Baghdad residents denounce US aggression against Syria

Ralliers chanted slogans against US policies in the region and set fire to the American flag, describing Washington as the creator and sponsor of terrorism.

Addressing the protest demonstration, an speaker said that at a time when Syria was closing to the end of Daesh, the US showed through its military action that not only it is not willing to see demolition of the terrorists, but it also launched military attack to boost the terrorists' morale.

The US and its allies’ attack on Syria revealed that they do not believe in their pro-human rights mottos and democracy, Jasem al-Halfi said.

He further noted that the US is seeking to dominate the region and its resources as well as lives and properties of regional nations and countries’ security is of no significance to it.

US, British and French forces attacked the war-ravaged Arab country with more than 100 missiles erly Saturday in the first coordinated Western strikes, Reuters reported.

They targeted what they claimed were chemical weapons sites in retaliation for an alleged chlorine gas attack that the West claimed had been carried out by forces of President Bashar al-Assad. Moscow and Damascus strongly denounced the bombing.

Syria, a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention, denies it possesses chemical weapons and has branded the use of such arms 'immoral and unacceptable'.
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