on Friday 26 February, 2021
Syria condemns ‘cowardly’ US airstrikes near Syrian-Iraqi border: FM
A picture shows the Syrian border city of Albu Kamal in the Deir ez-Zor region. (File photo: AFP)
Damascus denounced on Friday Washington’s overnight strike on Iran-backed fighters in east Syria, calling it a “bad sign” from the new administration of US President Joe Biden, state media reported.
Syria “strongly condemns the cowardly American aggression” on Deir Ezzor province, its foreign ministry said in a statement carried by the official SANA news agency.
“It is a bad sign regarding the policies of the new US administration which should adhere to international” norms.
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