Russia denounces US air strikes on Iraq and Syria

Russia condemned on Sunday US air strikes on Iraq and Syria, in a statement from Russia’s foreign ministry.

“It is obvious that the air strikes are deliberately designed to further inflame the conflict. By attacking, almost without pause, the facilities of allegedly pro-Iranian groups in Iraq and Syria, the United States are purposefully trying to drive the largest countries in the region into conflict,” the ministry said in a statement.

It added that the US was “sowing chaos and destruction” in the Middle East.