28 Mar 2024
Friday 7 April 2017 - 11:53
Story Code : 256285

Iran strongly condemns 'dangerous' US strike on Syria airbase

Press TV - Iran has strongly condemned a US cruisemissile attack on a Syrian army airbase near the west-central city of Homs, calling it"destructive and dangerous".

Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemisaid Friday US use of a chemical attack in Syria as a "pretextfor unilateral action is dangerous, destructive and violation of peremptory principles of international laws."

Some 60 US Tomahawk missiles were fires from US warships deployed to the Mediterranean at the Shayrat airfield southeast of Homs earlier in the day, in an assaultslammed by Syria as anact of aggression.

Washington ordered the assault after accusing Syria of carrying out a chemical attackagainst the town of Khan Sheikhun in the northwestern province of Idlib on Tuesday.

Qassemi said, The Islamic Republic, as the biggest victim of chemical weapons in modern history, condemns any application of suchweapons, regardless of the perpetrators and victims.

However,the timing, perpetrators, and benefactors of (thechemical attack)are still shrouded in mystery, he added.


[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="555"] In this image provided by the US Navy, the USS Ross (DDG 71) fires a tomahawk land attack missile Friday, April 7, 2017, from the Mediterranean Sea. (Via AP)[/caption]
The spokesman said the US airstrike will only "strengthen the dying terrorist groups and complicate the situation in Syria and the region."

At Damascus request, Iran has been providing military advisory assistance to the Syrian government.

Tehran has also been playing an active role on the diplomatic front, where it has mediated, along with Russia and Turkey, three rounds of peace negotiations between Damascus and opposition groups in Astana, Kazakhstan, since the beginning of this year.

With the support of Iran, Russia and Turkey had managed to broker a nationwide ceasefire between the warring sides in Syria ahead of the peace talks.
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