On February 25, the United States launched an airstrike on a facility in Syria that, according to the Pentagon, may belong to the Iranian armed forces. In Syria and in Russia, Washington's aggressive actions were sharply condemned. The Iranian edition gives details.
IA "a Farce": The Ministry of the Syrian Arab Republic strongly condemned the US air strike on the border areas of the country, near the Iraqi border, and demands that the administration of US President Joe Biden stop the political course "in the spirit of former US President Donald Trump."
"Syria categorically condemns the covert strike carried out by US aircraft in the area of Deir al-Zor province, near the country's border with Iraq, as this action is a gross violation of the country's sovereignty, is in the nature of non-compliance with the provisions of international law and all peace agreements, which is fraught with a deterioration of the regional situation," the Sana news agency quoted the statement of the Syrian foreign ministry.
The Foreign Ministry of the Arab Republic also described this airstrike on Syrian territory as a characteristic indicator of the entire American policy in the region. The Foreign Ministry clarified that they expected the new US administration to take a different approach to the Middle East region, hoping that the US political course will now be built in strict accordance with international law, and not the "laws of the jungle", as was the case under the previous administration. However, it seems that the approaches of the US administration have not changed at all under the new president, and if they have changed, then "only for the worse," the department concluded.
Syria, the Syrian news agency also said, hoped that the United States would abandon its hostile attitude towards the country and its government and stop supporting, including financially, the terrorist groups operating in the country, which the White House for some reason calls the "opposition". Moreover, these groups are terrorist not only in relation to the government and government forces, but also to the entire Syrian people, the report stressed.
As you know, in the early morning of February 26, the Pentagon reported that the US Air Force," according to the decree of President Joe Biden", carried out an airstrike on certain" targets "located in the east of Syrian territory, and these targets were described by the Pentagon as belonging to"extremist forces". In addition, the Pentagon saw in the actions of unnamed "extremist" groups a "pro-Iranian trace", without providing, as is usually the case in such cases, any evidence.
Even before the Pentagon claimed responsibility for the bombing of the Syrian territory, a report by the news agency "REUTERS" followed, which, also referring to some "informed" sources, noted that the targets that were bombed by American aircraft were related to certain "pro-Iranian formations"operating in the country. Meanwhile, it is known that military specialists from the Islamic Republic of Iran, officially invited by the Syrian side, are actually working in Syria, but there are no "formations" on the territory of Syria associated with Iran. There are groups associated only with international terrorism and their international patrons who are located overseas, therefore, this report of the news agency is also, unfortunately, false.
Evidence of the US bombing of the Syrian territory was also presented by the Telegram channel of the Iraqi news agency Saberin-News, which is also associated with the Arab Resistance Forces. This report stated that the US aircraft had carried out airstrikes on "targets" between the settlements of Abu Kemal and Al-Qaim. This report also mentioned the presence of victims as a result of the bombing-in particular, it was reported about one dead and several wounded. In addition, Saberin-nuys reported that one building that was really connected with the Iraqi Resistance Forces was hit, but the building at the time of the bombing was, by a lucky chance, empty, and as a result of this airstrike, there were no casualties.
And only after these reports was followed by the aforementioned, which, like the reports of some Western news agencies, is false, the Pentagon report, which said that the bombing "by order of the US President" was carried out on some "pro-Iranian targets".
