.

Unit 4 of Kalinin NPP released for commercial operation

Sergey Kirienko greeted the ceremony participants on the power unit commissioning for the commercial operation.


Hero of the day

Jacques Repussard

Jacques Repussard: knowledge, independence, proximity

They told me: "Mr Repussard, we're not used to responding to anti-nuclear organisations". To which I replied: "We will not reveal any state or trade secrets, but we will not leave them without any answer".



INTERVIEW

Georgy Toshinsky

Georgy Toshinsky
Not quite so. The authors of the concept, which was difficult to be realized in practice, turned to a clearer concept of a standing wave reactor (TP-1) that in principle allows finding the solution to the tasks stated for TWRs.


OPINION

Vladimir Rychin

Vladimir Rychin
Replacement of steam generators in San Onofre NPP - the story lasting for years and costing billions of dollars.


Search:


Rambler's Top100