US seeks international resolve in countering ‘Iran’s malign activities’


10-02-2018 01:06 PM

Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - The United States has said it is seeking greater international resolve in countering Iran’s malign activities the same day after Israel launched the air strikes after anti-aircraft fire downed an Israeli F-16 warplane returning from a bombing raid on Iran-backed positions in Syria on Saturday.

“We share the concerns of many throughout the region that Iran’s destabilizing activities that threaten international peace and security, and we seek greater international resolve in countering Iran’s malign activities,” Pentagon spokesman Adrian Rankine-Galloway said.

“The Department of Defense did not participate in this military operation,” Rankine-Galloway said. “Israel is our closest security partner in the region and we fully support Israel’s inherent right to defend itself against threats to its territory and its people,” he added.

The Israeli military said that the F-16 pilots had ejected before the plane was destroyed on Sunday in Syrian territory.

The Israeli military had launched what it said was a large scale attack against Syrian aerial defense systems and Iranian targets in Syria.

*Reuters




  • no comments

Notice
All comments are reviewed and posted only if approved.
Ammon News reserves the right to delete any comment at any time, and for any reason, and will not publish any comment containing offense or deviating from the subject at hand, or to include the names of any personalities or to stir up sectarian, sectarian or racial strife, hoping to adhere to a high level of the comments as they express The extent of the progress and culture of Ammon News' visitors, noting that the comments are expressed only by the owners.
name : *
email
show email
comment : *
Verification code : Refresh
write code :