Sputnik: Assad: US-Led Attack Comes as West Realizes It's Lost Control of Syrian Conflict
After the United States, France, and the United Kingdom launched a total of 103 missiles against Syrian targets overnight on Saturday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said the attack unites Syrians and increases Damascus's resolve to continue "fighting and crushing terrorism in every inch of the nation."
Bashar Assad told his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, in a telephone conversation on Saturday that the joint attack against Syria came after the Western states realized they had lost control of the situation in the region and credibility in the conflict.
Rouhani, in turn, told Assad that Tehran will stand by Damascus, "expressing his confidence that this aggression would not weaken the determination of the Syrian people in its war against terrorism."
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Syrian Reaction To The U.S.-Led Coalition Military Strikes
Syrians gather in capital in defiance after airstrikes -- AP
Waking to blasts, Damascus residents defiant after Western strikes -- AFP
Syria's Assad vows to 'crush terrorism' after Western attack -- Reuters
Syria to defend itself in case of West’s aggression, vows Syrian diplomat -- TASS
Syria says Western attack 'doomed to fail' -- AFP
'Barbaric' attack by US, UK & France will not affect Syrian resolve to fight terrorists – Syrian FM -- RT
