President Hassan Rouhani and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad have held phone talks over a US missile strike which targeted an airbase used as a frontline in the battle against foreign-backed terrorists.
An analyst says the United States’ recent missile attack on a Syrian airbase will only play into the hands of terrorists and infuse new life into their activities.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry rejected as “ill-advised” the comments made by king of Jordan who has accused Iran of being involved in strategic problems in the Middle East, saying his move to put Iran on the same list with ISIS demonstrates his shallow view of the regional developments.
The military brass of Iran and Russia say the pre-planned US missile strikes against a Syrian airfield were a blatant attack on an independent country with the purpose of hindering its recent military gains and boosting the morale of terrorists and their allies.
Iran’s top security official says the Tuesday chemical incident in Syria’s Idlib province was definitely caused by a third party in an effort to pave the way for the US strike on the Syrian airbase.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has criticized the US administration for its missile attack on a Syrian airfield, saying the move has just served the interests of terrorists in the Arab country.
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani slammed the US missile attack on a Syrian airbase as a testimony to Washington’s support for terrorist groups, warning that such criminal acts would only complicate the political and security conditions in Syria.
Hillary Clinton has described US President Trump as hypocritical, arguing that while he uses pictures of children killed in gas attacks to justify airstrikes in Syria, he at the same time closes the country’s door on Syrian refugees.
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has expressed his gratitude to US President Trump for the US military attack on a Syrian airfield, and described it a courageous decision.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday strongly denounced the US strike on a Syrian airfield, urging the international community to oppose such destructive moves.
Iranian Foreign Minister said the US is fighting on the same side as the ISIS and Al-Qaeda terrorist groups, urging Washington to stop hype and cover-ups.
Takfiri ISIS terrorists have launched a fresh push to retake Palmyra in Syria’s Homs Province shortly after the US launched a missile strike on an airfield used by the Syrian army to protect the ancient city.
Moscow says it is halting an agreement with Washington aimed at avoiding mid-air collisions during their military missions in the Syrian airspace after US launched a missile attack against a Syrian army airbase.
Syria has condemned a US missile attack targeting an army airbase near Homs as a “blatant act of aggression,” while Israel hailed it and a foreign-backed terrorist coalition called for further attacks.
President Vladimir Putin believes a US missile attack on a Syrian airbase near Homs has violated international law and seriously hurt Russia-US relations, the Kremlin says.
Russian President Vladimir Putin “regards the strikes as aggression against a sovereign nation,” his spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, noting that the president believes the strikes were carried out “in violation of international law, and also under an invented pretext.”
Iran has strongly condemned a US cruise missile attack on a Syrian army airbase near the west-central city of Homs, calling it "destructive and dangerous".
At least 31 people, including 14 police officers, were killed and more than 40 wounded in attacks overnight by the ISIS militants in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit.
British Prime Minister Theresa May has defied Saudi Arabia’s strict custom and refused to wear a headscarf for her first meeting with the Arab country’s ruling elite.
