The Syrian government on Monday condemned as a "flagrant violation" of its territory the Israeli air raids against the military garrisons, southern the country, according to a Foreign Ministry statement.

The Syrian government on Monday condemned as a "flagrant violation" of its territory the Israeli air raids against the military garrisons, southern the country, according to a Foreign Ministry statement.

In two identical letters to the United Nations Secretary General and to the President of the UN Security Council, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said, "The Israeli occupation forces on Sunday and Monday carried out a new attack against positions inside Syrian territory, which constitutes a new, flagrant violation of the 1974 Separation of Forces Agreement, of the UN charter and international law."

Israeli warplanes raided Syrian military garrisons after a mortar shell was launched from Syria, killing a Zionist settler on the Israeli-occupied side of the Golan Heights.