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Russia says Israeli strikes on Syrian airports a ‘gross violation of sovereignty’

Four pro-Hezbollah fighters were killed on Friday in an Israeli drone strike on their car in the south of Syria, a war monitor said.
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Russia condemned the Israeli strikes that knocked Syria’s two main airports on Thursday, saying they were a dangerous breach on international law.

“These actions by the Israeli side constitute a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic and of the basic norms of international law,” Russia’s foreign ministry said, adding “such military actions are fraught with extremely dangerous consequences, as they could provoke an armed escalation throughout the region”.

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