Iranian FM's Senior Aide: US-Led Attacks on Syria Shows West's Anger over Terrorists' Defeat

Rasa - Senior Assistant to the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari strongly blasted the US-led attacks on Syria, and said the coordinated air raids by Washington, London and Paris took place in reprisal for terrorists' defeats.

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Date: 24 April 2018 - 21:27

RNA - "The great victories made by the Syrian Army and its allies against terrorists motivated the US-led coalition to carry out the military attacks on Syria," Jaberi Ansari said in a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Monday.

He reiterated that Washington, Paris and London were worried about the continuation of such victories at the same pace and their spread to new areas.

Jaberi Ansari, meantime, briefed Assad on the Islamic Republic's political efforts aimed at helping end the war on Syria.

The Syrian president, for his part, said that the recent US-led military strikes against Syria will not succeed in stopping the country's war on terrorism.

President al-Assad underlined that Syria's battle against terrorism would continue until control is restored to all over the Arab country's territory.

"The United States, Britain, France and their pawns in the region have been supporting terrorists since the start of the terror fight in Syria," the Syrian president added.

According to Fars News Agancy, on April 14, the US, France and Britain carried out missile attacks on a number of targets in Syria in response to an alleged chemical attack in the Syrian town of Douma, near Damascus, that reportedly took place on April 7.

The Syrian government has rejected any role in the alleged attack, which is yet to be investigated.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Syrian army shot down 71 out of the 103 missiles fired during the attack, using Russian-made air defense systems, including S-125, S-200, as well as the Buk and Kvadrat units.

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