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Monday, December 23, 2019
Top Iranian official threatens Israel over Syria strikes
Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, says Israel will “regret its crimes,” a day after an airstrike near Damascus attributed to Israel killed three Iranians.
“Illegal Israeli attacks in the region cannot pass without a response,” he tells Kremlin-controlled broadcaster Russia Today Arabic.
He also threatens that the Hezbollah terror group will attack Israel if it attacks Lebanon.