General Soleimani:

Israel Nearing Demise

TEHRAN (defapress)- Commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Qassem Soleimani described the recent attacks of Israel on positions in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon as insane moves which indicate the last days of Tel Aviv.

News ID: 78495

Date: 26 August 2019 - 14:53

Major General Soleimani downplayed the recent Israeli attacks on a number of positions in regional countries, saying the "insane operations" were Tel Aviv's last struggles.

"There is no doubt that these insane operations will be the last struggles of the Zionist regime," the senior commander said on Sunday, according to a Twitter account attributed to him.

General Soleimani was apparently referring to recent Israeli attacks against Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon, which Tel Aviv claims are aimed at targeting "Iranian" positions.

Former Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Mohsen Rezayee strongly dismissed the claim made by Tel Aviv about killing an Iranian military serviceman in the Saturday night attack on Damascus, adding that Israel and the US are unable to attack Iranian military positions.

The Syrian Army air defense repelled Israel’s missile attack on the Syrian Army positions near Damascus on Saturday night. Tel Aviv claimed that it has damaged an Iranian-managed center in the attack.

Rezayee strongly rejected the claims, saying, “Israel and the US do not have the power to attack any of the different Iranian centers. Meanwhile, none of our advisory centers has been damaged.”

“Measures that Israel and the US are jointly undertaking in Syria and Iraq are against the international rules. And Syrian and Iraqi defenders will soon respond to them,” Rezayee told ILNA on Sunday on the sideline of an event in Qazvin province.

According to the Arabic-language SANA news agency, Syria has also denied the claims, saying the majority of the Israeli missiles had been destroyed before they could reach their target.

Syria has condemned the attacks while rejecting Israeli claims about the presence of any Iranian forces or their allied forces in the country.

The Israeli attacks come as Syrian military forces are taking back control of more territories from terrorists.

The SANA news agency quoted a military source as saying that Israeli army launched missile attacks on the military positions of the Syrian army near Damascus from its positions in the Golan Heights.

It noted that the Syrian Army’s air defense systems intercepted the Israeli missiles before they could reach their targets.

The Arabic-language website of the Russian Sputnik news agency also reported that the Syrian Army’s Air Defense systems confronted Israel’s missile attacks on Southwestern Syria in Syria-Lebanon-Occupied Golan triangle.

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