Assad calls attack reckless and short-sighted

damascus - The US attack on the airbase al-Shayrat, according to the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reckless and shortsighted. 'The attack shows only the political and military blindness and cramped horizon and short-sightedness' of American attackers, said Assad in a reaction by state news agency SANA.

'The United States has in the night from Thursday to Friday in an act of unjustifiable aggression attacked the airport of al-Shayrat. 'Washington continues with such attacks on sovereign states are trying to subject peoples to dominate the world, says Assad. The attacks are slain according to SANA least nine civilians. Syrian forces spoke of six soldiers killed.

The air base, according to Washington selected as a target because it took off Tuesday airplanes that carried a poison gas attack in the northwestern province of Idlib. The Syrian government shall 'never attacks to make chemical weapons, not even terrorists. 'The poison gas escaped, had the jihadists in Idlib, said the Syrian government.

The basic all-Sharyrat, approximately 125 kilometers north of Damascus, used by Russian and Syrian aircraft in combat including Islamic state in the region located to the east of Palmyra. US media reported Friday that Russians use the base since the end of 2015 and expand. Last month, more would have been approximately five new Russian combat helicopters. The Americans have reportedly taken the trouble to try to prevent the Russians or Russian assets would be affected.