Rouhani Discusses US Attack with Al-Assad, Reaffirms Support
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Iranian 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.
Rouhani "expressed strong condemnation of the blatant US aggression on the Syrian territories," the Syrian state news agency SANA quoted a presidential office statement as saying on Sunday.
"President al-Assad said that the US failed in achieving the goal behind this attack which is to raise the morale of the US-backed terrorist groups after the victories achieved by the Syrian Army," the agency said.
Al-Assad further reaffirmed the determination of the Syrian people and armed forces to continue their struggle against terrorism, SANA said. He also expressed gratitude to Iran for standing by Syria in the battle, it added.
Also on Sunday, Rouhani, who has already urged an investigation into the matter, further questioned the circumstances surrounding the assault which came without a UN Security Council or US congressional permission.
"How do they allow themselves to do this? By what right and logic?" he asked, delivering an address in Tehran.
"Has anyone entrusted the authority of leading the world with the US? Has anyone chosen the US as the world police?" he questioned.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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