Embassy refutes Israeli 'lies' of capturing Iranians in Syria
Iran’s embassy in Damascus has rejected as "lies" the Israeli claims of capturing Iranian advisors during a recent attack on Syria.
“After 11 months of failure, the Zionist entity is so frustrated that it sees no other way to save itself but to kill children and spread lies,” the embassy said in a post on social media platform X on Thursday.
The embassy condemned the recent Israeli bombing of Syria’s Masyaf, stressing that it “didn’t affect any of the Iranian advisors.”
The statement came as some media outlets claimed that Israeli forces carried out a raid on “an Iranian weapons facility” and captured Iranian "two to four" nationals during the attack on Syria late Sunday.
“The entity’s allegations are lies, and are only published by unknown media outlets, which are mouthpieces of the entity,” the embassy said.
A series of Israeli airstrikes hit multiple military installations and buildings near Masyaf in the central province of Hama late on Sunday, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens of others.
Condemning the "criminal attack" in Syria, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan’ani on Monday said, "We do not confirm what was reported by media outlets linked to the Zionist regime about an attack on an Iranian center or a center under Iran's protection."
Israel frequently targets military positions inside Syria, especially those of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah which has played a key role in helping the Syrian army in its fight against foreign-backed terrorists.
The Tel Aviv regime rarely comments on its attacks on Syrian territories, which many see as a knee-jerk reaction to the Syrian government’s phenomenal success in confronting and decimating terrorism.
Sunday’s attack comes amid Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip which has killed 41,118 Palestinians and injured nearly 95,125 others since October 7.
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