Russia Urges UN Security Council To Hold US Attack Discussion On Iraq And Syria

JAKARTA - Russia on Saturday condemned the United States' attacks on Iraq and Syria, and requested that a UN Security Council hearing be held to discuss this matter.

The US is "again showing its aggressiveness and ignoring international law," said Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for Russia's Foreign Ministry.

According to him, the attack destroyed infrastructure and caused casualties from civilians.

"The British Royal Air Force's compliance with the US attacks should not create an illusion of an 'international coalition'," he said, adding that Britain's support for the provocative US action was too much.

Zakharova accused the US of deliberately exacerbating the situation in the Middle East, and said that the US, which is "law immune", continues to create destruction and chaos in the Middle East.

He called the US airstrike, the largest in the region since 2003, "unjustified".

"We strongly condemn the US-UK open aggression against sovereign countries. We ask for urgent considerations over the current situation through the UN Security Council," he said as quoted by Antara.

The US on Friday began airstrikes against Iranian Revolutionary QudsGarda Forces and Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria after a drone strike killed three US troops in Jordan late last month.

More than 85 targets have been attacked using more than 125 precision ammunition, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement.