Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that Israeli military actions in the Golan Heights after the fall of the Baath regime in Syria have exacerbated the situation there.

This came during a press conference in the capital, Moscow.

Zakharova pointed out that Israel intervened in the Syrian situation, and that Tel Aviv does not hide this.

She stressed the importance of adhering to international legal standards and respecting Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

"Syria existed as a sovereign state and must continue to exist as such. Our country has always taken this approach," she added.

Regarding Israel's occupation of the buffer zone in the Golan Heights after the fall of the Baath regime in Syria, Zakharova said: "These practices carried out by the Israeli army violate the terms of the agreements concluded between Syria and Israel in 1974."

She continued: "It is clear that these military actions do not serve the purpose of stabilizing the situation in Syria, but on the contrary, they lead to aggravation of the very difficult situation that has developed in the country in recent days."

She pointed out that the military-political situation in Syria is dangerous, and that the entire international community, especially neighboring countries, must exercise self-restraint, bear responsibility, and avoid measures that would escalate the situation in Syria.

On Monday, the Israeli Army Radio said that the army forces had penetrated the buffer zone with Syria, while continuing to carry out extensive air strikes with heavy bombs on sites in the area.

Taking advantage of the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime on Sunday, Israel intensified its air strikes targeting military sites in various parts of Syria, in a flagrant violation of its sovereignty.

Tel Aviv also announced the collapse of the 1974 Separation of Forces Agreement with Syria, and the deployment of the Israeli army in the demilitarized buffer zone in the Syrian Golan Heights, most of which it has occupied since 1967, in a move condemned by the United Nations and Arab countries.

On the dawn of December 8, the Syrian opposition factions entered the capital, Damascus, and took control of it, with the withdrawal of regime forces from public institutions and streets, thus ending a 61-year era of bloody Baath Party rule and 53 years of Assad family rule.