Sputnik - The airstrikes launched by the United States, the United Kingdom and France on Syria came as terrorists in the war-torn country �badly� needed moral boost, but this �aggression� will only strengthen and deepen the partnership between Moscow and Damascus, Syria's Ambassador told Sputnik.




�This aggression comes at�a time when the terrorist groups in�Syria badly needed a morale boost. It will only serve to�embolden them for�a while. But it will not make a real difference. The armed terrorist groups are doomed, rejected by�the local people in�the areas they control, and will continue to�face one major defeat after�another. Syria will not be unnerved by�this new aggression,� Syria's Ambassador to�China and former ambassador to�the United States, Imad Moustapha, told Sputnik.

The diplomat added that the strikes would only contribute to�the further strengthening of�the ties with�Russia.

�This attack will only serve to�strengthen and deepen Syria�s alliance and partnership with�Russia. Russia took a vigorous position in�exposing the mendacity of�the staged chemical attack in�Douma. Russia was firm in�opposing any Western attack on�Syria, and arguably it has succeeded in�thwarting a large scale attack on�Syria that could have caused unexpected consequences. We thank Russia for�standing by�us in�this difficult time,� Moustapha said.

Damascus will call on�the UN Security Council (UNSC) to�take action against�the �naked aggression� of�the United States, the United Kingdom and France which carried out�strikes against�the country on�Saturday,� he added.
�Naturally, Syria will not allow these attacks to�divert it from�its purposeful determination to�wipe out�all terrorist pockets and groups regardless of�the wrath and hysterics of�their Western protectors.� As for�the Security Council, while Syria will urge the council to�take action against�this naked aggression, it has no delusions whatsoever about�its role, capability and integrity. The UN Security Council has been hijacked by�the Western powers and, unfortunately, will continue to�be so for�a very long time,� Moustapha said.


The diplomat stressed that the strikes were �merely a continuation in�various forms of�the same ongoing war against�Syria.�
�The US, France and Britain come in�the first tier of�responsibility for�the war of�destruction aimed at�Syria. Whether directly or by�proxy, whether using vehicles loaded with�explosives and put off�in the streets of�Syrian cities, bombarding Damascus and Aleppo with�mortar shells, or attacking Syrian military positions with�jet bombers and Tomahawk missiles � the motives are the same and the driving force is always the United States,� Moustapha said, noting that the Western coalition was �doing a dirty job on�behalf of�Israel.�