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Israeli army strikes Syrian government targets

Iran continues to produce missiles, says IRGC spokesman

Снимка: БГНЕС/ EPA

The Israeli army struck Syrian government infrastructure overnight in response to attacks on Druze civilians in Sweida, the Israeli military said, quoted by Reuters, BTA reported.

The strikes targeted a command center and weapons depots in military complexes in southern Syria. The Israeli military said it would not tolerate harm to the Druze population, adding that it would continue to act in its defense and monitor developments in the region.

The spokesman for the Iranian IRGC, Gen. Ali Mohammad Naini said today that Tehran continues to produce missiles, the Associated Press reported.

The comments, refuting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claim that Iran is no longer capable of producing missiles, were made to the Iranian state-run newspaper "Iran".

"The rating of our missile industry is 20 and there is no concern in this regard because we produce missiles even in war conditions, which is amazing, and there is no specific problem with storing the stockpiles," he added.

In Iranian schools, the maximum rating is 20, the AP notes. He also said that the war will continue. "People expect the war to continue until the enemy is completely exhausted," the general told the Iranian public. "This war must end when the shadow of war lifts from the country." Reuters later reported that Iranian state television said Gen. Ali Mohammad Naini had been killed.