Riyadh, Manama voice support for airstrikes on Syria

Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have expressed support for the recent joint airstrikes by the armed forces of the United States, Britain and France on Syria, which came following suspected chemical weapons attacks on a Syrian town.

“…we fully support military operations against military targets in Syria,” a statement by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs read on Saturday following the tripartite assaults against Syria, Press TV reported.

The Saudi regime blamed the Syrian government for purportedly conducting a recent chemical attack, holding Damascus accountable for the military attacks.

Syria has repeatedly blamed Riyadh for supporting Takfiri terrorists and destabilizing the Arab country. 

Additionally, Bahrain voiced its full support for the aerial military operation against Syria.

Syria's Foreign Ministry strongly condemned Saturday's strikes as a "brutal, barbaric aggression," saying they would only ignite "tensions in the world and pose threat to the international peace and security as a whole."

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