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Russia calls on Israel to honor int'l law

By Haaretz Correspondent and Agencies , By Yoav Stern

Russia on Thursday called on Israel to respect international law following an alleged violation of Syrian airspace.

The country expressed "exteme concern" in the wake of Syrian claims that its military fired on an Israel Air Force warplane that had entered its airspace and "dropped munitions."

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"The reports have caused extreme concern in Moscow," the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement.

"Particularly troubling is that this is the Middle East, a region already heavy with serious conflicts and tension."

Iran, meanwhile, slammed Israel over the reported incident, saying that it was seeking to compensate for its "failure" in last year's war against Hezbollah.

"The aims of that... provocative move by the Zionist regime was to shift its domestic crisis into areas other than Palestine, spreading insecurity in the region and covering up its failure in the 33-day war against Lebanon," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said.

Iran's ambassador to Damascus had contacted Syrian security officials and said that "Iran is ready to provide every kind of assistance to Syria," the official IRNA news agency reported.

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