Your turn will come too, Iran tells Gulf Arabs

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DUBAI, April 9, (RTRS): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday condemned as “flagrant US aggression on Syria” a US missile strike on a Syrian air base this week and criticised Gulf Arab states for supporting it, state television reported.

Rouhani called on Saturday for an impartial investigation of the suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria which killed at least 70 people, and he warned that the US strikes in response risked escalating extremism in the region. In a speech on Sunday, Rouhani also criticised US-allied Gulf Arab states for endorsing the US missile strike. “Unfortunately, there are countries in our own region which encourage America’s acts of aggression,” Rouhani said in remarks carried by state television. “Your turn will come too.” In a phone call with Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad, Rouhani told him, “Allegations that Syria launched the chemical attack were just a pretext to disrupt the Syrian peace process”, according to Press TV.

The Syrian state news agency SANA said Assad told Rouhani the Syrian people and army were “determined to crush terrorism in every part of Syrian territory” — a reference to rebels and militants fighting his rule for six years – and thanked him for Iran’s support for “the Syrian nation”. Saudi Arabia hailed the strike as a “courageous decision” by President Donald Trump and a Saudi ally, the United Arab Emirates echoed that support. Both countries belong to the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants in Syria.

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