Saudi media report on Iran-Russia cooperation in Syria aims to falsely dignify Israel: Iran’s Nour News

Iran's Nour News rejects a false claim by Saudi-owned newspaper Asharq al-Awsat that Russia has asked Iran to remove its forces from areas in western and central Syria after the Israeli regime conducted "several" air strikes against the Arab country.

"According to the information received by Nour News, the report published in Asharq al-Awsat was false and Russia has not made such a request from Iran. The Zionists' attacks were also exaggerated," Nour News, affiliated with Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), said on Saturday.

"Falsification of such news aims to boost the morale of the remnants of Takfiri terrorism in Syria and also to portray the Zionist regime as an influential [player] in the political and security equations of the region," it added, emphasizing that such false reports are not based on the current realities on the ground in Syria.

The news website pointed out that Iran has been offering military advisory support to Syria at the request of the Damascus government and with the purpose of fighting terrorism, adding, "The strategic cooperation among Iran, Syria and Russia in the fight against terrorism in the region, especially in Levant, will continue powerfully."

Some regional media outlets pursue such fabricated news with the aim of creating a gap in Iran-Russia-Syria cooperation, which had an unprecedented effect in defeating the West's adventurous plans to use terrorism as a tool for political domination of the region, it pointed out.

The Saudi-owned newspaper Asharq al-Awsat published an article on Friday claiming that Russia has demanded Iranian forces withdraw from military positions west of Syria’s Hama province as well as from positions in central and western Syria to prevent the forces from being targeted by Israeli raids.

The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on Wednesday that the Israeli regime has conducted "several" air strikes against the Aleppo International Airport in western Syria, targeting the facility with missiles.

Israel conducts 'several' strikes against Syria's Aleppo airport: Report

The Israeli regime conducts "several" strikes against the Aleppo International Airport in western Syria.

In a tweet on Thursday, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad sternly warned that Israel is "playing with fire" after the regime conducted airstrikes near the capital, Damascus, and on Aleppo's international airport.

Syria FM warns Israel against ‘playing with fire’ after airstrikes on Damascus, Aleppo

The Syrian foreign minister warns that Israel is "playing with fire" after the regime conducted airstrikes near Damascus and on Aleppo

"Israel is playing with fire and is putting the regional military and security situations at risk of an explosion. Syria will not remain silent regarding the repeated Israeli attacks and the Israelis will pay the price sooner or later," Mikdad tweeted.

Syria and the Israeli regime are technically at war due to the latter’s 1967-to-present occupation of the Arab country’s Golan Heights. Israel maintains a significant military presence in the territory, which it uses as one of its launching pads for attacks against the Syrian soil.

The regime's attacks on Syria started to grow significantly in scale and frequency after 2011 when the Arab country found itself in the grips of foreign-backed militancy and terrorism.

The Wednesday attack was the second one by the Tel Aviv regime to target the Arab country's airports.

On June 10, the occupying regime attacked the Damascus International Airport, causing the airport to go completely out of service for a period of two weeks.

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