On 3 June, after midnight, Israeli air strikes struck the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city. As a result of the attack, there were numerous fatalities and casualties, and significant material damage was caused. Earlier, on the evening of 29 May, the Israeli Air Force struck a residential building in the town of Baniyas in the province of Tartus, killing a two-year-old girl and injuring her family members and other civilians living in the house.
Moscow strongly condemns these aggressive actions, which constitute a flagrant violation of Syrian sovereignty and the basic norms of international law. Such acts of force, which in the current tense regional situation could lead to extremely dangerous consequences and provoke a large-scale armed escalation, are unacceptable. The Russian Foreign Ministry once again urges the Israeli leadership to abandon this vicious practice, which is fraught with uncontrolled destabilisation of the situation in the entire Middle East.
