Syria warns United States
Syria warned the United States on Friday that it was prepared to confront any aggression against the war-torn nation. The challenge came as Western powers were debating the use of military force against Syria's government to counter a chemical weapons attack in Damascus' suburbs last week.On Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama said there's no doubt that Syria launched chemical weapons attacks against its own people. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime has blamed the August 21 attack on rebels.
The Syrian army and its people will respond to any attack and are ready to confront any form of military aggression by superpowers against the country, Syria's defense minister Fahd Jasem al-Freij said during a telephone call with his Iranian counterpart, Hussein Dehghan, Syrian state news agency SANA, reported Friday.Iran's armed forces chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi, warned the United States and its allies against any attack on Syria, saying any new military operation in the region would inflict serious damage and would only benefit Israel, the Iranian state news agency IRNA, reported Friday.
Washington respects a vote by the British parliament rejecting a strong response to recent developments in Syria, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said Friday. "Every nation has a responsibility to make their own decisions, and we respect that of any nation," he told journalists in the Philippine capital, Manila. The United States is seeking "an international collaboration and effort" on "whatever decision is taken" to address the Syrian crisis.The United States may have to take unilateral action against Syria after British lawmakers voted down a proposal for military action, a senior U.S. official said.
The Syrian army and its people will respond to any attack and are ready to confront any form of military aggression by superpowers against the country, Syria's defense minister Fahd Jasem al-Freij said during a telephone call with his Iranian counterpart, Hussein Dehghan, Syrian state news agency SANA, reported Friday.Iran's armed forces chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi, warned the United States and its allies against any attack on Syria, saying any new military operation in the region would inflict serious damage and would only benefit Israel, the Iranian state news agency IRNA, reported Friday.
Washington respects a vote by the British parliament rejecting a strong response to recent developments in Syria, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said Friday. "Every nation has a responsibility to make their own decisions, and we respect that of any nation," he told journalists in the Philippine capital, Manila. The United States is seeking "an international collaboration and effort" on "whatever decision is taken" to address the Syrian crisis.The United States may have to take unilateral action against Syria after British lawmakers voted down a proposal for military action, a senior U.S. official said.
Comments