Alwaght- Moscow warned Washington over missile strike against Syrian army airbase, saying the attack could have "extremely serious" consequences.
Early on Friday, US warships in the eastern Mediterranean launched a barrage of 59 Tomahawk missiles against Shayrat Airfield in Syria’s Homs Province, which Washington alleged was the origin of a suspected chemical attack on the town of Khan Shaykhun in Syria’s Idlib Province earlier this month.
Syria categorically denied it carried out the attack.
The incident catapulted Washington into confrontation with Russia, which supports Syrian government in its fight against terrorism.
"We strongly condemn the illegitimate actions by the US. The consequences of this for regional and international stability could be extremely serious,” Russia's deputy U.N. envoy, Vladimir Safronkov, told a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Friday.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev charged that the US strikes were one step away from clashing with Russia's military.
Russia's Defense Ministry also scold US attack, calling in the U.S. military attache in Moscow to say that it would close down a communications line used to avoid accidental clashes between Russian and U.S. forces in Syria, Interfax new agency said.
