Speaking at his weekly press briefing on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said that the situation was a “shared regional concern” and stressed that regional stability depended on Syria’s security.

He said Syria’s security was directly tied to the wider region, pointing to continued Israeli “acts of aggression” and recent visits by senior Israeli officials to areas under Israeli occupation in Syria.

“One of the key, shared anxieties among regional nations is the continuation of attacks by the Zionist regime against Syria,” Baqaei said, adding that Tel Aviv had pushed further into Syrian territory “over recent weeks.”

He said that “the issues in the region are all interconnected,” citing the “tragic (Israeli-manufactured) crises” in Gaza and Lebanon.

Last year, the Zionist regime backed up increasingly ferocious onslaughts throughout Syria by the so-called Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group with airstrikes targeting the country’s civilian and defensive infrastructure. The HTS-led militants topped the government of President Bashar al-Assad as a result.

Reports indicated that Israel launched more than 1,000 airstrikes in Syria and carried out over 400 ground raids in the south.

After the collapse of Assad’s government, the Israeli regime expanded control over the occupied Golan Heights, taking over a demilitarized buffer zone in violation of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement.

Earlier this month, senior Israeli officials including prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the buffer zone, triggering concern from the United Nations.

Turning to regional diplomacy, Baqaei rejected claims that Saudi Arabia was mediating between Iran and Syria’s new authorities.

He said Tehran consulted with Riyadh on Syrian developments not to establish “new (communication) channels” but to promote collective regional security.

“Our dialogue is not about creating a bilateral conduit, but about contributing to regional and security conditions and ensuring mutual understanding of emerging perspectives,” he said.

He added that such diplomacy had become “a fixed agenda within Iranian diplomacy,” involving Saudi Arabia and other Arab League states.

Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Saud bin Mohammed Al-Sati recently visited Tehran for discussions focused on Syria, he said.

Baqaei also condemned the United States for enabling the Israeli regime’s aggression in Syria, Gaza, and Lebanon, and warned that “the US’s law-breaking is becoming a global template for some other actors.”