Syria Calls US-led Coalition Strike Against Troops – ‘Act Of Aggression’

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Syria Calls US-led Coalition Strike Against Troops – ‘Act Of Aggression’

December 7th, 2015

Awake Goy

Syria has accused the US-led coalition of carrying out an airstrike which killed at least three Syrian soldiers, calling it an ‘act of aggression’

Thirteen personnel were also injured and a number of military vehicles destroyed when warplanes fired nine missiles at the Saeqa military camp in the Deir ez Zor province.

The incident is the first of its kind since the coalition started to bomb Syrian territory more than a year ago, though the US-led alliance deny it carried out the airstrike.

“Syria strongly condemns the act of aggression by the US-led coalition that contradicts the UN Charter on goals and principles. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent letters to the UN Secretary General and the UN Security Council,” Syria’s SANA news agency quoted the country’s foreign ministry as saying.

Coalition spokesman Colonel Steve Warren has insisted, however, that the only airstrikes in the area were delivered some 55km away.

“We’ve seen those Syrian reports but we did not conduct any strikes in that part of Deir ez Zor yesterday. So we see no evidence,” he said.

The Deir ez Zor province is situated in eastern Syria, and is largely controlled by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). The region is of significant strategic importance to the terrorist group, as it contains a number of oilfields, which are a major source of revenue for IS.

The US-led coalition’s airstrikes in Syria are illegal, as it has never received permission from Syrian President Bashar Assad to enter the country’s airspace