Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said his country will continue to provide full support for Syria and the resistance front to counter Israel’s occupation and warmongering.
Araghchi made the remarks in a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Saturday in Syria where he is on the second leg of his regional tour after paying an “important” visit to Lebanon a day earlier, Press TV reports.
“This (Iran’s) principled stance is in line with protecting regional peace and stability and supporting national security of the countries in the region,” he said.
The Syrian president, for his part, hailed Iran’s strong stance in support of the oppressed Palestinians and the right to self-defense as well as resistance against the Zionist enemy’s occupation and aggression.
Assad said the international community must make all-out efforts to end Israel’s criminal adventurism.
Syria's official news agency SANA quoted the Syrian president as saying that resistance against all forms of occupation, aggression and mass killing is a legitimate right.
He commended Iran’s “strong” response to Israel’s repeated attacks on regional nations and violation of sovereignty of the countries in the region.
He emphasized that Iran’s military response on Tuesday night gave a lesson to the Zionist entity that the axis of resistance is capable of deterring the enemy and thwarting its plans, and that it will remain strong and steadfast thanks to the will and solidarity of its peoples.
On Tuesday, the Islamic Republic launched hundreds of missiles towards the Israeli entity’s military, and espionage and intelligence bases all over the occupied territories as part of Operation True Promise II.
The operation came in response to the regime’s assassinations of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas,
Secretary General of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and Brigadier General Abbas Nilforushan, the Deputy Commander for Operations of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC).
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