It severely violated Syria’s sovereignty and negatively affected the prospects of a political settlement in the crisis-torn country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday.
Russian Senator Igor Morozov, a member of the Federation Council's Foreign Affairs Committee has commented to Sputnik on the attack.
"The strike of the US-led coalition on Syrian pro-government forces might be because the US has become worried by the approach of the allies of Bashar Assad towards Deir ez-Zor, an area rich in oil deposits which the west would like to control," Morozov told Sputnik.
He also noted that in this particular area, there are districts which are under the control of Syrian Kurds and US-backed opposition forces.
"The US seems to be pursuing the same policies they did in Iraq. Then it is a violation of not only international law but the world order as a whole. The US continues suppressing peace by pursuing its individual national interests," Morozov told Sputnik.
If these suggestions are confirmed, he said, Syria will need to make certain changes to its military strategy: either to respond to the US and the coalition with its anti-missile defense systems or transfer parts of its territory to US control and deal with the puppet management of future opposition groups, the senator concluded.
