[Reuters]Syria said US airstrikes against Iranian-backed militias in the east of the country on Friday were a cowardly act and urged President Joe Biden not to follow “the law of the jungle”. “Syria condemns in the strongest terms the cowardly US attack on areas in Deir al-Zor near the Syrian-Iraqi border,” the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Be careful,” Biden told reporters in Texas when asked what message he was sending Iran with the strikes. Western officials and some Iraqi officials accuse Iranian-backed groups of involvement in deadly rocket attacks on US sites and personnel in Iraq over the last month. Future US actions in the region will be deliberative and will aim to deescalate tensions in Syria, Psaki said.

Source: Standard Digital February 27, 2021 06:00 UTC