Russia And Iran Warn Of Responding With Force To Any US-Led Attack On Syria

Russia, Iran and other forces that are supporting President Bashar Al Assad’s regime in Syria have accused the United States of crossing all “red-lines” with its cruise missile strikes on the country’s airfields, and have warned the US of responding with force.

“What America waged in an aggression on Syria. From now on we will respond with force to any aggressor or breach of red lines from whoever it is and America knows our ability to respond,” the group’s joint command centre said.

President Donald Trump earlier on Thursday ordered attacks against a military airbase in Syria with dozens of Tomahawk missiles, after the US and its allies accused Damascus of killing civilians with chemical weapons on Tuesday.

The statement from the group’s joint command came soon after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson accused Russia and other pro-Assad forces including Iran of facilitating the chemical attack against Syrian civilians last week.

The Russian and Iranian presidents in a phone conversation stressed the inadmissibility of "aggressive" US actions against Syria in violation of international law, the Kremlin said on Sunday. They also called for an objective, unbiased investigation into the chemical weapon incident in the Syrian province of Idlib earlier this week, the Xinhua reported.

Meanwhile, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has said that Trump was discussing with members of his administration the possibility of imposing sanctions against Russia and Iran for supporting the Syrian government.

With Inputs From ANI.