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Iran threatened to escalate the situation in the Middle East if Israel continues to attack in Syria, according to a report by Kuwaiti paper Al-Jarida.

“Quds Force commander Major-General Qasem Soleimani visited southern Syria and that was the trigger to the Israeli-Iranian conflict. Soleimani’s visit violated the American-Russian-Israeli agreement, arriving at a Syrian own located less than 40km from the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights,” the report stated.

Soleimani’s visit occurred during the evening and lasted two hours, as it was monitored by intelligence officials, according to sources.

Syria warned in advance

The Iranian Supreme National Security Council convened on Monday night and listened to Soleimani’s report on his visit to Syria and the Israeli attacks, a senior Iranian official told the paper.

The source also conveyed that the Russians notified the Iranians 30 minutes in advance of the targets Israel will attack. The Iranians managed to evacuate the areas and minimizing the damage.

Soleimani said that the only way to stop the Israeli attacks is to respond with three missiles for every Israeli one, and attempt to intercept any Israeli fighter jets, even those flying over Lebanon. He stressed the need to pressure the Syrian government in to respond to the Israeli attacks, especially after Netanyahu admitted Israel committed the attacks, which according to International Law, legitimizes Syrian retaliation, the source revealed.

Soleimani also related to the Israeli elections and said that an Iranian attack in Israel would destroy Netanyahu’s chances at the elections, otherwise he will continue the Israeli aggression until he wins the elections.

According to the source, the Iranian Supreme National Security Council decided upon pressuring the Syrian government to respond to future Israeli attacks, and to send an announcement to Russia that Iran will retaliate as it sees fit if any Iranian force is targeted.

“The UNSC’s failure to act against Israel and the support it receives from permanent members of the UNSC has encouraged the Israeli aggression,” the Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Ja’afari said Tuesday night. “There were no calls to halt such acts by this UNSC, in light of the position of the US, Britain and France, who are partners and supporters of Israel…[but] Syria intends to exercise its right to self-defense and to work to take back the Golan Heights.”

Ja’afari also threaSyria threatened to attack Ben-Gurion Airport in response to Israel’s aerial strike against a weapons storage site at Damascus International Airport earlier this week.