ISTANBUL

Syria called on Wednesday for immediate intervention by the UN Security Council to stop the ongoing Israeli attacks on the country.

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry denounced the Israeli attacks on the capital Damascus and Suwayda in southern Syria as “a flagrant violation of the UN Charter and international humanitarian law.”

It called on the international community, especially the UN Security Council, “to assume its responsibilities and take urgent and concrete measures to put an end to the repeated Israeli aggression against the territory of a sovereign state and UN member.”