US aggression on Syria flagrant violation of int’l laws: ISCI

In a statement , the entity reaffirmed its support for the Syrian nation and government.

The statement said that the US and its allies - the UK and France- committed an act of aggression against Syria, a move that is in clear violation of international laws and United Nations conventions.

Noting that the aggression was carried out against a country boasting of national sovereignty and UN membership, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq said it stands by Syria which has been experiencing a war since 2011.

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

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 arms and has branded the use of such arms 'immoral and unacceptable'.
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