Syrian President Assad condemns U.S. missile strike as ‘arrogant aggression’

‘Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reacted with outrage on Friday to U.S. cruise missile strikes on a Syrian military air base, calling them an “unjust and arrogant aggression” that would only increase his government’s determination to “crush” militant groups in Syria, according to the state news agency.
At least 13 people were killed in the missile strikes, including five soldiers on the base and eight civilians in areas surrounding the facility, according to Talal al-Barazi, the governor of Homs province, where the air base is located. The figures could not be independently confirmed.
American officials said the early morning strikes were carried out in retaliation for a chemical attack in northern Syria that killed scores of civilians earlier this week.
But Syrian officials asserted that the strikes would hamper their ability to fight extremist militant groups. In a statement carried by the Syrian state news agency, Assad called the military action “disgraceful” and accused the United States of trying to “dominate the world.”’
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