Iran Press/ Middle East: Syria’s permanent ambassador to the UN in Vienna, Bassam Sabbagh referring to Israel's admission of responsibility for an act of military aggression against Syria in 2007, after one decade of denial, said it is necessary today to unequivocally condemn Israel's continuing attacks on Syria, and its refusal to abide by international treaties.
Syria’s permanent Ambassador to the UN in Vienna also said Israel remaining outside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and its refusal to submit to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections of its nuclear facilities "poses a grave danger to the non-proliferation regime and is a source of deep concern in the Middle East."
On 3 August, the Syrian military announced that it had shot down two Israeli spy drones west of Damascus.
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Sabbagh, in a statement at the 62nd conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), expressed Syria’s strong condemnation of Israel’s refusal to submit to international inspections of its nuclear facilities.
Syria’s permanent ambassador to the UN in Vienna added: “Syria was one of the first countries to join the NPT, and it is still committed to the noble meanings and goals of this treaty which concern peaceful use of the nuclear energy.”
Israel is among 9 members of the world's nuclear club and the first regime to possess nuclear weapons in the Middle East.
Israel is estimated to have 200 to 400 nuclear warheads in its' arsenal. The regime, which pursues a policy of so-called deliberate ambiguity about its' nuclear bombs, however, refuses to either accept or deny having the weapons.
Supported by its' staunch ally the US and other Western countries, Israel has also defied calls to join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Iran, among the first countries to sign the NPT, has long called for the establishment of a nuke-free Middle East, describing Israel as the sole obstacle to the goal.
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