Syria, the United Kingdom and
Turkey have reacted to the assassination of Iranian army General, Qassem
Soleimani by the United States of America.
On Friday, Maj.-Gen. Soleimani,
Commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, was
killed in a US airstrike on his convoy at Baghdad airport.
The Syrian government accused
Washington of trying to fuel conflict in the Middle East.
Syria is “certain that this
cowardly US aggression … will only strengthen determination to follow in the
path of the resistance’s martyred leaders,” a foreign ministry official was
quoted as saying by the state news agency SANA, according to Al Jazeera.
The official described the
killings as “a serious escalation of the situation” in the region and accused
the US of resorting to “the methods of criminal gangs.”
Also the Turkish foreign ministry
said the assassination of Soleimani would increase insecurity and instability
in the region.
The ministry, in a statement,
said it was deeply concerned by the rising tensions between the US and Iran
It added that turning Iraq into
an arena for conflict would harm peace and stability in the region.
“Turkey has always been against
foreign interventions, assassinations and sectarian conflicts in the region,”
the ministry said.
The United Kingdom has also
reacted to development through British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Dominic Raab.
It urged all parties to
de-escalate.
“We have always recognised the
aggressive threat posed by the Iranian Quds force led by Qassem Soleimani.
“Following his death, we urge all
parties to de-escalate. Further conflict is in none of our interests,” Raab
said in a statement.
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