The Syrian
president Bashar al-Assad who this week ordered the use of chemical weapons on
innocent civilians in Syria, killing hundreds, with kids left to gasp for air
while they died, has called U.S President Donald Trump's retaliatory attack on their military base today 'Irresponsible' and 'foolish'.
while they died, has called U.S President Donald Trump's retaliatory attack on their military base today 'Irresponsible' and 'foolish'.
Assad, backed
heavily by Russian president Vladimir Putin and Iran, has turned his country
into a war like zone as he uses his military to attack not just 'terrorists'
but also rebels against his government and innocent civilians who live in
rebel-held areas.
"At
3.42am, the United States carried out a flagrant aggression with missiles
against one of our airbases in the central region, killing six people and
wounding a number of others, and causing significant damage," Assad's
office said on Friday afternoon.
"The
airbase was almost completely destroyed - the runway, the fuel tanks and the
air defences were all blown to pieces,"
"What
America did is nothing but foolish and irresponsible behaviour, which only
reveals its short-sightedness and political and military blindness to
reality,"
"An
American missile also hit the village of Al-Hamrat, which killed four civilians
including a child,"
"Another
seven civilians were wounded when a missile hit homes in Al-Manzul, four
kilometres (two and a half miles) away from the Shayrat air base," it
added.
Russia's
military on Friday said the Syrian forces' air defences will be boosted after
the nation earlier demanded an emergency UN meeting.
"To
protect Syria's most sensitive infrastructure, a complex of measures will be
implemented in the near future to strengthen and improve the effectiveness of
the Syrian armed forces' air defence system," spokesman Igor Konashenkov
said.
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