Russia slams ‘criminal’ US-led strikes in Syria, Pentagon calls it self-defense

Russia’s UN ambassador on Thursday slammed as “criminal” the US-led coalition strikes against pro-regime forces in Syria that left more than 100 dead.


Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told reporters that he protested the assault in Syria’s eastern province of Deir Ezzor during a closed-door Security Council meeting.

“It was inadmissible for whatever reasons it was justified,” Nebenzia told reporters, adding that he told the United States “to remember that they are in Syria illegally in fact. They were not invited there.”

“They claim all the time that they fight international terrorism, but we see that it goes beyond that. “To confront those who really fight international terrorism on the ground in Syria is criminal.”
 [alarabiya.net/AFP]
 9/2/18
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• Syria has described an overnight strike by the US-led coalition as a "war crime"