Russia demanded an urgent convening of the UN Security Council regarding the US attacks in Iraq and Syria, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, the Russian state agency TASS reported on Saturday, citing CNN.

Maria Zakharova said that the American airstrikes “once again demonstrate to the world the aggressive nature of the US policy in the Middle East and Washington’s complete disregard for international law,” writes News.ro.

A meeting of the UN Security Council regarding the US terrorist attacks is scheduled for February 5, TASS reports.

The UN has not yet released details to confirm the emergency meeting, CNN notes.

In a previous statement, Moscow criticized the US for “escalating the conflict” and “sowing chaos and destruction” in the Middle East.

The United States recently retaliated against Iran-backed groups, targeting more than 85 targets in Syria and Iraq after a drone strike killed three American soldiers and wounded dozens more at a military base in Jordan. .

On Saturday, Islamic Resistance fighters in Iraq announced that they had attacked the al-Harir Air Base, which hosts US forces in northern Iraq, hours after the US retaliated. But despite this statement, no attack on Al-Harir Air Base was detected, three security sources told Reuters.

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