Syria condemns Israel’s deadly Daraa strike, calls for international probe

Syria condemned Israel’s bombing of the western Daraa province on Tuesday, urging an international investigation into what it described as Tel Aviv’s violations of its sovereignty and crimes against its citizens.

At least six people were killed and several others injured in an Israeli incursion and shelling in the town of Koya, located in western Daraa.

In a statement, the Syrian Foreign Ministry denounced “the ongoing Israeli aggression on Syrian territory, which saw a dangerous escalation in Koya town in Daraa.”

The ministry said this escalation “was the latest in a series of violations that began with Israeli incursions into the Quneitra and Daraa provinces, and ongoing assaults on Syrian territory,” calling it “a blatant violation of national sovereignty and international law.”

Syria “categorically rejects these crimes” and is calling for “an international investigation into the offenses committed against innocents and into Israel’s violations,” the ministry added.