DamascusMOSCOW, Feb 10 Syria can use all legal means to respond to Israeli strikes on territory of the country, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. «The government of the Syrian Arab Republic strongly condemns the cowardly Israeli aggression against Syrian territory committed at dawn (Wednesday — ed.)», the ministry said. The Syrian Foreign Ministry stressed that Israeli strikes are a violation of the principles of international law and the UN Charter. The army on Wednesday said the Israeli air force launched a series of strikes on targets in Damascus from Lebanese airspace during the night. The air defense systems of the SAR managed to shoot down part of the missiles, but one Syrian soldier was killed, five were injured. The Israeli army said it had attacked Syrian air defense systems in response to the launch of an anti-aircraft missile from the territory of the SAR. Israel regularly strikes from the air against targets in Syria under the pretext of countering pro-Iranian armed formations that threaten, according to Tel Aviv, the security of Israel. Damascus has repeatedly appealed to the UN Security Council demanding that it put pressure on the neighboring state to stop systematically violating Syrian sovereignty. coalition to leave Syria
