Middle East

A political analyst says the US-led military action against Syria on Saturday was aimed at humiliating Russia.

US President Donald Trump lied to the American people after the US military in conjunction with British and French forces, instead of striking alleged “targets associated with chemical weapons” capabilities in Syria, hit a center for producing anti-cancer drugs near Damascus.

Lebanon and Iraq have supported Iran at a preliminary foreign ministerial meeting of an Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia.

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has described as an act of “betrayal” the silence by certain Islamic countries in the face of the US-led military action against Syria.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has categorically condemned the US-led missile strikes on Syria, warning about the consequences of the “crime”.

Condemnations continue to pour in from top Iranian authorities following the US-led airstrikes in Syria.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has vehemently condemned the US-led airstrikes in Syria, describing them as an effort to sabotage the Syria peace process.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the US-led strikes on Syria are aimed at securing the West’s continued presence in the Middle East.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has warnned the US of the consequences of its Saturday strikes on Syria.

Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution, has blasted the US-led coalition's strikes on Syria as a crime, saying the American, British, and French leaders are criminals.