Saudi Gazette report

RIYADH — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held a telephone call on Wednesday with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan to discuss escalating regional security concerns, including the latest Israeli airstrikes on Syrian territory.

The call focused on the ongoing Israeli attacks, which intensified on Wednesday with a wave of strikes targeting the Syrian capital Damascus.

According to Syria’s state news agency SANA, Israeli warplanes bombed the General Staff Complex and the Presidential Palace, known as Qasr al-Shaab.

Footage shared online showed smoke rising from the impact zones following the attacks.

The strikes came shortly after Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant promised “painful blows” against Damascus. Local media also reported airstrikes on Suwayda in southern Syria.

In response, the Syrian Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning the attacks as a blatant violation of the UN Charter and international humanitarian law.

Damascus urged the UN Security Council to intervene immediately and take “urgent and concrete measures” to halt what it called repeated Israeli aggression against a sovereign UN member state.