US missile strikes violated all red lines on Syria: Russia, Iran, allied forces

The trio, in a statement issued on Sunday, described the early April 7 attack against Shayrat airfield in Syria’s central province of Homs as “a dangerous act of aggression and a blatant assault on the sovereignty of the Syrian nation and government,” noting that it “once again showed the US has made a mistake in its calculations and available options.”

The statement denounced the military action as grave injustice against Syria, adding that the country has been fighting multi-national terrorism on the part of the international community over the past six years and has paid a heavy price through the blood of its soldiers to triumph over savage terrorists.

It further condemned any deliberate targeting of civilian-populated areas and the chemical incident in the town of Khan Shaykhun, which reportedly left over 80 people dead, on April 4.

The Khan Shaykhun attack provided some countries with an excuse to attack Syria, the statement pointed out.

It went on to say that those who supported and trained terrorist groups, such as al-Nusra Front and Daesh, backed despotic regimes in the face of the legitimate rights of regional nations and had frequently used the veto power at the United Nations Security Council against Palestinians’ rights and, therefore, could not present themselves as advocates of human rights.

“The arrogant US did not have authority from anyone [to attack Syria], and treated the United Nations member states with total disrespect. It attacked Syria and brazenly announced the strikes before the results of the investigation into Khan Shaykhun case were released,” the statement underlined.

It added, “We are not ignorant of what the US is trying to achieve in northern Syria and northwestern Iraq. They must know that we are closely monitoring all their movements, and their attempt to occupy the Syrian soil is illegal.”

The statement emphasized that the US missile strikes on Syria amounted to a breach of all red lines, and the Syrian government’s allies would respond to any future attack on the Arab country.