Russia and Iran have renewed their support for the Syrian government,
saying the US missile strike violated Syrian sovereignty but failed to
boost the morale of ‘terror groups’ in the war-torn country.
In a phone call with Syrian president Bashar Assad, Iranian president
Hassan Rouhani called Friday’s strike a ‘blatant violation’ of Syrian
sovereignty, Syrian state media reported.
Mr Assad accused the US of trying to boost the morale of ‘terror
groups’ in Syria. The government refers to all those fighting against it
as terrorists.
A statement carried on the military media arm of Hezbollah condemned
the American strike in much stronger language, saying it had ‘crossed
red lines’ and vowing to ‘reply with force’ to any future aggression ‘in
a variety of ways’.
What the Americans did is a strategic mistake and offence.
‘They are repeating the offence of their predecessors,’ Mr Khamenei was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency.
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