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Syria condemns ‘cowardly’ US airstrikes on Iran-backed militias
Syria says US airstrikes against Iranian-backed militias in the east of the country were a cowardly act, urging President Joe Biden not to follow “the law of the jungle”.
Key points:
- Iran declared the US airstrikes in Syria to be “illegal aggression”
- The White House says airstrikes were a response to attacks targeting US troops
- Russia has warned that the Biden administration’s actions were “very dangerous”
“Syria condemns in the strongest terms the cowardly US attack on areas in Deir al-Zor near the Syrian-Iraqi border,” the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“It [the Biden administration] is supposed to stick to international legitimacy, not to the law of the jungle as [did] the previous administration.”
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